OCR Text |
Show 18&5.] HYMENOPTERA OF THE ISLAND OF GRENADA. 781 pubescence, behind smooth, polished; antennae 28-jointed, serrated at tips, the flagellar joints 3 and 4 longer than the first. Thorax with distinct parapsidal furrows, the lobes with transverse raised lines along the furrows ; the middle lobe anteriorly nearly smooth, very finely punctate, but posteriorly just in front of the scutellum there are nine radiating raised lines ; disks of lateral lobes smooth, the lateral ridges of thorax extend as carinae along the sides of the scutellum clear to its tip, the disk of scutellum convex, smooth, at the base is a deep transverse furrow, crenated at bottom; pleura closely punctate; metathorax rugose, areolated, the large lateral areas at base strongly, transversely striated, the superior median area large, narrowed pentagonal in outline, but confluent with the petiolar area. Abdomen smooth, impunctate, the petiole broadly widened at apex, about one and two-third times the length of the second segment, the third slightly shorter than the second, the following much shorter ; venter with a longitudinal fold. Caliveny Estate. Described from two female specimens. Subfamily PIMPLIN^E. LABENA, Cresson. LABENA TRILINEATA, sp. n. d • Length 9 m m . Yellow, smooth, impunctate ; a transverse band on occiput, bases of hind ocelli, tips of mandibles, three lines on mesonotum (the lateral abbreviated anteriorly), the depression at base of scutellum, a band at base of metathorax aud its extreme apex, the sutures between the prothorax and the mesopleura and between the latter and the metapleura, the coxal attachment of hind legs, a streak on hind tibiae towards apex and their tarsi, and broad bands on the abdominal segments, all black. Wings hyaline, with dusky at tips, the stigma and venation black. St. George's. Described from one male specimen. This lovely species comes nearest to L. gloriosa, Cr., described from Mexico. Family BRACONIDCE. Subfamily BRACONIN^!. IPHIAULAX, Forster. (1) IPHIAULAX XANTHOSPILUS, Ashm. Bracon xanthospilus, Ashm. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxv. p. 110. Balthazar and St. John's Eiver. One male and two female specimens. (2) IPHIAULAX FLAVOMACULATUS, Ashm. Bracon jlavomaculatus, 1. c. p. 111. Balthazar. Two female specimens. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1895, No. L. 50 |