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Show 1895.] HYMENOPTERA OF THE ISLAND OF GRENADA. 807 body, terminating in an incrassated 4-jointed club ; first funicular joint shorter than the pedicel, about twice as long as thick, the others gradually shortening, the last being only a little longer than thick ; first joint of club oblong, the second larger, rounded, the third still larger, quadrate,. the last oblong; scutellum with a transverse fovea at base; sides of collar, metathorax, and petiole pubescent; petiole nearly 3 times as long as thick; body of abdomen ovate, pointed as tip, and as long as the thorax. Balthazar. Described from one female specimen. CERATOPRIA, Ashmead. (1) CERATOPRIA GRENADENSIS, sp. n. 2 • Length 0*8 m m . Head and abdomen, except the petiole, black ; thorax rufous ; antennae, except club, and the legs yellow ; club abrupt, 3-jointed, black ; wings hyaline, ciliated. Head large, globose; funicle as long as the scape, the first joint a little longer than thick, tbe following transverse-moniliform, the last two joints very slightly wider than the preceding; club abrupt, 3-jointed, the first and second joints equal, transverse-quadrate, the last oval, a little longer than the preceding; scutellum with a single, small, rounded fovea at base; metathorax pubescent; abdomen oblong-oval, the body as long as the thorax, above black, beneath towards base piceous, the petiole yellow, shagreened. Balthazar and Mount Gay Estate. Described from two female specimens. (2) CERATOPRIA FLAVIPES, sp. n. §. Length 1 m m . Black; angles of pronotum and the antennae, except the club, brownish yellow ; club abrupt, 3-jointed, black ; legs yellow ; wings hyaline, ciliated. Head subglobose, a little wider than long; scape scarcely as long as the funicle; funicle with the joints moniliform, the first not longer than thick, the last three a little transverse ; club large, abrupt, 3-jointed, the last joint oblong, twice as long as the second; scutellum with a transverse shallow fovea at base; abdomen ovate, more pointed than usual; petiole and the metathorax piceous, pubescent. Balthazar. Described from one female specimen. TRICHOPRIA, Ashmead. Table of Species. Females. Antennae with a gradually incrassated 4-jointed club Antennse with a gradually incrassated 5-jointed club. Antenna rufous, the club black ; scutellum with a single fovea, with a grooved line at the sides; legs reddish 2. T. grenadensis. |