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Show 768 MR. W. H. ASHMEAD-REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [Nov. 19, twice as long as the second, rather stout and a little curved ; the third is a little longer than the second, while the fourth and following joints are a little longer than the third, subequal, a little more than twice as long as thick. The legs have the femora toward base more or less obfuscated; otherwise as in the female. Mount Gay Estate (leeward side) and Grand Etang (windward side). Described from one male and three female specimens. (2) HEXAPLASTA CONSIMILIS, sp. n. 2 . Length 1*25 m m . Differs from previous species as follows :- The form is slightly more robust, the antennae are slightly longer, extending nearly to the tip of the abdomen, joints 2-5 of funicle as well as the club-joints fully twice as long as thick ; the scutellum is more finely rugose, with striae in the side channels at base; the outer vein of the areolet is wanting or only slightly developed; while the legs are more reddish. The d is 1 m m . long, the first joint of the flagellum only 1| times as long as the second, the second and third joints equal or nearly so, while the following joints are fully three times as long as thick; otherwise, in colour of legs &c, it agrees with the female. Grand Etang and Balthazar (windward side). Described from one female and two male specimens. (3) HEXAPLASTA MODESTA, Ashm. Hexacola modesta, Ashm. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxv. 1894, p. 73. On account of the open radial cellule Ibis species was originally described under the genus Hexacola. It is well represented in the Grenada material by 17 female specimens taken at Mount Gay Estate (leeward side) and Balthazar (windward side). (4) HEXAPLASTA SA]NTCTI-VINCENTI, Ashm. Hexacola sancti-vincenti, Ashm. I. c. p. 74. Mount Gay Estate (leeward side) and Balthazar (windward Eight female specimens. (5) HEXAPLASTA AFFINIS, sp. n. 2- Length 1 to 1*2 m m . Polished black; antennae, except club which is usually fuscous, and legs brownish yellow. Antennae 13-jointed, a little shorter thau the body, the scape obconic, 1\ times as long as the pedicel; funicle 5-jointed, the first joint about twice as long as thick or a little longer, joints 2-5 about 1| times as long as thick ; club-joints oblong, the last ovate, longer than the preceding. Scutellum rugose, the cup ovate, with a small fovea posteriorly and 4 punctures on anterior part. Wings hyaline, ciliate, the venation pale yellowish, the marginal cell open along the fore margin from the basal one-third, the second abscissa only a little longer than the first, slightly curved, the first straight |
