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Show 1895.] HYMENOPTERA OF THE ISLAND OF GRENADA. 767 First joint of flagellum about one-half longer than the second, the third and following joints hardly longer than the second and about 2^ times as long as thick H. unifoveata. Antennas uniformly dark brown or blackish. Metapleura black, tbe scutellar channels striated. First joint of flagellum long, nearly twice as long as the second, the third and following joints about equal, a little longer than the second, 3 times as long as thick IL dolichomera. Metapleura reddish, the scutellar channels closely punctate. First joint of flagellum only one-half longer than the second, the third and following about 3 times as long as thick H. instabilis. 3. Thorax at sides rufous or brownish piceous, the metapleura always red. Antennas brown, the three or four basal joints and the legs brownish yellow. First joint of flagellum one-third longer than the second, the third and following joints not or scarcely longer than the second, almost 3 times as long as thick H. rufolateralis. Thorax at sides black. Antennas slender, brown, the three basal joints and legs brownish yellow. First joint of flagellum one-half longer than the second, the following joints about equal, fully 3 times as long as thick H. brunneiclavata. 4. Antennas black ; legs brownish yellow. First joint of flagellum one-half longer than the second, the third and following joints about 4 times as long as thick H. proxima, (1) HEXAPLASTA MELANOCERA, sp. n. 2 • Length 1 to 1*2 mm. Polished black ; mandibles and legs brownish yellow ; metanotum with a sparse griseous pubescence. Antennae 13-jointed, black, extending to middle of abdomen; the scape clavate, about 1| times as long as the pedicel, the latter a little longer than thick; funicle 5-jointed, the first joint more than twice as long as thick, joints 2-5 obconic, subequal, about 1| times as long as thick, or nearly so ; club 6-jointed, the joints oblong, not twice as long as thick, the first the thinnest, the last the stoutest. Mesonotum very little longer than wide at base, the collar with some sparse glittering hairs at the sides ; scutellum finely rugose, the cup ovate, with a fovea posteriorly and 4 punctures on the anterior part. Wings hyaline, ciliate, the veins brownish yellow, the marginal cell open along its fore margin from the basal one-third, the second abscissa of radius only slightly longer than the first and slightly stouter, the outer vein of the areolet alone present. Abdomen a little longer than the thorax, with a griseous pubescent girdle at base, not interrupted at middle above. o*. Length 0*9 m m . Antennae 15-jointed, filiform, about If times as long as the body, black ; the first joint of the flagellum is 49* |
