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Show 808 MR. W. H. ASHMEAD-REPORT ON THE PARASITIC [Nov. 19, 2. Antennae, except last joint, reddish yellow, last joint black ; scutellum with two minute, widely separated foveas, a grooved line at sides; legs reddish yellow T. bifoveata. Antennas, except last three joints which are dusky, yellow; scutellum with a single fovea at base; legs yellow T, afflms. (1) TRICHOPRIA GRENADENSIS, sp. n. 2 . Length 1*5 m m . Polished black; antennae 12-jointed, extending to base of abdomen, rufous, the club black; legs reddish yellow; wings hyaline, pubescent, the stigma yellow. Head globose; flagellum three times as long as the scape, the pedicel thicker and a little longer than the first joint of funicle, the first funicular joint the longest, the following gradually shortening, all, however, longer than thick ; club gradually incrassated, the last joint ovate but not longer than the penultimate ; sides of collar pubescent; scutellum with a single fovea at base ; angles of metathorax acute, pubescent at sides ; abdomen oblong-oval, as long as the thorax, with the petiole short, pubescent. d. Agrees with the female, except in having long, 14-jointed antennae, the flagellum being black or piceous, the joints elliptic-oval, covered with sparse long hairs, the first joint being slightly the longest. / Balthazar and Grand Etang. Described from one female and two male specimens. The male comes nearest to T. insularis, described from St. Vincent, but the antennae are differently coloured, with the joints differently shaped. (2) TRICHOPRIA BIFOVEATA, sp. n. 2. Length 1-4 m m . Polished black; antennae 12-jointed, extending to base of abdomen, reddish yellow, with the last joint black; legs reddish yellow; wings hyaline, ciliated. Head globose; flagellum 2 | times as long as the scape, the pedicel twice as long as thick and longer and stouter than the first flagellar joint; first funicular joint a little longer than the second, the joints after the second moniliform, not longer than thick; club gradually incrassated, 4-jointed, the last joint greatly enlarged, oblong, nearly as long as the three preceding joints united and much stouter; scutellum with two minute widely separated foveae at base (in reality punctures); metapleura and petiole pubescent or woolly; body of abdomen ovate, acute at tip. Balthazar. Described from two female specimens. (3) TRICHOPRIA AFFINIS, sp. n. 2. Length 0*8 m m . Polished black; antennae 12-jointed, extending to the middle of abdomen, yellow, the last three joints of club black or dusky; legs yellow ; wings hyaline, ciliated. Head globose; flagellum about 4 times as long as the scape, the pedicel much thicker but scarcely longer than the first joint of funicle; funicular joints 1 to 4 gradually shortening, all longer than thick, 5 and 6 moniliform and a little wider than the preceding ; club 4-jointed, loosely joined, gradually incrassated, the |