280 Mr. W. H. Ashmend's 



pedicel ferruginous. Thorax closely, finely punctate, the scutellum, 

 pronotum, sternum and coxae smootli, polished, the mesopleura 

 anteriorly alone finely punctate, posteriorly smooth, with a femoral 

 furrow. Metapleura anteriorly smooth, posteriorly sparsely punctate, 

 bounded by a carina above. Metathorax punctate, with a central 

 carina. Wings hyaline, iridescent, the tegulaj white, the costa, 

 stigma and nervures, except the median and veins enclosing the 

 discoidal cells, which are pallid, pale brown. Legs brownish-yellow, 

 the posterior coxae smooth, shining, black, the extreme apex of 

 posterior femora, apical half of their tibiaj, and tarsi fuscous. Abdo- 

 men black, shining, the lateral margins of first and second segments 

 and a large blotch on sides of venter l^asally yellowish ; the shield 

 nearly three times as long as wide, narrowed at apex, alutaceous, 

 especially laterally, the second segment hardly one-third the length 

 of the third, with oblique, grooved lines laterally. 



St. Vincent. Described from one $ specimen. 



206. Apantelcs xanthaspis, n. sp. 



5 c?- Length 2-2"3 mm.; ovipositor not or scarcely exserted. 

 Black, subopaque, closely punctate ; vertex of head almost smooth, 

 shining, sparsely punctate ; face closely, finely punctate. Mandibles 

 and palpi pale. Antennae as long as the body, dark brown, paler 

 beneath, the scape and pedicel brownish-yellow, in ,^ longer than 

 the body, yellowish or pale brown. Thorax, scutellum, pronotum, 

 sternum and mesopleura anterioi"ly closely punctate, the latter smooth 

 and polished around the femoral furrow and posteriorly. Meta- 

 thorax rugoso-punctate, with a central carina. Wings hyaline, the 

 teguloe and nervures white or yellowish -white, the costa, stigma and 

 stigmal vein brown ; the submedian cell the length of the second 

 discoidal, longer than the median. Legs yellowish or whitish, the 

 very large, closely punctate, posterior coxa', their femora, except at 

 base, the tips of their tibise and the tarsi black or fuscous. Abdomen 

 compressed, black, the first segment, including the plate, tlie lateral 

 membranous margins of the second and third segments, and the 

 venter to the fourth segment yellow ; the plate of the first segment 

 is about three times as long as wide, smooth, narrowed at apex, with 

 a central sulcus, the second very little shorter than the third, with 

 two oblique, grooved lines laterally from liase. 



St. Vincent ; Grenada — Balthazar, Mount Gay Estate. 

 Described from two $ and four ^ specimens. 



