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203. Apantelcs herhertii, n. sp. 



5 . Length 2 mm. Bla .k, feebly and sparsely punctate, the head 

 on vertex and temples smooth, impunctate ; mandibles rufo-piceous ; 

 palpi whitish ; two basal joints of antenna?, or at least beneath, and 

 legs brownish-yellow, the liind cox^ large, smooth, black, tips of 

 hind femora, tips of hind tibia? and tlieir tarsi fuscous. Face punctate, 

 with a distinct median ridge. Antennte longer than the body, the 

 flagellum black or brown-black, paler beneath towards base. Meso- 

 pleura with a smooth, polished, femoral impression, sparsely punctate 

 anteriorly. Metathorax sparsely punctate, without a median carina. 

 Wings hyaline, the tegula? pale yellowish, the costae, stigma and 

 radial brunch brown, the other veins pallid. Abdomen polished, 

 impunctate, the plate of first segment about 2i tinres as long as wdde, 

 narrowed towards apex, the second segment about two-thirds the 

 length of the third, with two oblique furrows ; ventral segments 

 1-3 and membranous margins of dorsal segments 1 and 2 yellow. 



St. Vincent ; Grenada — Mount Gay Estate, St. John's 

 River. Described from five % specimens. 



204. Apantelcs sordidus, n. sj). 



^ . Length 2 mm. Black, smooth, shining, the thorax on the disk 

 at most with faint, sparse punctures. Head smooth, impunctate, 

 except feebly and sparsely on the face. Mandibles and palpi pale 

 or whitish. Antennae much longer than the body, black, the two 

 basal joints pale. Mesopleura with a femoral furrow posteriorly. 

 Metathorax polished, with a median carina. Wings hyaline, the 

 tegula3 pale yellowish, the stigma and costa? brown, the internal 

 veins pale or hyaline. Legs brownish-yellow, the posterior coxa3 

 smooth, black, the posterior knees, their tibia; at apex and the tarsi 

 subfuscous. Abdomen smooth, black, compressed, with a large 

 yellow spot at sides basally ; the plate of the first segment is linear, 

 three or more times longer than wide, the sides parallel to near apex 

 where they converge ; the second segment is about half the length of 

 the third, with lateral, oblique, grooved lines. 



St. Vincent. Described from one ,^ specimen. 



205. Apantelcs sancli-vincenti, n, sp. 



^ . Length 2'5 mm. Black, finely, closely punctate ; head posteri- 

 orly smooth, the face microscopically punctate. Mandibles rufous ; 

 palpi white. Antennae longer than the body, brown-black, the 



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