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Show 786 MR. W. H. ASHMEAD-REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [Nov. 19, Subfamily ALYSIINJE. SYNCRASIS, Forster. SYNCRASIS FLAVIPRONS, sp. n. cT. Length 1*5 mm. Polished black; head, except vertex, trophi, first three joints of antennae, tegulae, legs, including coxae, and the basal half of the abdomen brownish yellow. Antennae 25-jointed, longer than the body, the fifth joint longer than the fourth. Mesonotum trilobed, the middle lobe extending only to half the length of the mesonotum, a fovea or grooved line between its apex and the scutellum ; metanotum with a transverse carina before its apex. Wings hyaline, the stigma and venation brown; the radius originates beyond the middle of the stigma, its first branch short, only one-third the length of the radius ; first submarginal and first discoidal cells confluent. Abdomen as long as head and thorax united, with the first segment striated, the following segments smooth, polished. Mount Gay Estate. One male specimen. APHAERETA, Forster. APHAEEETA APICALIS, sp. n. 2 . Length 1*8 mm. Polished black ; mandibles, palpi, first four joints of antennae, tegulae, legs, and basal abdominal segment brownish yellow or pale yellow; last six joints of antennas white. Wings hyaline, the venation light brown. Mesonotum without furrows, while the metanotum has a median carina connected by a carina bounding the posterior margin. Abdomen, except the basal segment which is striate, smooth and polished; the ovipositor as long as the abdomen, black and hairy. Mount Gay Estate. Described from one female specimen, and readily distinguished from all other species by the white apical joints of antenna?. Family PBOCIOTEIPIDI. Subfamily BETHYLIN.51. DISSOMPHALUS, Ashm. (1) DISSOMPHALUS TUBERCULATUS, Ashm. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxv. p. 193. Chantilly Estate. One male specimen. (2) DISSOMPHALUS BISULCUS, Ashm. 1. c p. 194. Mount Gay Estate. Four male specimens. (3) DISSOMPHALUS CONFUSUS, Ashm. 1. c. p. 194. Balthazar. Two male specimens. |