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form, shorter than the thorax ; first joint bluish-green, long, slen- 

 der, red towards the base : thorax elliptical : prothorax transverse, 

 very short : scutum of the mesothorax large ; sutures of the parap- 

 sides indistinct ; scutellum large, obconical : metathorax and pro- 

 podeon transverse, short : abdomen cylindrical, very long and slen- 

 der, about twice the length of the thorax : legs red ; coxae purple ; 

 a purple stripe along each hind-thigh : wings with a slight fuscous 

 tinge; nervures piceous ; humerus much longer than the ulna; 

 radius shorter than the ulna ; cubitus short ; stigma very small. 

 Length of the body 9 lines ; expansion of the wings jS lines. 



^ Page 52. Calosoter Anemetus, Walker, MSS. Purpureus 

 cyaneo et viridi varius, antennis nigris, pedibus rufis, alis 

 limpidis. 



Body convex, long, very slender, purple, tinged with blue and 

 green ; head and thorax punctured : head transverse, short, not 

 broader than the thorax ; vertex rather narrow ; front abruptly de- 

 clining, excavated , eyes of moderate size, prominent : ocelli form- 

 ing a small triangle on the vertex: antennae black, mutilated: 

 thorax elliptical : prothorax very narrow, almost smooth, attenu- 

 ated in front, much lower than the mesothorax : scutum of the 

 mesothorax large ; sutures of the parapsides very indistinct ; scu- 

 tellum obconical, of moderate size : metathorax and propodeon 

 very short, transverse, declining: abdomen dart-shaped, shining, 

 very finely squameous, keeled beneath, much longer and narrower 

 than the thorax, slightly compressed ; segments rather long 

 oviduct red, not passing the tip of the abdomen : legs red, slender, 

 slightly pubescent : wings limpid ; nervures piceous ; humerus 

 rather more than twice the length of the ulna ; radius shorter than 

 the ulna ; cubitus curved towards the radius, but less than half 

 its length ; stigma extremely small. Length of the body 5 lines ; 

 expansion of the wings 6 lines. 



Eupelmus Iopas, Walker, MSS. Fern. Purpureus, capite 

 viridi, abdomine cyaneo et ceneo vario, antennis nigris basi 

 fulvis, oviductu abdomine breviore, pedibus fulvis, alis lim- 

 pidis. (Corp. long. lin. 2 ; alar. lin. 2^.) 



Head dark-green, transverse, pubescent, bluish in front, as 

 broad as the thorax : antennae slender, subclavate, black, a little 

 longer than the thorax ; first joint long, slender, dull fulvous ; 

 second long-cyathiform ; third and fourth very minute; fifth and 

 following joints to the tenth long, successively shorter and broader; 

 club fusiform, compressed diagonally at the tip, twdce the length of 

 the tenth joint : thorax elliptical, purple, brighter beneath, in 

 structure like that of E. urocerus : podeon very short : abdomen 

 fusiform, purple varied with blue and aeneous, longer and a little 

 narrower than the thorax, in structure like that of E. urocerus : 



