C. R. CROSDV : CHALCIS-FLIES FROM ZUMUO 



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13. Ormyrus sp. A Parasite of an unknown fly which pro- 

 duces galls in the branches of the Dalbergia metano xy Ion Guill. et 

 Perr. Cfr. Tavares, 1. c. no. 32, Tabula x, fig. 15. 



C ha ri topo 11a new genus, Crosbv. 

 Head transverse, convergent behind the eyes, front not 

 impressed ; eyes bare ; labial palpi 3-jointed ; maxillary 

 palpi 4-jointed, the last joint greatly enlarged and ob- 

 liquei}' truncate. Antennce 13-jointed, inserted below a Une 

 eonnecting the base of the eyes, separated as far from cach 

 other as from the eye margin, long and gently elavate. 

 Front femora only moderately swolten. Thorax similar to 

 Eupelmus, but with the prothorax longer and bearing on 

 each side a group of long hairs extending almost to the 

 sc ate Hum. Wingless. First and second tarsal joint s of mid- 

 dle legs not armed beneath with a series of spines } a sin- 

 gle pair present at the tip of the two basal joints. Abdó- 

 men ovate, convex above and below, dorsal segments emar- 

 ginate medially ; ovipositor over one-third the length of ab- 

 dómen. 



14- Charitopella setigera new speciés, Ckosbv. 



Female. — Length, 1.5 mm.; abdómen, .5 mm. Head trans- 

 verse, slightly concave behind, moderately convergent behind the 

 eyes, green with metallic reflections, seen from in front slightly 

 wider than high ; antennae inserted below the border of the eyes. 

 Vertex nearly smooth, very delicately transverse-lineolate, face 

 delicately rugulose. 



Prothorax nearly as long as wide, lateral margin angulate be- 

 hind the middle, the border margined behind the angle and gen- 

 tly concave, making the posterior lateral angles acute ; about the 

 .middle of the sclerite there is a pronounced transverse elevation 

 which bears on each side of the median line a group of long, coarse 

 hairs which extend backward nearly to the scutellum ; color, 

 metallic with reddish reflections ; median longitudinal line white ; 

 sculpture íinely transverse-rugulose. Metanotum brownish in ground 



color with a green ish reflection, concave, rounded in front, narro w- 

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