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Show 756 MR. W. H. ASHMEAD REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [NOV. 19, aa. Cup of scutellum narrowed ovate, produced into a long carina anteriorly, tbe body of cup far away from the margin of mesonotum, with a fovea posteriorly, and the anterior part usually with some punctures along the margins. Metapleura black. Antennce, except 3 or 4 apical joints which are fuscous, rufous; legs brownish yellow; anterior part of cup with a frenum formed by punctures E. perplexa, sp. n. Antennas, except 4 or 5 apical joints which are fuscous, and legs brownish yellow; anterior part of cup closely pnnctate, with no glabrous surface E. obliterata, sp. n. Metapleura reddish or rufo-piceous ; antennas, except last four joints, and legs brownish yellow. Metanotum with a deep channel on each side of the median carinae; joints 3, 4, and 5 of flagellum only about twice as long as thick, obconical E. canaliculata, Ashm. =E. claripennis, Ashm. (preoc). Metanotum without these channels; joints 3, 4, and 5 of flagellum fully thrice as long as thick E. aliena, sp. n. 2. Cup of scutellum broadly oval; the disk concave, and separated into two subequal parts by a transverse carina, and connected with the mesonotum by a longitudinal carina anteriorly ; legs rufous E. cressonii, D. T. =E. basalis, Cr. = E, rufiventris, Cam. 3. Head and last five joints of antennas black; scutellum rugose, the cup small, narrowed, produced into a carina anteriorly, punctate E. atriceps, sp. n. 4. Species black. Cup of scutellum rather large, oval, with a small round fovea posteriorly ; antennas, except last two joints, and legs brownish yellow E. inconstans, sp. n. . Males. Head and thorax black; abdomen mostly rufous. Cup of scutellum broadly oval; tbe disk concave and separated into two parts by a transverse carina ; antennas long, black E. cressonii, D. T. Head black ; thorax and abdomen ferruginous. Cup of scutellum broadly oval; the disk flat, smooth, with a small transverse fovea posteriorly, and about 4 punctures on anterior part; antennas long, ferruginous E. nigriceps, sp. n. Entirely ferruginous. Cup of scutellum broadly oval, flat, smooth, with a large transversely oval shallow fovea posteriorly, and about 4 punctures on anterior • part; antennas long, dusky beyond the middle. E. ferruginea, sp. n. (1) EUCOELA OVALIS, Ashm. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xxv 1894, p. 76. Mount Gay Estate, St, George's. Two female specimens. |