U S OEDER—IIYMENOPTERA.
SPECIES 1—LYCISCA EAPTOIÎIA.
(De Bomanil, 1. c. supra.)
Habitat ; Cayenne. Olim in SIus. de Romand.
SPECIES 2—LYCISCA EOJXÌUVDI,
(Westw. in Gruérin, Mag. de Zool. 1841, Insectes, pl. LXXXIV.)
^ Cieruleo-nigra, puuctatissima : capite postiee et ad mni-g-mem internum oculormn aureo-viridi • autennis
n . g r i s ; eollans margine postico, parapsidum et paraptermn marginibus metatlioraceque aureo-viridibus ; abdomine
supra piano, punotato, lateribus inflexis, supra coeruleo-nigro, apicibns segmentorum nitidissiinis, subtus
margunbus segmentorum aureo-viridibus et punetatis; pedibus brunneis; alis pallide infumatis, maculis duabus
brunneiSj subcostalibus postiee lunula pallidiori eonnexis.
Long. corp. lin. 8 ; espans. alar, antic, lin. 9.
TV ™ Romand, etiam in jMus. W. W. Saunders et Miers : indiv. in Mus.
. . bauudersii abdomen habet longius et magis atteuuatum quam in L, ignicaudata.
SPECIES 3—LYCISCA IGNICAXJDATA.
PLATE XXVII, FOE, 10.
Elongafa, purpureo, clialyba;o, ^-ii-idi, cieruleoque variegata : anteunis nigris 11-articulatis apice sensim
ci-assionbus (fig. 10«); segmentis apicalibus abdominis igneis; pedibus «ridi-nigris, femoribus rufis apice viridibus;
abs nubila magna media curvata estus dilatata, fuscescente; facie utrinque sxdeata ; collare subtrio-ouo
utnnque impresso, mesonoto fascia media iuterrupta viridi, metanoto in medio CEeruleo, lateribus viridibus •
abdomine cyaneo-purpurascente fascia sericea viridi ad basin segmenti tertii maculisque duabus rotundatis lateral,
bus segmenti quarti ejusdem coloris, dimidio apicali segmenti quinti et reliquis igneo-rufis ultimis valde
attenuati®, sexto ad basin ntrinque puncto rotundato iustructo, septimo subtus utrinque producto et ad apicem
octavi extenso (fig. 10i , abdoniine e latere viso).
Long. corp. lin. 7 | ; expans. alar. lin. 9.
Habitat ; Para, Brazil (Bates et alior.) In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonife.
Tbe abdomen is equal in length to one and two-thirds of the thorax, and the wings and abdomen are of
equa length. The lateral view of the latter is given in fig. 10 h, shewing the remarkable structure of the terminal
segments, the penultimate being extended as fer as the extremity of the terminal joint, which, as well as
the antepenultimate, is furnished with a minute spiracle on each side.
SPECIES 2—EPISTEXIA (Westw.) IJIPEEIALIS.
(Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. vol. ii. p. 127.)
S ' ^ T i ' l i n e s . ' " ^ " ' puiTureis, rude pimctatis; alis hyalinis ; abdomine vorsicolori, segmentis apicalibus basi testaceis.
Habitat; Sarawak, Borneo.
v„f„ f^ t a thor ax .vith tints of bright green, the legs black, the apex of the ioints
uifo-piceoiis, as well as the apical jomts of the tarsi. Abdomen of changeable hues, partaking of tints of blue pi.n e
violet, or !p-een in different lights; the three basal segments deeply ema?gi„ate above, witli e°entral l o u l u d nai p
sions extending to their base ; the ovipositor thick and pubescent, two-thirds of the length of the abdomeS '
closelyXed ' ® Epistenia, established by Westwood in Griffith, Animal Kingdom; if not, it is very
FAMILY—CHALCIDIDYE. SUB-FAMILY—PERILAMPIDES. 149
SPECIES 4—LYCISCA (?) NATALENSIS.
PIATE XXVII, Fic. e.
Purpureo-cuprea, viridi variegata : abdomine nitido purpurascente-chalyb®o ; capite viridi ; anteiiuis (fig 6«)
14-articulatis, nigris, articulis 7, 8, et 9 albis, articulo secundo brevi, tertio brevissimo, quarto longo, reliquis
ad apicem sensim brevioribus, ultimo parvo conico; collare magno, ovali; abdomine obovato, depresso; alls
pallide byahnis, antìcis punctis duobus subcostalibus ante medium maculaque magna pone medium fuscis;
pedibus anticis coxis magnis, femoriljus incrassatis subtus ante apicem cmarginatis, testaceis viridi nitidis;
femoribus posticis testaceis ; tìbiis viridescentibus ; tarsis lutescentibus. (Mas.)
Long. corp. Un, 3 ; expans. alar, antic, lin. 4.
Habitat ; Natalia. In Mus. Hopeiano Oxoniaj.
The African locality and the structure of tbe antennas remove this insect from the other species of tbe genus.
I am only acquainted, however, with females of the American species, and with the male of this African one.
SPECIES 5—LYCISCA MACULIPEIiNIS.
(Proglochin maculijien ivis, Pliilippi ill StettiUj Ent. Zeit. "vol. xxxii, p 289 iind plate annex fio* 3 )
Capite, mesonoto et scutello rude punctatis, rufo-ciipreis ; capite infra asueo ; metanoto et abdomine metallieocaeruleis,
apice mgris ; mesosterno et coxis feneis, ventre violaceo; antennis nigris; pedibus rufescentibus; alis
hyalmis, anticis fusco-bimaculatis ; abdomine thoraee quadruplo longiori.
Long. corp. 8 lin. = 17 mill.; expans. alar, antic, lin. 71 = 16 mill.
Habitat ; Chili, near Los Ulnios, in Prov. Valdivia.
G E N U S — M E T A P E L M A .
("VVestw. Proc. Zool. Soc. 26 May, 1S35, No. 29, p. 69.)
Thorax ante alas elongatus, decli^ds; antennje ll-articulatie, graciles fere thoracis longitudine apicem versus
panilo crassiores, apice ipso oblique francato ; abdomen compressum, oviductu exserto, abdominis longitudine ;
pedes mtermedii longiores, femoribus panilo retro-curvatis ; tibiis calcari longo instructis ; tarsis vix" dilatatis
subtus cibatis, articulo primo longiore ; postici crassiores tibiis tarsorumque basi valde dilatatis compressis.
OBS. 1.—Genus Eiipelmo ' affine.
OBS. .2.—Dua species hujus generis, Eiiropai meridionalis incoiai, a cel. Eorsterio edita; sunt.
SEOTIOIM 1—S PECIES AMERICANA.
SPECIES I—METAPELMA SPECTABILIS.
(Westw. Op. cit. p. 69.)
^ Capite thoraceqne viridibus, cupreo-nitentibus; antennis nigris; abdomine nigro, chalyba;o purpureoque
nitente; pedibus quatuor anticis fernigineis viridi subnitentibus ; tarsis intermediis fuscis ad basin albidis;
' Speciem permagiiam hujus generis in Mus. Dom. W. W. Saunders hie describam :—
EUPELMUS EXCELLENS.
Viridis : thoraee i
depresso, thora
nigris, articulo _
compressis, nigris, articulo basali lato, reliquis ad apicem attenuatis ; alis hitescentibusr
Long. corp. lin. 4? ; expans. alar, antic, lin. 6.
Habitat ; Brazil, Para (Bates). In Mus. D. W. W. Saunders
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