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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[Dec., '17 



clypeus; antennae 43 -jointed; sides of face slightly convergent below; 

 malar space slightly shorter than width of mandible at base. 



Mesonotum coarsely and sparsely punctate, the punctures few and 

 far apart on the lateral lobes; scutellum smooth. Propodeum coarsely, 

 but indistinctly rugose-reticulate, with a transverse basal carina that 

 touches the basal margin medially and curves backward just outside 

 the spiracle to join a lateral carina that is continuous with a trans- 

 verse subapical one; median depression well marked, almost entirely 

 smooth; tip of propodeum extending to the basal fourth of the coxa. 

 Pleurae polished, mesopleura in front and below with irregular sparse 

 punctures; oblique impression smooth. 



Petiole of abdomen slightly and gradually enlarged at tip; its spiracles 



Fig. i. Eiphosoma luteum sp. nov. Fore wing of type. 

 Fig. 2. Eiphosoma jamaicense sp. nov. Fore wing of type. 

 Fig. 3. Eiphosoma haitiense sp. nov. Fore wing of type. 



