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Show 752 MR. W. H. ASHMEAD-REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [Nov. 19, as wide, the first abscissa of radius less than two-thirds the of the second. Abdomen with a faintly pubescent girdle at base. Mount Gay Estate. Described from one female specimen. AGLAOTOMA, Forster. Table of Species. Females. Species more or less pale 3. Species black, except sometimes the pleura. Coxae and legs reddish or brownish yellow. Cup of scutellum small, narrow, ovate, or elliptic. 2. Cup of scutellum large, oval, rimmed. Antennae much longer than the body, the 7 terminal joints black, fluted, about four times as long as thick A. longicornis, Ashm. 2. Antennae longer than the body. Seven terminal joints black; abdomen at base piceous; pleura black A. basalis, Ashm. Six terminal joints black; abdomen black, except beneath at base ; pleura piceous A. similis, sp. n. 3. Head black; thorax dark brown or rufo-piceous. Abdomen, legs, and first four joints of flagellum pale rufous. Antenna? not longer than the body, the 7 terminal joints slightly thicker than the preceding, the last one-third longer than the preceding A. variabilis, Ashm. Reddish brown or pale ferruginous, the head with the vertex and occiput only black. Antennae longer than the body, joints 1-6 reddish yellow, joints 7-11 brown-black, joints 12-13 white A. tricolor, sp. n. Antennae longer than the body, the 8 terminal joints a little thicker than the preceding, the last one-half longer than the pen ultimate A. pallida, Ashm. Males. Species more or less pale 2. Species mostly black; coxae and legs reddish or brownish yellow. Antennas brown-black, If times the length of body, the first flagellar joint not quite twice as long as the second, the third and following joints subequal, a little longer than the second, and slightly more than 3 times as long as thick, longitudinally striate ; metathorax black A. similis. Antennae, except scape, brown, nearly twice as long as the body, the first flagellar joint about twice as long as the second, stout and slightly curved, the second and last joints equal, the intermediate joints 3 times as long as thick, all fluted; metathorax pale A. basalis, Ashm. 2. Thorax rufo-piceous ; head and abdomen black. First flagellar joint slightly longer than the fourth, the joints beyond about 4 times as long as thick. A. pallida, Ashm. (1) AGLAOTOMA SIMILIS, sp. n. §. Length 1*4 mm. Polished black, the pleura more or less |