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Show 1895.] HYMENOPTERA OF THE ISLAND OF GRENADA. 793 faintly sericeous, at the most with only a few, sparse, microscopic punctures ; antennae, except club, mandibles, and the legs brownish yellow; first abdominal segment striated; wings hyaline, pubescent. Head broadly transverse, 3| times as wide as thick antero-posteriorly; antennae 11-jointed, the flagellum about 1| times as long as the scape; first funicular joint much longer than the pedicel, 3 times as long as thick, the second joint only a little longer than thick, third and fourth about equal, moniliform ; club black or brown-black, 5-jointed, the joints, except the last, transverse-quadrate. The male agrees with the female, except in the antennae, which are filiform, with the last 5 joints dusky, the flagellum being about 3|- times as long as the scape; the pedicel is small, rounded, the first three flagellar joints being lengthened, the first and second about equal in length, while the second is still longer, the joints after the third being elliptical and gradually growing shorter, the last conical, twice as long as the preceding. Balthazar, Chantilly Estate, Grand Etang, and Mount Gay Estate. Described from 25 specimens representing both sexes. (4) TELENOMUS LUTEIPES, sp. n. 2 • Length 0*9 to 1 m m . Black, shining ; head, scutellum, and abdomen polished, impunctate ; mesonotum closely, minutely punctate, although still shining ; scape and pedicel brownish yellow ; legs luteous ; the coxae whitish ; wings hyaline, pubescent. Head quadrate, scarcely more than twice as wide as thick antero-posteriorly; antenna? 11-jointed, the first funicular joint very little longer than the pedicel, the second a little shorter, the third and fourth about equal; club 5-jointed, the first joint the narrowest, the following to last quadrate, the last conical. The male measures only 0*8 m m . in length ; the antennas filiform, brown, as long as the body, the first and third joints of flagellum equal, but the third slightly the stouter, the second a little longer, the joints beyond third much shorter, but still all longer than thick, the last still longer. Balthazar, Chantilly Estate, and St. John's Eiver. Described from one male and two female specimens. (5) TELENOMUS MEGACEPHALUS, Ashm. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxv. p. 212. Balthazar. One female specimen. (6) TELENOMUS SCABER, Ashm. 1. c p. 208. Balthazar, Chantilly Estate, Mount Gay Estate, and St. George's. Six female specimens. (7) TELENOMUS LATIFRONS> sp. n. 2 . Length 0*8 to 0*9 m m . Black, polished, the mesonotum minutely punctate; scape, pedicel, or at least beneath, and legs |