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Show 806 MR. W. H. ASHMEAD-REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [Nov. 19, the pedicel, the following gradually shortening, the fifth and sixth stouter than the others, the sixth being twice as long as thick ; club 4-jointed, the first joint oval, the second rounded, the third quadrate, the last conic; collar at sides, metathorax, and petiole densely pubescent; scutellum with a moderately large, but not deep fovea at base; metathoracic carina triangular, acute ; body of abdomen ovate, the petiole about 1| times as long as thick. o* • Agrees well with the female in colorational detail, but with the antennae 14-jointed, nearly 1 | times as long as the body, the flagellum either reddish piceous or reddish yellow, the second joint a little longer than the first, the following joints, except the last, which is as long as the second, all shorter and with scarcely any pedicel, the joints, however, with whorls of long hair. Balthazar and Mount Gay Estate. Described from two male and nine female specimens. (3) DIAPRIA PERAFFINIS, sp. n. 2 . Length 1 m m . Agrees well with D. grenadensis, except in its smaller size and in the decidedly different shaped antennae. The antennae are shorter, reaching scarcely to the apex of the metathorax, with the club abrupt, 3-jointed; the first funicular joint is shorter than the pedicel, only a little longer than thick, while the other joints are rounded or moniliform, not longer than thick, the last two being a little transverse ; the first joint of the club is transverse-quadrate, the second quadrate, the last oblong, twice as long as the penultimate ; scutellum with a small, shallow fovea at base ; petiole of abdomen not longer than thick, pubescent. The male, on the contrary, differs from that of D. grenadensis in having the antennae much longer, nearly twice as long as the body, with the flagellar joints longly pedunculated, the petiole a little more than twice as long as thick. Balthazar and St. George's. Described from one female and two male specimens. (4) DIAPRIA MELANOPLEURA, sp. n. d. Length 2 m m . Head and abomen black; thorax, except the mesopleura which are black, rufous ; antennae and legs reddish yellow ; wings hyaline, ciliated, the stigma yellowish. Head globose; antennae 14-jointed, nearly twice the length of the body, verticillate, the flagellar joints longly pedicellated; scutellum with a deep fovea at base; metathorax and petiole densely pubescent, the latter long, about 4 times as long as thick ; body of abdomen black, but more or less reddish or pale at the juncture with the petiole. Balthazar. Described from one male specimen. (5) DIAPRIA UNICOLOR, sp. n. $. Length 1*6 m m . Uniformly rufous; antennae and legs reddish yellow; wings hyaline, ciliated, the stigma yellowish. Head globose; antennas 12-jointed, not quite so long as the |
