286 Mr. W. H. Asli mead's 



longer than wide, smooth, iinpunctate, with a median grooved line 

 posteriorly, the sides parallel ; second se,!;-nient not quite half as 

 long as the third. 



Grenada — Balthazar. Described from four ^ specimens. 



212. Urogaster disputalilis, n. sp. 



$ (^ . Length 3"5-4 inm. Polished black, punctate and covered 

 with a sparse, whitish pubescence, more dense on the face. Head 

 subrostriform, the face long, with two faint, parallel depressions 

 below the antennae ; cljpeus and labrum prolonged ; basal joint of 

 maxillary palpi and labial palpi dusky ; mandibles black. Antennae 

 black, a little longer than the body. Thor.ix polished, impunctate, 

 the scutellum with a crenate furrow across the base and along the 

 side ; mesopleura smooth, with a slight femoral furrow posteriorly ; 

 metathorax rugose, areolated, the middle area pentagonal, the basal 

 angles of the metapleura, formed by the spiracular furrow, smootli 

 and shining. Legs rufous, the coxse, trocha' iters, apex of posterior 

 femora and tibia;, and their tarsi, black, tibial spurs white. 

 Wings salty-white, hyaline, the costal edge of the stigma and post- 

 stigmal vein brown ; the areolet is open behind and its petiole is 

 slightly bent outwardly, 2i times longer than the inner side of 

 the areolet. Abdomen black, smooth, shining, the sides of venter 

 toward base pale, or at least two or thre3 of tlie segments pale ; 

 plate of first segment trapezoidal, longer than wide, widest at apex, 

 with a central furrow posteriorly ; the second segment is about 

 two-thirds as long as the third, with two short, oblique furrows 

 laterally ; ovipositor hardly longer than half the length of the 

 abdomen. 



St. Vincent ; Grenada — Mount Gay Estate. Several 

 specimens. 



213. Urngastcr vulgaris, n. sp. 



$. Length 2'5-3 mm.; ovipositor less than half the length of 

 abdomen. Black, subopaque, pubescent, closely punctate. Head in 

 front finely, closely punctate, the face with a central ridge ; labrum 

 piceous or brownish ; palpi white. Antennte in § as long as the 

 body, brown-black, the two basal joints pale beneath ; in ^ a little 

 longer than the body. Thorax closely punctate, tlie scutellum 

 smooth, polished ; sternum and mesopleura posteriorly smooth, 

 polished, the latter anteriorly finely punctate. Metathorax rugu- 

 lose, coarsely areolated, the central area large, irregularly rounded. 

 Legs, except the hind coxre, brownish-yellow, the posterior tarsi 

 being more or less fuscous. Wing 3 hyaline, the costa and stigma 



