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788 MR. W. H. ASHMEAD-REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [NOV. 19, 2. Abdomen brownish yellow at base and beneath 3. Abdomen entirely black; flagellum subclavate, the last four or five joints only black Face transversely wrinkled; flagellar joints 2 to 4 transverse, a little wider than long, joints 5 to 7 quadrate, the last oblong, twice as long as the preceding C. rugifrons. Face smooth, polished; flagellar joint as long as the pedicel, joints 2-3 about half as long as the first, 4 quadrate, 5 to 7 longer than wide, the last ovate, half longer than the 7th C. politifrons. 3. Legs and basal joints of antennae yellowish C. basalis, Ashm. (1) CERAPHRON GRENADENSIS, sp. n. 2 . Length 1 m m . Black, opaque, minutely, closely punctate ; scape, pedicel, and legs brownish yellow ; flagellum brown-black; wings hyaline, pubescent, the venation dark brown. Head transverse, the face concave, shining; frons, vertex, and cheeks closely punctulate, opaque; flagellum subclavate, about twice as long as the scape, the pedicel one-third longer than the first flagellar joint, second and following flagellar joints to last gradually increasing in size, quadrate, the last ovate, about twice as long as the penultimate. Thorax above opaque, closely minutely punctate, sericeous; pleura smooth, shining; tegulae brownish piceous ; metanotum armed with a small thorn. Abdomen sessile, ovate, polished black, pointed at tip, as long as the head and thorax united, and with some striae at base above. Balthazar. Described from one female specimen. (2) CERAPHRON SUBOPACUS, sp. n. 2 . Length 1 m m . Black, subopaque, sparsely punctate, the punctures not so dense as in the preceding species and the surface with a slight lustre, the scutellum shining; scape and legs yellow, the hind coxae dusky or black; wings hyaline, pubescent, the venation light brown. Head transverse, the face emarginate, shining ; flagellum dark brown or blackish, not twice as long as the scape, the pedicel as long as the first and second flagellar joints united ; flagellar joints 2 to 5 a little wider than long, 6 and 7 longer than wide, the last ovate, not quite twice as long as the penultimate. Thorax above subopaque, the scutellum shining ; pleura smooth, shining; metanotum with a small tubercle. Abdomen sessile, as long as the head and thorax united, polished black. Balthazar. Described from one female specimen. (3) CERAPHRON RUGIFRONS, sp. n. 2 . Length 1 m m . Black, shining; head and thorax above smooth, impunctate; face and frons with delicate, transverse rugae ; antennae, except last four joints, and legs, including all coxae, brownish yellow; wings hyaline, pubescent, the venation brownish yellow. Flagellum, excluding the pedicel, 1| times as long as the scape, joints 2-4 transverse, a little wider than long, 5-7 quadrate, the last oblong, twice as long as the preceding. |
