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Show 1895.] HYMENOPTERA OF THE ISLAND OF GRENADA. 769 outer vein of areolet absent. Abdomen with a whitish girdle at base. Balthazar (windward side), Mount Gay Estate, and St. John's Eiver (leeward side). Described from five female specimens. (6) HEXAPLASTA LONGICORNIS, sp. n. $. Length 1*1 to 1*25 m m . Polished black; antennae, except club which is black or dark fuscous, and legs brownish yellow. Antennae 13-jointed, a little longer than the body, the joints of funicle all long, the first joint four times as long as thick, the following three times as long as thick ; club-joints 2\ times as long as thick. Scutellum with the channels on each side striated, the posterior part finely rugose, the cup narrowed ovate, with four punctures. Wings hyaline, ciliate, the veins pale yellowish, the marginal cell along the fore margin, except at basal one-third, open ; the second abscissa of radius straight, a little longer than the first, the first abscissa having a slight downward curve. Abdomen piceous beneath toward base, with a sparse hairy girdle. Balthazar (windward side) and Mount Gay Estate (leeward side). Described from four female specimens. (7) HEXAPLASTA CRASSINERVIS, sp. n. 2 . Length 0*9 m m . Polished black; antennae, except last 5 joints which are fuscous, and legs brownish yellow. Antennae 13-jointed, a little shorter than the body ; joints of funicle 2-5 obconic, about twice as long as thick. Scutellum finely rugulose, the cup small, ovate, with a small fovea posteriorly and about four punctures anteriorly. Wings hyaline, ciliate, the veins light brown, the marginal cell along the fore margin open beyond the base, the second abscissa of radius very little longer than the first but twice as stout. Abdomen with a sparse pubescent girdle at base. Mount Gay Estate (leeward side). Described from two female specimens. (8) HEXAPLASTA 4-PUNCTATA, sp. n. 2 • Length 0*8 m m . Polished black; antennae, except last 4 joints of club which are fuscous, and legs brownish yellow. Antennae 13-jointed, extending to middle of abdomen or a little beyond the middle ; first joint of funicle nearly 3 times as long as thick, joints 2-5 moniliform, not longer than thick; club-joints very little longer than thick, but gradually increasing in size, the last much the largest joint. Cup of scutellum small, ovate, with four minute punctures. Wings hyaline, ciliate, the veins brown, the marginal cell, except at basal one-third, open along the fore margin, the second abscissa of radius only a little longer than the first. Metapleura pubescent; the abdomen with the usual woolly girdle at base. . Balthazar (windward side). Described from one female specimen. |