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ME. W. F. KIRBT ON GE^^EEA. AND SPECIES OF 



4. Metagea, gen. nov. 



Male. Antennae nearly naked ; the third joint four times as 

 long as broad, and gradually thickened to the extremity ; the 

 remainder thickened at the extremity, and gradually decreasing 

 in length to the eighth, which is only slightly longer than broad; 

 the rest broken off ; petiole short. Eirst joint of the tarsi as 

 long or longer than all the rest together, but not thickened. 

 Abdomen obtuse at tip. 



Type, EucHAEis Zalates, Walk. 



Eucharis Zalates, Walk. Mon. Chale. ii. p. 13 (1839). 

 Details : Haliday, Entomol. i. pi. P. figs. 4, 4 a-c (1842). 

 Hah. Australia. 



5. Psilogastee, Blanch., 

 JSist. Anim. Art. iii. p. 260 (1840) ; ? Brulle, Ins. Hym. iv. 

 p. 573 (1846). 



Type, Psilogastee cupeeus, Blanch. 

 Psilogaster cupreus, Blanch. I. c. (1842). 

 Sab. Egypt. 



Brulle has figured a Tasmanian insect to represent this genus 

 (P. palUpes, Brulle, I. c. pi. xxxix. figs. 1 & 2), and the British 

 Museum possesses many species congeneric with this from 

 Australia and Tasmania. It is, however, very probable that the 

 Egyptian insect may prove to be generically distinct from these, 

 in which case the Australian group will require a new name. 



6. Chalcuea, gen. no^. 



Male. Antennae pubescent, 12-jointed; joints 3-11 throwing 

 off" a long pubescent ramus from the extremity on the outside. 

 Scutellum gibbous, unarmed. Petiole moderately stout, about 

 two thirds as long as the conical abdomen, and longitudinally 

 striated. 



Female with scarcely the rudiments of the antennal rami. 

 Petiole short and broad. Abdomen oval. Eirst joint of tarsi 

 nearly as long as all the remainder, but not expanded. 



Type, EucHAEis depeivata, Walk. 



Eucharis deprivata, Walk. Ami, ^ Mag. JV. H. (3) vi. p. 359 

 (1860) ; Westw. Thes. Ent. Oxon. p. 155, pi. xxviii. fig. 6 (1874). 



Hah. Ceylon. 



