Boros István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 7. (Budapest 1956)

Szelényi, G.: Notes on the Merisina (Hym., Chalcidoidea)

over with tolerably long silvery whitish hairs. Front without impression above the antennái socklets. Cheeks a little longer than half the length of the eyes. Thorax a little less than one and a half times as long as wide (1 : 1,4), its sides nearly parallel, only slightly converging towards the propodeum. Pronotum short, vertically obtuse anteriorly and with tolerably sharp margin above ; mesoscutum and scutellum nearly level, deplanate, sharply reticulated, weakly shining and covered with long, whitish hairs ; parapsidal sutures faintly indicated in the anterior third ; scutellum only a little shorter than the meso­Fig. 1. Homoporus titanes sp. n., a : female antenna, / ; male antenna, c : head of the female ; H. fulviventris Walk, d : head of the female ; H. Birói sp. n., b : female antenna ; H . ceplia­lotes sp. n., e : head of the female scutum (1 : 1,07), a little wider than long; metanotum nearly smooth, distinctly shining ; propodeum sharply reticulated, with short but distinct neck ; median carina and spiracular sulci wanting, spiracles nearly circular ; lateral angles with white hairs. Wings reaching the tip of the abdomen, hyaline ; relative length of subcostalis, marginalis, stigmalis and postmarginalis as 4,5 : 2 : 1 : 1,6 ; basal vein with 3—4 bristles ; marginal ciliae very short, wanting along the anterior margin ; discal ciliae dusky. Legs slender ; middle and hind femora but a little broader than the respective tibiae. Abdomen longer than the head and thorax combined and a little broader, slightly pointed toward the tip ; petiole very short, brown, smooth and strongly shining ; only the black tip of the ovipositor visible Length : 1.9-2.8 mm. Male. Dark blue, the antennae dusky brown, legs yellow, base of the front and middle femora, proximal two thirds of the hind ones, brown, coxae brown with slight bluish tint ; abdomen brown. Scape cylindrical, slightly curved and abruptly weakening at the distal third ; pedicel short oval, hardly half the length of funicle 1 ; funicle joints hairy, gradually decreasing in length, the first funicle joint thrice as long as

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