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Show 1895.] HYMENOPTERA OF THE ISLAND OF GRENADA. 811 Head globose; antennae 12-jointed, with a 4-jointed club, as long as the body; funicle 6-jointed, the first joint 2\ times as long as thick, the second and third shortening but longer than thick, joints 4 to 6 moniliform, slightly widening; club 4-jointed, the last joint or the last two joints black, the first joint moniliform, the second and third larger, transverse, the fourth much larger, oblong, as long as or a little longer than the two preceding united. Collar, metathorax, and petiole pubescent. Abdomen pointed-ovate, as long as the thorax, the petiole about as long as thick. Balthazar and Mount Gay Estate. Described from six specimens. This species is distinguished from the other species by the relative length of the funicular joints. (4) PHJENOPRIA NIGRICLAVATA, sp. n. 2 . Length 1 m m . Polished black ; antennae, except the 4- jointed club, and legs reddish yellow ; wings hyaline, ciliated, the stigma yellowish. Head globose; antennae 12-jointed, extending scarcely to the middle of the abdomen; funicle 6-jointed, the first joint only a little longer than thick, the following moniliform, slightly increasing in size but not longer than wide ; club 4-jointed, dusky or black, the joints increasing in size, the last very little longer than the penultimate ; metapleura pubescent. Abdomen as long as the thorax, oblong, the petiole wider than long, brownish. Chantilly Estate. Described from one female specimen. Distinguished by the shorter antennae, the relative length of the joints of funicle, and by the 4-jointed black club. (5) PHVENOPRIA SUBCLAVATA, Ashm. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. xxv. p. 254. Balthazar, Mount Gay Estate, St. George's and Vendorne. This species, originally described from St. Vincent, is represented by 17 female specimens. It is exceedingly variable in the colour of the antennae aud legs, and the characters of the antennae, pointed out in the table, must be depended upon for the specific distinction. (6) PHJENOPRIA BALTHAZARI, sp. n. $. Length 1*2 m m . Polished black; antennae, except the last two joints, and legs reddish yellow; wings hyaline, ciliated, the stigma yellow. Head globose; antennae 12-jointed, about as long as the body, ending in a 3-jointed incrassated club, the last two joints of which are black; funicle 7-jointed, the first joint 2\ times as long as thick, joints 2 to 6 gradually shortening, the 6th being 1\ times as long as thick, the 7th stouter; club 3-jointed, the first joint rounded, the second quadrate, while the third is oblong and a little longer than the second. Metathorax pubescent. Abdomen pointed-ovate, as long as the thorax without including the petiole, |