138 ORDEK—IIYMENOPTERA.
THEOCOLAX FOEMICIFORMIS. (Fcem.) Westw.
(i[od. Class. Gen. Synops, p. 66 ; Zcesthia ves^iertina, Haliday, Eiit. Mag. vol. i. p. 336.)
PLATE XXV, FIG. 11.
Testacea, glabra, vertice tliorace et abdomine luteo supra teneo-nitidis; pedibus pallidioribus; abdomine et
antcnnis apice obscnrioribus.
Long. corp. lin. 1.
H a b i t a t ; in domibus, tarde ambulans, Anobii parasita. In Miis. Hcpeiano Oxonias (olim nostr.)
I have reared a considerable nnmber of specimens of botli sexes of tbis interesting little insect from pieces
of deal timber flooring infested witb the laryaj of Aiiohmm striatnm. In June and July, 1834, I also took
several specimens crawling about papers upon an old table much worm-eaten.
GESUS—CEBOCEPHALA.
(Westw. in Guirin, Mag. de Zool. i' " Liyi-aison, pi. (1832); Walker, Ent. Mag. vol. ii. p. i 48 (pars); Bpimacrus,
Ibid. vol. i. p. 369.)
This genus is closely allied to Theocolas, having, like it, a tridentate head and large triangular collar; but
i t is fully winged, and the antennai of the males are 10-jointed (pi. XXV, fig. 12). Tlie type C. eornigera, Westw.
(Op. cit. and Stephen's Illustr. Brit. Ent. Mand. pi. XLV, fig. 1; Ejiimacrus rufus, Walker, Ent. Mag. i. p.
149), was taken by Jlr. E. Lewis on trunks of trees in St. James's Park, London, in the Spring of 1833. I
also took it on palings on Wandsworth Common in July, 1835, Mr. Stephens took it near Ilipley, and
J l r . Boubleday near Epping.
The males vary in their size as well as i n the amount of development of the frontal horns.
SUB-FAMILY—PERIL AMPIDES.
GESUS—PHILOMIDES.
(Haliday, Annales Soc. Ent. France, 4th Ser. Tom. ii. (1862), p. 115); Eticoptes, Westw. MS. olim.)
' Tarsorum unguiculi subtus dilatati, arolium inconspicuum: caput antice profunde excavatum pro receptione
a n t e n n a r u m ; epistoma transversum; gente breves subintegrse; prothorax immarginatus; scuti mesothoraci parapsides
subparallelae; scutelli parasides conniventes; alarum anticarum venie normalis segmentum costale, citra
ramum radialem ; hoc parum longius; abdomen segmento primo brevissimo annulari.'
The head (fig. 1 a) has a deep oval impression between the eyes in which the antennae are received when at
rest, the large club falling upon the basal scape (pi. XXVI , fig. I b). The mandibles are aciite and sickle-shaped,
w i t h a tooth on the inner margin towards the middle. The maxill s are terminated by an elongated lobe armed
with strong bristles on its outer edge (fig. 1 a); the maxillary palpi are very short and apparently 4-jointed, the
basal joint very short, the second the largest, angulated in the middle of the inner margin and bristly; the two
terminal joints minute. The labium is ovate, with two short 2-jointed palpi, strongly setose (fig. 1 d). The
tarsal ungues are denticulated on their inner edge (fig. 1 e).
The specimen of this species now in the Museum of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris (Coll. Sichel), has the
club of the antenna more slender, and the yellow lateral spots of the scutellum are united by a pale band across
i t s base.
PHILOMIDES PAPHIUS.
(Haliday, 1. c. ; Eucoptes excavata, Westw. JIS.)
PLATE SXVI, FIG. 1.
Flavus : occipite, metathorace, pectore mesothoracis macula oblonga antica, fascia media utrinquo antrorsum
lobata et scutelli apice nigris; antennarum flagello alisque ferruginosis. (Mas.)
Long. corp. 3 - 4 lin.; expans. alar, antic. 6 i - 7 lin.
H a b i t a t ; He de Chypre (Coll. Mus. Paris, olim Sicbel) etiam in Albania. In Mus. S. S. Saunders.
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GENOS—EURYTOMA,
EUEYTOMA MELLEA. Westw.
