276 Mr. W. H. Ashinead's 



long. Abdomen sessile, as long as tlie thorax, composed of five 

 segments, the last very minute, the first as long as the second and 

 third united, finely striate and without a distinct plate, tlie second 

 and third equal, smooth and shining ; ovipositor two-thirds the 

 leiigth of the abdomen. 



This is a very aberrant genus, widely distinct from any other 

 genus placed with the Microgasterinre, and exhibits some affinities 

 with the Agathidinte. In having the median and submedian cells in 

 the front wings equal it agrees more closely with the Agathidin», 

 but on account of the absence of the mesonotal furrows, radial cell 

 and the areolet I iiave placed it with this subfamily rather than with 

 the Agathidinee, 



201. Ciclofhorax Ifeviccps, n. sp. 



$ . Length 2*5 mm. ; ovipositor about two-thirds the length of the 

 abdomen. Black, sliining, sparsely covered with a whitish pubes- 

 cence. Head polished, impunctate. Palpi yellow. Antennfe 24- 

 jointed, black, the pedicel yellowish at tip. Thorax microscopically 

 punctate, without furrows but with a rounded fovea on disk. 

 Pronotum impressed at sides. Mesopleura with a long, broad furrow 

 extending to base of middle coxa;, very faintly punctate, shining. 

 Metathorax sul)quadrate, not sloping off posteriorily, its dorsum 

 being on the same plane with the abdomen, closely, finely punctate 

 but not areolated or carinated. Wings hyaline, the venation brown ; 

 the median and sul)niedian cells are equal in length ; all other cells 

 entirely wanting ; the stigma is large, ovate, with a stump before its 

 middle, being all that remains of the first abscissa of the radius. 

 Anterior and middle legs, including coxae, yellow ; posterior legs 

 brown, the base of their coxte black, their apices and the first joint 

 of the trochanters yellow ; tarsi stout, with the first joint twice as 

 long as the second. Abdomen sublinear, 5-jointed, polished, the 

 first segment longitudinally striated. 



St. Vincent. Described from a single $ specimen. 



Genus Apanteles, Forster. 



The West Indian species falling into this genus, known 

 to me, may be tabulated as follows : 



TABLE OF SPECIES. 



Plate of first abdominal segment more than twice longer than wide, 

 narrowed posteriorly, usually smooth, rarely sculptured . 3 

 Plate of first abdominal segment trapezoidal, narrowed anteriorly. 



