JAN. 1907. 
NEW CHALCID-FLIES FROM CAPE COLONY. 
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terior legs with the trochanters, linees, tips of tibiae, and tarsi except 
tips pale yellowish. Head shining-, shagreened, the facial depression 
w ith indications of transverse acicuilation. Lower part of face golden 
or coppery, the clypeal margin slightly emarginate medially and edged 
with white hairs. Eyes faintly, but distinctly hairy. Prothorax twice 
as wide as long, concave above and, polished, Parapsidal elevations 
very sharp, converging behind, the central portion longitudinally con- 
cave, without any indications of an anterior central elevation. Axillae 
rather approximated, the base of the scutellum therefore narrower 
than usual, as is also the entire scutellum, Metanotum shining, irregu- 
larly raised. Abdomen narrow , a little longer than the thorax, convex 
above and beneath; first dorsal segment incised behind, second only 
roundly emarginate, and third almost entire; surface shagreened. 
Ovipositor exerted only one-half the head height; stout, pale yellow. 
Legs slender, the spines of the middle metatarsi pale yellow, concolor- 
ous with the tarsal joint and not at all conspicuous, the metatarsus is 
enlarg-ed in the usual w^ay however. Middle tibial spur strong. 
One female from Bothaville, Orange Free State, May i, 1899. 
This is a slender species much like the North American 
£. dryoyhicoxeni Ashm. It differs from the Bupelminus described 
on a previous page by its very narrow body, aside from generic 
differences. 
Public Museum, 
Milwaukee, December 15, 1906. 
