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MONOGRAPHIA CHALCIDITUM. 93 
Part IV.—Cuarutis’s Istr, GALAPAGOs. 
Genus.—Merostenvus, Walker. 
Fem.—Corpus sublineare, convexum, obscurum, scitissime squa- 
meum, pubescens, parce hirtum : caput transversum, brevissimum, 
thorace paullo latius ; vertex latus; frons impressa, abrupte 
declivis: oculi mediocres, extantes : ocelli approximati: antennze 
graciles, subclavatz, ad os inserts, corporis longitudine ; articulus 
1". gracilis, linearis; 2"". mediocris, basi ad apicem latescens ; 
3". longissimus; 4"*. et sequentes sublineares, usque ad 9". 
paullatim curtantes et latescentes; clava fusiformis, articulo 9°. 
duplo longior: thorax ovatus: prothorax transversus, bene de- 
terminatus : mesothoracis scutum longitudine multo latius ; para- 
psidum suturee conspicue, postice in unum occurrentes ; scutellum 
rhombiforme: metathorax transversus, sat magnus, postice an- 
gustus: petiolus brevis: abdomen ovatum, convexum, nitens, 
leve, glabrum, subtus carinatum, apice acuminatum, thorace 
paullo angustius non longius ; segmentum 1", maximum: ovi- 
ductus exertus ; vagine abdomine breviores : pedes longi, graciles, 
subsequales ; metacoxee maxima: ale anguste; nervus hume- 
ralis ulnari paullo brevior, radialis longus, cubitalis subarcuatus, 
sat longus ; stigma minutum. 
Sp. 1. Mero. Sadales. Fem. Cupreus, antennee pice, pro- 
thoraw petiolus abdominisque apew ferruginei, pedes fulvi fusco- 
cincti, ale fulve fusco-maculate. 
Obscure cupreus: oculi et ocelli rufi: antennze piceze, basi fulvee : 
prothorax ferrugineus: petiolus ferrugineus: abdomen nigro- 
cupreum, apice ferrugineum: oviducttis vaginze fuse: pedes 
fulvi; tarsi apice fusci; meso- et metafemora fusco-cincta ; 
mesotibize basi fuscee ; metatibize apice fuscee: ale fulvee ; proalae 
fusco-maculate ; squamule fulve ; nervi fusci. (Corp. long. 
lin. 14; alar. lin. 24.) 
— ere, Pris a. 
