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subshining, microscopically rugose punctate, with a distinct but not 

 very deep median longitudinal depression; with a complete lateral 

 carina just below the spiracle and a transverse one before apex; 

 basally with a less distinct carina on each side, enclosing a large area 

 on each side of the median depression; spiracle elongate-oval; tip 

 of propodeum extending to the basal fourth of the hind coxa. Pleurae 

 shining; mesopleura sparsely, coarsely, punctate anteriorly and below, 

 its oblique impression transversely striated except below; metapleura 

 impunctate. 



Abdominal petiole very little enlarged at tip and without punc- 

 tures; its spiracles at the posterior third very prominent: following 

 segments clothed with stiff black hairs; claspers rounded at apex. 

 Tooth on hind femur acute, but not long. Wings without areolet; 

 median and submedian cells of nearly equal length. 



Type collected by the writer near Kingston, Jamaica, British 

 \Vest Indies. It was obtained in sweepings from the vegeta- 

 tion near the sea-coast in an extremely arid area at the mouth 

 of the Hope River. 



This species is easily recognized by its very pale color, punc- 

 tation of thorax, and prominent petiolar spiracles. It is quite 

 similar to the following species : 



Eiphosoma jamaicense sp. nov. (Fig. 2). 



$. Length 17 mm. Head, thorax and four anterior legs light 

 yellow; abdomen and hind legs mostly fulvous. Body marked with 

 black as follows : teeth of mandibles, wide stripe on front above 

 antenna; enlarging to include the ocelli and widening to include most 

 of the upper half of the posterior surface of the head, antennre ex- 

 cept scape and pedicel below and faint ring at tip of first two or 

 three flagellar joints, a broad stripe narrowed behind on each meso- 

 thoracic lobe, groove at base of scutellum, anterior margin of propo- 

 deum and a longitudinal band on its dorsal surface extending from 

 near the base to well beyond the middle, spot on posterior coxa above, 

 upper edge of posterior trochanter, their tibia? except for their spurs 

 and a broad band at the middle, and their tarsi, spot at apex of ab- 

 dominal petiole above, line on upper edge of second segment except 

 at apex and claspers. Posterior femora fulvous, with an incomplete 

 dark band near base, a narrower one before apex and pale yellow tip. 

 Wings hyaline, not distinctly infuscated at tip. 



Ocelli in a low triangle, the posterior ones separated by about twice 

 4 their own diameter, and removed by one and one-half times their 

 diameter from the eye; face and sides of front coarsely punctate, 

 the punctures more sparse near the middle of the face and on the 



