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Show 782 MR. W. H. ASHMEAD-REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [Nov. 19, BRACON, Fabr. (1) BRACON FEMORATUS, Ashm. 1. c. p. 112. St. George's. One male specimen. (2) BRACON PLATYGASTER, sp. n. 2. Length 3 mm.; ovipositor short, black, one-fourth the length of abdomen. Head and thorax polished black ; mandibles, legs, except tarsi which are fuscous, and abdomen, except shield of first segment and a triangular spot at base of second, rufous ; shield and spot at base of second segment black. Head transverse ; thorax trilobed, the metanotum punctulate, with a median carina; wings subhyaline, the stigma and venation brown-black ; abdomen very broad, much wider than tbe thorax, the first and second segments, and a part of the third, shagreened, the rest polished, impunctate. d . Length 2 mm. Differs from female only in having a longer, much narrower abdomen, and in that the surface of the metathorax is smoother although carinated. Balthazar and Mount Gay Estate. Described from one male and one female specimen. (3) BRACON VULGARIS, Ashm. 1. c. p. 112. Grenada. Three male specimens. (4) BRACON, sp. Balthazar and Mount Gay Estate. Two specimens in poor condition and unfit for describing. (5) BRACON SANCTI-VINCENTI, Ashm. 1. c. p. 112. Grenada. One male specimen without a head. Subfamily EHYSSALIN^E. COLASTES, Haliday. COLASTES GRENADENSIS, sp. n. 2 • Length 2*5 mm. Brownish yellow ; vertex and dorsum of abdomen with a slight brownish tinge ; legs paler ; wings hyaline, the stigma and venation yellowish. Head smooth, polished, the eyes large, slightly emarginated within opposite the base of antennae; mesonotum alutaceous ; the metanotum smooth, not areolated, with a slight median carina. Wings ample, the second abscissa of radius only a little longer than the first, the second submarginal cell therefore small, nearly twice as long along the cubitus as along the radius, the recurrent nervure joining the first submarginal cell at about two-thirds its length. Abdomen about as long as the head and thorax united, shining,, the surface of the dorsum a little wrinkled but not sculptured, the first and second segments subequal and the longest |