MoreNew Genera and Species of OhalcidoidHymenopteraFrom Paraguay. 63 



deum; scape, pedicel and legs (except the concolorous coxae) 

 straw yellow, the rest of the antennae blackish, the first funicle 

 joint half the length of the scape, the others shortening but all 

 longer than wide, joints 2 — 4 subequal; ring-joint distinct. Man- 

 dibles as in Orasema Cameron. Antennae 12-jointed. 



(From one specimen, similarly magnified. 



Female: Not known. 



From one male labelled „6299". 



Habit at: Paraguay, San Bernardino. 



Type: Zool. Mus., Berlin, the above specimen, minutien moun- 

 ted, and a slide with the antennae. 



This beautiful species, the first to be recorded from the Ame- 

 rican continent is respectfully dedicated to Noah Worcester for 

 his ,,A Solemn Review of the Custom of War". 



2. Eucharomorpha Paraguay ensis new species. 



Male: Length, 2,75 mm. 



Same as the preceding but much smaller, the petiole of the 

 abdomen long and slender, the ring-joint very short, the pedicel 

 black like the funicle, the first joint of the latter over half the 

 length of the short scape but not twice longer than wide, the 

 following joints subequal to it, the club as long as the scape. Proxi- 

 mal half of posterior femur washed with metallic green. Postmar- 

 ginal vein not more than twice the length of the stigmal. Wings 

 subhyaline. 



(From one specimen, similarly enlarged.) 



Female: Not known. 



From one male, minutien mounted, labelled ,,4. 2. 07". 

 H abitat: Paraguay, San Bernardino. 



Type: Zool. Mus., Berlin, the above specimen and a slide with 

 an antenna. 



Family Chalcididae. 

 Smicrini. 



Genus Spilochalcis Thomson. 

 1. Spilochalcis kanti new species. 

 Female: Length, 5 mm. Robust. 



Agrees with mayri Ashmead but the abdomen is no longer 

 than the thorax, its petiole short and stout but longer than wide; 

 there is also a black line in the propleural suture; that is, between 

 the pro- and mesopleurum. Scape and pedicel lighter than the 

 funicle. 



(From one specimen, similarly enlarged.) 

 Male: Not known. 



From one female, minutien mounted, labelled ,,18. V/'. 

 Dedicated to Immanual Kant for his work On Perpetual Peace. 

 Habitat: Paraguay, San Bernardino. 

 Type: Zool. Mus., Berlin, the above specimen, 



6. Heft 