PLATE XXYI, FIG. 2.
Luteo-fulva : capite et tborace punctatis, abdomine compresso ovato glabro ; capite sulco profundo frontali,
margine postico macula trigona fusea ; antennis faseis artieulo secando fulvo annulo nigro basali ; collari lato
iulvo; mesonoto in medio et lateribus fascis; scutello magno fulvo; abdomine fulvo, segmentis margine postico
lato fuscis ; pedibus fulvis, femoribus subtus ad basin fuscis ; alis melleis, nubila obliqua mediana obs^riori.
Long. corp. lin. 4J ; expans. alar, antic, lin. 6.
H a b i t a t ; Brazil, Para (Burehell, No. 1409, Sept. 9, 1829, 'plnra individua e fructu quodam educata,')—
(au parasitice ?)
OES.—The CAaleis pomormn of Fabricins 1, Syst. Piez. 163, with simple hind legs, parasitic on fruit-feeding
larva:, is evidently congeneric with the insect here described.
GENUS—EUCHEYSIA.
Caput antice utrinque excavatum carina media conica; anteunaj graciles ll-articulata;, articulo primo longo,
secando mediocri, tertio minimo anmiliformi; octo ultimis longitudine ajqualibus, ultimo ad apicem attenuato i
alie anticaj vena radiali elavata, longe a subcostali remota ; pedes intermedii calcari mediocri ; tarsis basi haucì
inerassatis ; pedes postici femoribus inerassatis subtus inermibus aut tuberculo medio conico tantum instructis ;
tibiis arcuatis extus setigeris, calcaribus duobus armatis.
Locus ; Australasia.
SPECIES 1—EUCHETSIA CLEPTIDEA.
PL-ÌTE XXVI, FIG. 3.
Capite et thorace rubris pnnetatis ; mesonoto in medio maculis duabus triaugularibus ca;mleis; metanolo
postiee Ciernleo tincto ; abdomine chalybaso, nitido, basi apieeque viridi nitidis ; antenni s longis, graeilibus, nigris
articulis duobus basalibus pedibusque quatuor antieis rufis ; pecHbus duobus posticis cum coxis cieruleis'; tibiis
extus setosis, basi basique articuli primi tarsorum albidis, horum reliquis articulis fuscis ; alis hyalinisi fascia
longitudinali hmari ramulum emittente ad angulum postioum alarum extensum fusea, femoribus posticis inerassatis,
subtus sulcatis anguloque obtuso prominente inter medium et apicem instructis. (Fcem.)
Long. corp. lin. 2 | ; expans. alar, antic, lin. 4^.
H a b i t a t ; Adelaide, Australasia (D. Portnum). In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonise.
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SPECIES 2—EUGHETSIA GEMMEA.
PLATE X X N , FIG. 4.
Lajte cssrulea, minute punctata, viridi parum tineta : antennis longis graeilibus 11-articulatis, articulo
primo longo, secuudo mediocri, tertio annuliformi, quarto et reliquis longitudine fere a;qualibus (fig. 4e); abdomine
glaberrimo, rufo cupreo, apice acuminato ; alis fulvo hyalinis, nubila discoidali paullo obscuriori ; femoribus
posticis subincrassatis ; tarsis fuscis, articulo basali pallidiori. (Frem.)
Long. corp. lin. 3 ; expans. alar, antic, lin. 5.
H a b i t a t ; Adelaide, Australasia (D. Fortnum). In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonis.
The labrum (fig. 4«) is transverse and setose, the mandibles small and broad, with one apical acute and
two obtuse teeth (fig. 4«) ; the maxilte are terminated by a large membranous ciliated lobe, with the maxillary
' C. obseura, abdomine compresso basi gibbo, alis macula fusca ; habitat iu America meridionali in larvis poma infestantibus;
Uom. bimdt; Mus. Dom. Lund. Magna, antennie nigree articulo primo sulitus testaceo ; thorax fuscus antice lineohs
duabus parvistestaceis; abdomen elougatum basi compressum, gibbum apice conicum, acutum ; alse albidce macula
uiagna medio fusca ; pedes smiplices pallidi femoribus nigi-is. , , x, macuui