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Show 1895.] HYMENOPTERA OF THE ISLAND OF GRENADA. 801 b. Scutellum triangular, pubescent at tip, but not ending in a spine. (4) AMBLYASPIS TRIANGULARIS, Ashm. 1. c. p. 234. Balthazar and Mount Gay Estate. Ten specimens. (5) AMBLYASPIS RUFICORNIS, sp. n. 2 . Length 1*1 m m . Polished black ; antennae and legs, except middle and hind coxae which are black, rufous. Wings subhyaline ; scutellum triangular, pubescent; metapleura and petiole clothed with a pale pubescence; pedicel very long, 3 times as long as the first funicular joint; club dusky, the joints, except the last which is ovate, very little longer than thick. Balthazar. Described from one female specimen. (6) AMBLYASPIS BRUNNEUS, sp. n. 2 . Length 0*65 to 0*7 m m . Head dusky, the thorax and abdomen brown ; scape, pedicel, legs, and petiole yellow, the flagellum light brown. Wings hyaline, ciliated. The pedicel is as long as the first two funicular joints united; funicular joints 2 to 4 moniliform; club 4-jointed, a little thicker than the funicle, joints 1 and 2 well separated, scarcely longer than wide, joints 3 and 4 closely united, the third transverse-quadrate, the last ovate. Balthazar. Described from two female specimens. A small species, readily distinguished by the colour of thorax and abdomen and by the yellow scape and legs. LEPTACIS, Porster. LEPTACIS OBSCURIPES, Ashm. 1. c p. 236. Balthazar. One female specimen. POLYMECUS, Porster. (1) POLYMECUS MACRURUS, sp. n. 2 . Length 2*5 m m . Polished black; scape, except at tip, and legs reddish yellow, the tips of middle and hind femora and tibiae dusky or black; wings hyaline. _ Head transverse, the lateral ocelli twice as wide trom the front ocellus as to the eye-margin ; funicle very slender; club stout, 4-iointed, joints 1 and 2 about equal, very slightly longer than thick, joint 3 quadrate, the last joint subglobose. The scutellum ends 'in a small tubercle; metapleura striated and clothed with some sparse glittering white hairs. Abdomen sessile, highly polished, the last three segments forming a very long, slender stylus, the three united being just twice as long as the rest of the abdomen, the thorax, and the head united. Balthazar. Described from one female specimen. |
