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length of the tenth joint ; each joint darker towards the base : chest 

 oval, robust ; fore-chest very short ; its length above about one- 

 eighth of its breadth ; hind-border slightly concave : shield of the 

 raid-chest broad; sutures of the parapsides indistinct; axilla 

 parted by one-fourth of the breadth of the chest ; scutcheon sub- 

 rhomboidal : hind-chest of moderate size, obconical, declining, with 

 a ridge along the middle and a rim on each side : petiole very 

 short ; abdomen bright coppery-green, smooth, flat, bronze on the 

 disk, with a large tawny spot near the base, shorter and very much 

 narrower than the chest ; metapodeon occupying about half of the 

 back; octoon short ; ennaton and following segments still shorter: 

 legs luteous ; hips green ; each thigh with a green line near its 

 base; knees and feet of the four hinder-legs yellow ; tips of the feet 

 brown : wings colourless ; veins dull tawny ; ulna about half the 

 length of the humerus ; radius longer than the ulna ; cubitus much 

 shorter than the ulna ; wing-brand piceous, small. Length of the 

 body lj line ; of the wings 2 lines. 



Var. /3. Hind-shanks yellow, with a tawny band across each. 



Pteromalus Lissos. Mas, Viridis, abdominis disco ceneo, an- 

 tennis fulvis, pedibus Jlavis, alis limpidis. Page 125. 



Bright green : head and chest convex, finely shagreened : head 

 a little broader than the chest : eyes and eyelets red : feelers tawny, 

 subclavate, not longer than the chest ; first joint yellow, long, linear; 

 second cup-shaped ; third and fourth very small ; the following 

 joints from the fifth to the tenth successively decreasing in length ; 

 club brown, conical, more than twice the length of the tenth joint: 

 chest oval : fore-chest very short ; its length less than one-tenth of 

 its breadth ; hind-border slightly concave : shield of the middle- 

 chest broad ; sutures of the parapsides very indistinct ; axillae 

 parted by one-third of the breadth of the chest ; scutcheon subrhoin- 

 boidal ; hind-chest short-obconical, slightly declining, with a slight 

 ridge along the middle : petiole extremely short : abdomen nearly 

 elliptical, smooth, flat, coppery on the disk, shorter and a little nar- 

 rower than the chest ; metapodeon occupying nearly one-half of the 

 back ; octoon and following segments of moderate size : legs bright 

 yellow ; hips green ; tips of feet brown : wings colourless, rather 

 large ; veins pale yellow ; ulna about half the length of the hume- 

 rus ; radius longer than the ulna ; cubitus much shorter than 

 the radius; wing-brand very small. Length of the body li line ; 

 of the wings 3J lines. 



