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Show 770 MR. W. H. ASHMEAD-REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [Nov. 19, (9) HEXAPLASTA STRIATISCUTELLARIS, sp. n. 2 • Length 1*2 m m . Polished black ; antennae, except the funicle which is rufo-piceous, black ; legs reddish yellow. Antennse 13-jointed, two-thirds the length of body, the first joint of funicle about 3 times as long as thick at apex, joints 2-5 twice as long as thick ; club-joints oblong, about 1 \ times as long as thick. Cup of scutellum exceedingly narrowed, elliptic, almost a carina, with a fovea posteriorly and one puncture on the anterior part, the channels at sides striated, the posterior part rugose. Wings hyaline, ciliate, the veins yellowish, the marginal cell as in the previous species. Abdomen as long as the thorax, with a narrow pubescent girdle at base. Balthazar (windward side). Described from one female specimen. In the very narrow scutellar cup and the striated sides of the scutellum this species bears a close resemblance to those species of Kleidotoma belonging to the subgenus Hexacola, Forst. (10) HEXAPLASTA TENUICORNIS, sp. n. 2 • Length 1*5 m m . Polished black ; antennae, except the 4 or 5 terminal joints which are fuscous or black, and legs brownish yellow ; venter piceous. Antennae 13-jointed, as long as the body, the first joint of funicle 4 times as long as thick, the second and following joints about 3| times as long as thick; club-joints a little more than twice as long as thick. Scutellum rugose, the cup small, exceedingly narrowed, merely a carina with a single puncture and produced into a long carina anteriorly. Wings hyaline, ciliate, the veins, except the submarginal vein at base which is yellowish, brown, the marginal cell completely closed, the second abscissa of radius about 1\ times as long as the first. Abdomen black above, piceous or reddish beneath, with a sparse pubescent girdle at base. The male, or rather what is taken to be the male of this species, measures 1*25 m m . in length, is black, with the antennae, except toward tips, and the legs brownish yellow. The first joint of the flagellum is one-half longer than the second, tbe third and following joints being scarcely longer than the second and nearly three times as long as thick. Mount Gay Estate (leeward side). Described from one male and one female specimen. (11) HEXAPLASTA UNIFOVEATA, sp. n. 2 • Length 1*2 m m . Polished black; antennae, except club which is fuscous or black, and legs yellow or brownish yellow. Antennae 13-jointed, extending a little beyond the middle of abdomen ; first joint of funicle about 2 | times as long as thick, joints 2-5 about 1| times as long as thick or a little longer; club-joints not quite twice as long as thick. Cup of scutellum small, narrowed, with a small fovea posteriorly, the part before the fovea subconvex. |