244 Mr. W. H. Asbmead's 



Genus Lapitha, Ashmead. 



103. Lapitha spinosa, Ashmead. 



Grenada — Mirabeau and Balthazar. Two $ specimens. 



Genus Scelio, Latreille. 



The two species represented in this genus may be 

 separated by the following characters : 



Coarsely rugo.se, the mesonotal furrows in Viotli sexes livoad and 

 distinct : anterior half of niesonotuni, protliorax, scape, pedicel 

 and legs yellow or brownish-yellow. . (1) S. thomricus, n. sp. 



Legs coarsely rui^nse, the mesonotal furrows, except in the male, 

 obliterated or confused with the sculpture, the metathoracic 

 angles covered with a dense whitish or silvery pubescence ; body 

 wholly black (2) 'S. insvlaris, n. sp. 



104. Scelio thoracicHS, n. sp. 



(^ 9 • Length 4-4'5 mm. Black, very coarsely rugose, the 

 anterior half of the mesonotum, protliorax, dilated angles of the 

 rnetathorax and the legs yellow or lirownish-yellow. Thorax with 

 two broad, distinct parapsidal furrows. Postscutellum bidentate. 

 Wing hyaline at basal third or more, fuscous beyond, the stigma 

 brown, with a distinct stigmal vein, from the tip of which issues a 

 fuscous ray, forming a more or less distinct marginal cell. 



Abdomen rugose-punctate and striate, somewhat smoother at the 

 middle. Antenna} in $ with the pedicel more than twice as long as 

 the first joint of the funicle, the following joints transverse ; scape, 

 pedicel and iirst joint of funicle yellow; rest of antennte brown- 

 black. Antennte in (^ 10-jointed, pale brownish, the scape and 

 pedicel yellow. 



St. Vincent — Leeward side. Described from one ^ and 

 three $ specimens. 



105. Scelio insnlaris, n. sp. 



^ $. Length 2'8-3 mm. Black, coarsely rugose, the mesonotum 

 in the ^ without distinct furrows ; legs brownish -yellow, the coxse 

 black, the femora sometimes obfuscated. Postscutellar teeth present 

 but not large. Angles of metathorax very prominent and densely 

 clothed with a white or silvery pubescence. Wings subfuscous, 



