OCR Text |
Show 1895.] HYMENOPTERA OP THE ISLAND OF GRENADA. 773 cup rather small, ovate, with a minute fovea posteriorly and two punctures anteriorly. Wings hyaline, strongly ciliate ; the veins brownish yellow, the marginal cell closed, the second abscissa of radius very little longer than the first. Abdomen with only a sparse pubescent girdle at base. 6*. Length 1 m m . Polished black; antennae 5-jointed, long, filiform, light brown, the three basal joints and the legs yellowish ; first joint of flagellum one-half longer than the second, the following joints about equal, 3 times as long as thick; otherwise as in female. St. John's (leeward side). Described from one male and one female specimen. (17) HEXAPLASTA HEXOMERA, sp. n. 2 • Length 1*4-1*6 m m . Polished black; antennae, except sometimes the funicle, black, tbe funicle sometimes piceous; legs brownish or reddish yellow. Antennae 13-jointed, joints 2-5 of funicle subequal, a little longer than thick; club-joints, except the last which is ovate and twice as long as thick, a little longer than thick, or oblong. Scutellum rugose, the cup ovate, with a small fovea posteriorly and 4 small punctures anteriorly (2 on each side). Wings hyaline, ciliate, the veins brownish yellow, the marginal cell closed, the second abscissa of radius 1| times as long as the first. Abdomen nearly as long as the head and thorax united and almost devoid of pubescence at base. Chantilly and St. John's Eiver. Described from two female specimens. (18) HEXAPLASTA INCONGRUA, sp. n. 2 . Length 1*5 m m . Polished black ; antennae, except club and legs, reddish yellow. Antennae 13-jointed, not extending beyond the middle of abdomen; the first joint of funicle twice as long as thick, joints 2-5 a little longer than thick; club-joints, except the last which is ovate and twice as long as thick, only a little longer than thick. Scutellum finely rugose, the cup rounded, with no fovea posteriorly and connected anteriorly with the mesonotum by a carina, the basal fovea crenated. Wings hyaline, ciliate, the veins yellowish, the marginal cell closed, the second abscissa of radius 1| times as long as the first. Abdomen about as long as the head and thorax united, the pubescent girdle at base very faint. Mount Gay Estate. Described from one female specimen. (19) HEXAPLASTA PLEURALIS, sp. n. 2 • Length 1*25 to 1*5 m m . Polished black; sides of thorax brownish piceous or rufous, the metapleura red; antennae, except the last five joints, and legs brownish yellow. Antennae 13-jointed, the funiclar joints 2-5 three or more times longer than thick ; club-joints twice as long as thick. Cup large, |