322 W. H. ASHMKAD. 



edly elevated dorsally towards base, then depressed and cnrviiij; upwards at tip. 

 the ovipositor slightly projecting ; petiole very short, wider than long; sides of 

 abdomen with white hairs. 



Hah. — Cuba. Types in coll. AiDericaii Entomological Society. 

 Described from three specimens. 



EUDOXIIVMA Walker. 

 \m2.—Sosxetm Walk., Trans. Etit. Soc. Lond. (3) vol. i, p. 370. 

 I8^i.~ Emloxinna Walk.. 1. c. ii, p. aOj : Westw., Tiies. Ent. O.von. p. 137 (1874). 

 (Type E. transversa Walk.) 

 Eiido.'ciiiiia Irsiiii^versa Walk. 



Sosxetra transversa Walk., 1. c. ii, p. 3l)6 ; Westw.. Thes. Ent. Oxou. p. 537, 

 pi. XXV, 6. 9. 



Hal). — Brazil. 



DECATOMIDEA Ashmead. 

 1888. — " Entoniologica Americana," vol. iv, p. 42 (June). 

 (Type D. xanthochroa Asinu.) 

 Decatoniidea xanthochroa sp. n. 



9 . — Length 3.5 mm. Yellow, .'i spot on vertex, transverse-quad late Spot on 

 middle of pronotun), middle lobe of niesonotura, scutellum, but not the axilla;, 

 metathorax, except pleura, and abdomen, except the venter, black. Heaci trans- 

 verse, a little wider than thorax, with a deep antennal fui-row, the margins of 

 the furrow being ridged or carinai.ed ; antennae shoit, tlie flagellum subclavate, 

 light brown, the scape and pedicel yellow, the scape very slender. Pronotuui 

 transverse-quadrate, fully twice as wide as long; mesonotum nearly one-half 

 longer than the pronotum with the parapsidal furrows obliterated posteriorly: 

 scutellum convex, rounded off behind, the axillte triangular, about half their 

 width from each other; metanotnm very short, rounded off behind. Wings 

 hyaline, pubescent, the venation yellowish, the marginal veins linear, but some- 

 what thickened, its length being about four times its width ; stigmal vein ob- 

 lique, subclavate, about two-thirds the length of the marginal. Abdomen sub- 

 sessile, short-ovate, subcompressed, not quite as long as the thorax, smooth and 

 highly polished ; first and second (body) segments about equal, the second 

 scarcely half the length of the third, fourth segment fiilly as long as the second 

 and third united, the fifth as long as the second, the sixth very short. 



Hab. — Jacksonville, Fla. Type in coll. Ashmead. 



l>ecatoiui<loa |>ol.yj^i'a|»hi sp. n. 



9. — Length 2.5 mm. Black, opaque, umbilicate punctate; mandibles rufous, 

 with small black teeth; scape and legs light brownish yellow; anterior femora 

 above, hind coxae, hind femora and tibiae, except at base and apex, black ; ante- 

 rior angles of pronotum with a large yellow, or yellowish white spot; eyes 

 whitish. Head transverse, wider than thorax, the occiput concave, the frons 

 with an antennal furrow; antennae finely pubescent, the funicle 5-jointed, the 

 first joint longer than wide, the four following submoniliform. a little wider than 

 long; club stouter, ovate, 3-jointed, the joints compacted. Thorax with the 

 pronotum transverse-quadrate, a little wider anteriorly than i)osteriorly ; nieso- 



