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Show 776 MR. W. H. ASHMEAD-REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [Nov. 19, Antennae 13-jointed, the scape twice as long as the pedicel, obconic ; funicle 6-jointed, joints 2-6 subequal, a little longer than thick; club 5-jointed, the joints nearly equal, a little longer than thick. Scutellum rugose ; the cup ovate, with a shallow fovea posteriorly and 4 small punctures anteriorly. Wings hyaline, ciliate; the veins pale yellowish, the marginal cell closed, the first branch of radius a little shorter than the second and angulated within a little beyond its middle. Abdomen as long as the head and thorax united, with a pubescent girdle at base. Balthazar (windward side). Described from two female specimens. Eemarkable for, and readily recognized by, the angulated first branch of the radius. (2) PENTAMEROCERA DISTINGUENDA, sp. n. 2 • Length 1*5 m m . Polished black ; antennae dark rufous ; legs brownish yellow, the hind coxae and all the femora toward base more or less piceous or obfuscated. Antennae 13-jointed ; funicle 6-jointed, joints 2-6 submoniliform, very little longer than thick ; club 5-jointed, rounded, the last conic and a little the longest joint. Scutellum rugulose, opaque; the cup small, ovate, shining, Math a minute fovea posteriorly and 4 punctures anteriorly. Wings hyaline, ciliate ; the veins yellowish, the marginal cell closed, the second abscissa of radius about one-third longer than the first, the latter very slightly curved but not angulated. Abdomen at base with a sparsely pubescent girdle. Balthazar (windward side), and St. John's Biver (leeward side). Described from two female specimens. (3) PENTAMEROCERA ERYTHROPLEURA, sp. n. 2. Length 1*25 m m . Polished black; the mesopleura and metathorax rufous or brownish piceous; antennae black, as long as the body; legs brownish yellow. Antennae 13-jointed, long; funicle 6-jointed, joints 2-6 subequal in length, but the last two slightly stouter than the others, joiut 1 is a little more than three times as long as thick at apex, joints 2-4 are 3 times as long as thick, while joints 5 and 6 are from 2 to 2\ times as long as thick; club 5-jointed, the joints from 2 to 2 | times as long as thick. Scutellum finely rugose; the cup rather large, oval, with a small fovea posteriorly and 4 punctures anteriorly. Wings hyaline, ciliate ; the veins pale, the marginal cell closed, the second abscissa of radius about one-third longer than the first, straight, the first a little curved. Abdomen black, but brownish or piceous at base. Balthazar (windward side). Described from two female specimens. (4) P E N T A M E R O C E R A 6-PUNCTATA, sp. U. 2. Length 1*25 m m . Polished black; antennae, except the scape and the last four joints, and legs brownish yellow. Antennae 13-jointed, two-thirds the length of body; funicle |