222 Mr. W. H. Ashmead's 



the pleura, except the epiinera, rugulose ; nietanotuui also rugulose. 

 Wings clear hyaline, the stigma very large, black, while the veins 

 are almost black. Abdomen oblong-oval, smooth, polished, im- 

 punctate, black, except at base of first segment. 



St, Vincent, 1500 feet altitude. Described from one $ 

 specimen. 



36. Sphecodes tJwracicus, n. sp. 



9 c^. Length from 3-5-4 mm. Head, flagellum, post-scutellum, 

 dorsum of metanotum and the dorsum of aljdomen, more or less, 

 black ; rest of abdomen, the scajje, the clyi)eus, at least anteriorly, 

 the mandibles, and the thorax, except as noted, honey-yellow. The 

 head is closely, minutely punctate, the face below the antennoe 

 clothed with a cinereous or whitish pubescence. Thorax above 

 polished, very sparsely punctate, the postscutellum closely minutely 

 punctate, the metanotum rugulose. Wings hyaline, the stigma and 

 veins black. The ^ differs from the $ only in l^eing a little 

 slenderer, the flagellum being longer, the abdomen longer, narrower 

 and with prominent external claspers at apex. 



St, Vincent, Described from seven ^ and one $ 

 specimen. 



This species, with S. solitarius, have quite a different 

 habitus from all other known species I have seen belonging 

 to this semis. 



Superfamily II. 8PIIEG0IDEA. 

 Family XV. OXYBELID^. 



Family XVI. CRABRONID^, 



Suljtaiiiily IV. FJIOrALINyE. 



Genus PHYSOSCELis, Lepeletier, 



87, Physoscclis davivcntris, Cresson. 



1865. Crahro clavivcntris, Cress., Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., 



iv, p. 151,^. 

 1807. Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., viii, 



p. 590. 



Grenada — Balthazar and Cliantilly Estate. Four ^ 

 specimens. 



