JAN. 1907. 
NEW CHALCID-FLIES FROM CAPE COLONY. 
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ever not recognized by Mayr as generically distinct from Ormy- 
rus. 
Ormyrodes carinatus sp. nov. 
Female. Length 10 mm., of body 7 mm. Head and thorax bronzed 
green, the thorax with a reddish cast; abdomen aeneous, varied with 
bluish and g-reenish, sides of the third segment anteriorly whitish 
pubescent, anterior ang-les of the fourth and fifth segments much more 
strongly so, the spots appearing olive green in certain lights. Base 
of the sixth segment deep orange, seventh metallic blue. Legs light 
rufous; coxae greenish black, thickened parts of the femora, especially 
the posterior pair, blue-black; base of tibiae and tarsi except tips pale 
yellow. Wings hyaline, with a very indistinct cloud below the stigma. 
Head coarsely, almost confluently punctured, covered with a whitish 
pubescence. Antennae black, the pedicel and second flagellar joint of 
equal length, first flagellar one-third shorter, no ring-joint, fourth and 
fifth equal, the following decreasing, tip of antennae broken off in the 
type specimen. Occiput, especially on the sides, circularly striate. 
Thorax and scutellum punctured like the head, the scutellum broadly 
rounded at the tip. Metathorax very short, scarcelj^ visible above, 
whitish hairy and punctured on the sides. First and second abdominal 
segments smooth, except for transverse bands of fine punctures at the 
middle. Third rather deeply pitted with punctures the size of those 
on the thorax. The abdomen is suddenly constricted at the tip of 
this segment, the tip of the fourth segment being only one-quarter as 
wide as the base of the third. Third segment longest, fourth to sev- 
enth about equal, each two-thirds the length of the third. Venter 
distinctly, but more finely punctate. Ovipositor projecting to a dis- 
tance equal to one-half the length of the pygidium, blunt at tip. 
Described from one female collected at Uitenhage, Cape Col- 
ony, November 15, 1896. 
FAMILY ENCYRTID^. 
SUBFAMILY KUPHLMIN.E. 
Charitopus albopalpalis sp. nov. 
Female. Length 3 mm. Head and thorax metallic green, abdo- 
men beyond the first segment decidedly coppery. Leg^s brown or 
piceous; the anterior coxae and trochanters, the spurs of the middle 
