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Show "796 MR. W. H. ASHMEAD-REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [Nov. 19, Head transverse-quadrate, about 2| times as wide as thick antero-posteriorly, the occiput deeply concave ; first joint of funicle not longer thau thick, the second, third, and fourth wider than long and gradually becoming shorter and narrower ; club 5-jointed, the joints, except the last, transverse, the third the widest, the last conical. Abdomen viewed from above ovate, the second joint much longer than wide at apex. The male agrees with the female quite closely, except the flagellum is filiform, brown-black or brown, the first and third joints almost equal, the latter the stouter, the second joint one-half longer than the first, the following joints shorter than first, elliptical, gradually shortening and becoming moniliform, the last being conical and more than twice as long as the penultimate. Balthazar, Mount Gay Estate, and St. George's. Described from one male and eight female specimens. (13) TELENOMUS CONFUSUS, Ashm. 1. c. p. 204. Balthazar and Mount Gay Estate. Pive female specimens. (14) TELENOMUS CONSIMILIS, sp. n. 2 • Length 0*65 m m . Black, polished, the mesonotum subopaque, minutely punctate ; antennae, except scape beneath, brown-black; legs brownish yellow; wings hyaline, ciliated, the venation light brown, the marginal vein about half the length of the stigmal. Head quadrate, not twice as wide as thick antero-posteriorly; funiclar joints 1 and 2 about equal, not longer than thick, 3 and 4 small, moniliform; club 5-jointed, fusiform, the joints, except the last, transverse, the last conical. Abdomen ovate, as long as the thorax, the first segment and the second at extreme base striated, the second segment being about 1£ times as long as wide at apex. Balthazar. Described from one female specimen. (15) TELENOMUS MAGNICLAVUS, Ashm. 1. c p. 205. Grenada. Six female specimens. Tribe. TELEASINI. G R Y O N , Haliday. G R Y O N BASICINCTUS, sp. n. 2 • Length 0*9 m m . Polished black; petiole of abdomen and legs brownish yellow; antennae black; wings hyaline. Head transverse, 3 times as wide as thick antero-posteriorly • antennae 12-jointed, the first and second funicular joints subequal' a little longer than the pedicel, the third and fourth very minute; club 6-jointed, the joints, except the last, transverse-quadrate, the last conic; first joint of abdomen wider than long, yellow, and finely striated; body of abdomen oval, black. Balthazar. Described from a single female specimen, readily |