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Show 1895.J HYMENOPTERA O F T H E ISLAND O F G R E N A D A . 749 black, the funicle dark rufous; legs red or reddish yellow; mandibles red. Antennae 13-jointed, a little longer than the head and thorax united, the scape nearly twice as long as the rounded pedicel; funicle 8-jointed, the first joint a little more than twice as long as thick, joints 2-6 subequal, truncate at apex and a little narrowed toward base, joints 7-8 moniliform, the 8th a little the larger ; club 3-jointed, the first and second equal, about twice as long as thick, the last ovate, a little longer. Thorax subovoid, the mesonotum about twice as long as wide at base, the scutellum finely striated at sides; the cup small, elliptical, with two equal-sized punctures on disk. Wings hyaline; veins testaceous, the marginal vein scarcely longer than thick, the second abscissa of radius thicker but not longer than the first. Abdomen about as long as the head and thorax united, with a dense griseous woolly girdle at base. d • Length 1 m m . Differs from female in having long, filiform, 15-jointed antennae, the two basal joints reddish yellow, the flagellum blackish, with all the joints fluted. The first joint of flagellum is about one-third longer than the second, but a little shorter than the terminal joints, the second joint is the smallest, the joints beyond very gradually although imperceptibly increasing in size, the last four joints being a little longer than the first. Wings slightly excised at apex; scutellum as in female, with two punctures. Balthazar. Described from one male and two female specimens. PENTACRITA, Forster. Table of Species. All coxae and femora brown, rest of legs honey-yellow 2. All coxae black. Wings at apex^entire; antenna?, except apex of pedicel, black ; the scape clavate, a little more than three times as long as thick at apex, the first joint of funiole fully 3f times as long as thick; cup of scutellum small, ovate, with its disk smooth, impunctate P. coxalis. 2. Wings with a slight sinus or emargination at apex; antennae with the pedicel and funicle rufo-piceous, the scape clavate,the first joint of funicle three times as long as thick; cup of scutellum elliptic, with a small fovea posteriorly and a single puncture on the anterior part P. proxima. (1) PENTACRITA COXALIS, sp. n. 2 . Length 1*2 m m . Polished black •; antennae, except apex of pedicel, black; legs honey-yellow, the coxae black, the clavate portions of femora dark brown or blackish; mandibles reddish. Antennae 13-jointed, a little longer than the head and thorax united; the scape clavate, 3 | times as long as thick at apex, the pedicel a little longer than thick; funicle 6-jointed, the first joint 3| times as long as thick, the second only a little longer than thick, joints 3-6 moniliform, the last two a little smaller than the fourth PBOO. ZOOL. Soc-1895, No. XLVIII. 48 |
