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scutellum proper, but not axillae, red with some black bristles in disk. 

 Legs mostly aeneous or fusco-aeneous ; anterior coxae at base, their tro- 

 chanters and their femora and tibiae within, middle coxae beneath, their 

 trochanters and most of the femora and tibiae, except outwardly, light 

 brown, their tarsi whitish; hind legs mostly aeneous or fuscous, while 

 the outer surface or ridge of the tibiae white. Wings hyaline, with a 

 large brown cloud across the wing below the marginal and stigmal vein ; 

 abdomen aeneous, brownish at base beneath, the ovipositor not exserted. 



Type, No. 3467, U. S. N. M. 

 Hab. Antigua, British West Indies. 



Described from 12 female specimens bred by Prof. T. D. A, 

 Cockerell, from L e can ium f rater num Ckll. 



(25) ARACHNOPHAGA new genus. 

 (Type Eupelmus piceus Riley.) 



Female. General facies ofAnastatus Motschulsky ( = Antigaster Walsh ) 

 but the head is larger, wider than the thorax and antero-posteriorly much 

 thinner, the temples very narrow, flattened ; the frons is smooth without 

 antennal furrows, the antennae being inserted just above the clypeus or 

 much below an imaginary line drawn from base of eyes; there is also a 

 strong carina extending from base of each eye to each antennal socket, 

 while the malar furrow is wanting or subobsolete, never distinct as it is 

 in Anastatus; maxillary palpi 4-jointed, the last joint as long as the three 

 preceding ; labial palpi 3-jointed ; mandibles tridentate ; antennae 13-jointed, 

 the scape long, slender, slightly curved; flagellum subclavate. Thorax 

 as in Eupelmus ; wings with a large discoidal blotch, the venation similar 

 to Anastatus ; legs as in Anastatus, except the hind tibiae are somewhat 

 flattened. 



Abdomen spatulate, shorter than the thorax and with a prominent 

 ovipositor, the first segment the longest and the apical margins of all the 

 dorsal segments except the fifth, which is obtusely triangularly emargi- 

 nated, are straight, not incised or emarginate. 



(28) TANAOSTIGMODES new genus. 

 (Type T. howardii.) 



Female. Head transverse, as wide as the thorax, the vertex subacute, 

 the temples very narrow, flat, the frons foveated just above the antennas; 

 eyes oval, bare; ocelli in a straight line; clypeus small, indistinctly 

 separated, uith a slight median incision anteriorly; mandibles not large, 

 indistinctly tridentate; maxillary palpi 4-jointed, labial palpi 3-jointed; 

 antennas 13-jointed, inserted below the middle of the face, the scape 

 broadly dilated below, flagellum subclavate, the tip truncate, the joints 

 cylindrical, the funicular joints a little longer than thick. 



Thorax subovoid, about two and one-half times as long as wide, con- 



