Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London, 1895

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736 MR. W. H. ASHMEAD-REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [Nov Antennas, except last 5 joints of club, and legs brownish yellow. Sides of thorax rufous or piceous; meta­pleura always red. Joints 2-5 of funicle three or more times longer than thick; club-joints twice as long as thick H. pleuralis, sp. n. Sides of thorax black. Joints 2-5 of funicle subequal, twice as long as thick or a little longer ; club-joints, except the last which is ovate and larger than the others, about 1£ times as long as thick H. proxima, sp. n. Antennae black, the funicle sometimes piceous; legs brownish yellow. Joints 2-5 of funicle subequal, scarcely 1£ times as long as thick; club-joints, except the last, a little longer than thick H. dubiosa, sp. n. Antennas always black ; legs yellowish. Joints 2-5 of funicle very little longer than thick ; club-joints oblong, the last ovate, much longer than the preceding; second branch of radius nearly twice as long as the first, marginal cell 3 times as long as wide H. incerta, sp. n. Males. Marginal cell entirely closed 2. Marginal cell more or less open along the fore border. Cup of scutellum small, ovate, with a small fovea posteriorly and from 2-4 punctures on the an­terior part; antennas black or piceous black. Legs honey-yellow, with the femora toward base more or less obfuscated ; first joint of flagel­lum twice as long as the second, stout, curved, the third a little longer than the second, the fourth and following joints a little longer than the third, subequal, a little more than twice as long as thick H. melanocera. Legs reddish yellow; first joint of flagellum only 1^ times as long as the second, the second and third joints equal, the fourth and following joints a little longer than the third, equal, fully 3 times as long as thick H. consimilis. Legs brownish yellow ; first joint of flagellum not much longer than the second, stouter, the third a little longer than the second, the fourth and following joints about twice as long as thick ... H. modesta. 2. C u p of scutellum ovate or subelliptic, with a small fovea posteriorly and 2-4 or more punctures on the anterior part 3. Cup of scutellum rounded or broadly oval 4. Cup of scutellum minute, exceedingly narrowed, merely a ridge with a single small fovea or puncture. Antennae, except slightly toward tips, and legs brownish yellow. First joint of flagellum one-half longer than the second, the third and following joints scarcely longer than the second and 3 times as long as thick ... H. tenuicornis.