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Show 754 MR..W. H. ASHMEAD-REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [Nov. 19, Antennae 13-jointed, filiform, longer than the body; the scape and pedicel subequal, united not longer than the first joint of flagellum ; first joint of flagellum slender, a little longer than the second, the second and following joints of equal thickness, pubescent, very slightly and almost imperceptibly shortening, the second being nearly three times as long as thick, the last about twice as long as thick. Mesonotum scarcely as long as wide, with a narrow wedge-shaped elevation medially, anteriorly, and with a broad deep groove at sides over the tegulae. Scutellum coarsely rugose, the cup large-oval, with a rather large fovea a little behind tbe middle, and with several punctures surrounding the margin. Metathorax abruptly declivous, bicarinate at the middle, and with a carina at the sides which separate the metapleura from tbe metanotum; mesopleura separated from the metapleura by a grooved line. , Wings hyaline, the veins brownish yellow, the marginal cell closed, the second abscissa of radius about li times as long as the first, curved outwardly, the first branch straight. Abdomen not longer than the thorax, black polished, with an elevated, slightly pubescent girdle at base. Mount Gay Estate. Described from one female specimen. This species is allied to C. robusta, Ashm., described from St. Vincent, but it is at once separated from it by the differences noticed in the antennae, by the colour of the legs, and by the longer marginal cell. EHOPTROMERIS, Forster. EHOPTROMERIS ATRICLAVATA, sp. n. 2 • Length 1*1 to 1*3 m m . Polished black ; antennae, except the 7-jointed club, and legs brownish yellow or yellow ; club black. Antennae 13-jointed, a little shorter than the body, the 7 terminal joints thickened and forming a club, the joints being a little more than twice as long as thick ; scape a little longer than the pedicel; funicle 4-jointed, the joints elongate, slender, the first slightly the longest, the others subequal. Cup "of scutellum ovate, with a small fovea posteriorly and some punctures on tbe anterior part. Wings hyaline, ciliate, the veins yellowish, the first branch of the radius fully as long as the second, the marginal cell closed, and about twice as long as wide. Abdomen about as long as the head and thorax united, with a griseous woolly girdle at base, interrupted above ; the base above is also more or less piceous. . • Mount Gay Estate. Described from two female specimens. TRYBLIOGRAPHA, Forster. Marginal cell completely closed. Cup of scutellum rather large, oval, smooth, impunctate, except a small fovea posteriorly. Four or five basal joints of antennas and legs reddish or brownish yellow L. xanthopoda |