278 Mr. W. H. Aslimead's 



Head and tliorax polished, impimctate ; liind coxte wholly 

 black. $. {1) A. surdidus,n.?i^. 



Head and thorax closely punctate, opaque ; hind coxa3 pale at 

 apex. ^ . (8) ^. mncti-mncenti, n. sp. 



Abdomen polished, iuipunctate, with the first segment entirely, 

 and the ventral segments 1-4, including the membranous 

 lateral margins of dorsal segments, yellow ; most of hind 

 femora, apical third of hind tibia3 and their tarsi fuscous or 

 black. (9) ^' xanthaspis, n. sp. 



Apanteles marginivciitris, Cr., A. americanus, Lepel., A. 

 fiavivcntris, and A. iridcsccns, Cr., were described under the 

 genus Microgastcr. 



202. AiJantdcs grcnadensis, n. sp. 



$. Length 2-2*2 mm. Black, closely, finely punctate, opaque ; 

 mandibles piceous or daik rufous ; palpi white : antenna; black, the 

 flagellum brownisli beneath ; legs, except hind cox*, brownish- 

 yellow, tijis of hind feuKira and the liiud tarsi, more or less, from 

 apex of first joint fuscous ; abdomen black, the venter and the lateral 

 margins of dorsal segments 1-5, and sometimes the sutures 2 and 3, 

 brownish-yellow. Wings hyaline, the stigma and costa brown. The 

 head in front of the ocelli to base of the antennae is smooth, shining, 

 the temples being feebly and rather sparsely punctate, while the face 

 is closely punctate ; clypeus transverse, distinctly separated, shining ; 

 labrum slightly visible as a honey-yellow lunula. Thorax above, 

 including the scutellum, closely punctate, opaque, the mesopleura 

 anteriorly and the mesopectiis distinctly punctate, the mesopleura 

 posteriori}*, however, and extending upwards to the insertion of the 

 hind wings are smooth and polished, with a deep femoral furrow 

 which is roughened at the bottom ; metatliorax rugose, with a median 

 carina. Abdominal segments 1 and 2 rugulose, the third at base 

 more or less sculptured or irregularly punctate ; the plate of the 

 first segment is trapezoidal, about 1| times as long as wide at apex ; 

 segments 2-3 subequal. 



The (J agrees with the 9 ) except that the antennie are a little 

 longer and wholly black, the liagelluni not paler beneath ; the two 

 last of fi'ont tarsi, the last three or four joints of middle tarsi, and 

 the extreme tip of hind tibice and their tarsi are fuscous, while the 

 abdomen, except the three or four l^asal ventral segments, is black. 



Grenada — Mount Gay Estate and St. John's River. 

 Described from five % and four $ specimens. 



