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Show 784 MR. W. H. ASHMBAD-REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [Nov. 19, hyaline, pubescent, the stigma whitish, the nervures tinged brown, the second abscissa of radius about one-half longer than the first, the recurrent nervure joining an angle in the second submarginal cell. Abdomen long-oval, about as long as the head and thorax united, the lateral margins of the first segment and a large spot on dorsum of second and third segments rufous, rest of abdomen black; the plate of the first segment is rugose, the following segments smooth and shining but slightly wrinkled ; ovipositor short, stout. Mount Gay Estate. Two female specimens. (2) HORMIUS MELLEUS, Ashm. Grand Etang and Mount Gay Estate. Two female specimens. Subfamily EHOGADIN^E. EHOGAS, Nees. RHOGAS BIPASCIATUS, sp. n. 5 . Length 5 mm. Brownish yellow; eyes, stemmaticum, and last joint of tarsi black ; abdominal segments 1, 2, and 3 longitudinally striated, the first with a median carina. Antennae 40-jointed, the basal third of the flagellum black. Wings hyaline, bifasciated ; the first fascia is situated at the base of the basal nervure and encloses the transverse median nervure; the second extends across tbe wing from the middle of the stigma; all nervures, except the portions enclosed by the fasciae, are brownish yellow, the portions enclosed by the fasciae being black ; there is also a black spot at base of costal and anal nervures. o*. Length 4 mm. Agrees with the female, except the antennae are 34-jointed, wholly brownish yellow, or then with only two or three basal joints of flagellum black. St. George's and Mount Gay Estate. Described from eight male and four female specimens. Subfamily CHELONLN^E. PHANEROTOMA, Wesmael. (1) PHANEROTOMA INSULARIS, Ashm. 1. c. p. 124. St. George's and Mount Gay Estate. Six specimens. (2) PHANEROTOMA HUMERALIS, Ashm. 1. c. p. 125. Mount Gay Estate. One specimen. Subfamily AGATHIDIN^E. AGATHIS, Latreille. (1) AGATHIS RUBRICINCTUS, Ashm. 1. c p. 128. Balthazar, St. George's, and St. John's Eiver. Three female specimens. This species also occurs in Jamaica. |