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brown, the tegnlre pale yellowish, the petiole of the areolet is about 

 one-half longer than the inner face of the areolet. Abdomen black, 

 sliining ; in $ the lateral margins of first and second dorsal segments 

 and small spots at sides of venter basally brownish-yellow or 

 reddish-yellow ; the plate of the first segment is more than twice 

 as long as wide, slightly narrowed towards tip, smooth, or at most 

 with some sparse punctures, with a central grooved line posteriorly ; 

 the second segment is a little less than half the length of the third, 

 with oblique lines laterally. 



St. Viocent. Described from several ^ specimens. 



214. Urogastcr solitarius, n. sp. 



$. Length 2 mm.; ovipositor nearly as long as the abdomen. 

 Differs from TJ. rH^grrt/'t's in its smaller size, in having the first antennal 

 joint pale brownish or yellowish, the mesosternum polished im- 

 punctate, the mesopleiira with a crenate furrow, impunctate an- 

 teriorly, the legs brownish-yellow, the hind coxa) alone black, hind 

 femora, hind tibiae, except narrowly at base, and their tarsi more 

 or less embrowned or fuscous. The sides of the venter basally are 

 piceoiis while the wings are hyaline, with the costa, stigma and 

 postmarginal vein brown, the internal veins pale or hyaline. The 

 plate of _the first abdominal segment is sculptui'ed ; the second 

 segment is less than h tlf the length of the third and delicately 

 aciculated. 



Grenada — Mount Gay Estate. Described from a single 

 specimen. 



215. Urogaster leucopics, n. sp. 



$. Length 2"5-2'8 mm.; ovipositor as long as the abdomen. 

 Black, subopaque, closely, finely punctate and sericeous, the scutellum 

 smooth, shining but sparsely punctate. Head transverse, finely 

 punctate, the face with a slight keel above ; labrum yellowish ; 

 palpi white; mandibles brown. Antennte longer tban the body, 

 black, the two basal joints pale, sometimes fuscous above. Tegulae 

 and legs, including coxa;, yellowish- white ; a spot at apex of 

 posterior femora, tips of their tibia; and the tarsi fuscous, the 

 extreme base of the tarsal joints 1 to 3 and the tiljial spurs white. 

 Mesopleura anteriorly closely punctate, behind the discal furrow 

 polished. Metathorax rugulose, areolated, the middle area pen- 

 tagonal. Wings hyaline, iridescent, the venation brown ; the 

 submedian cell is the length of the second discoidal cell, longer 

 than the median. Abdomen black, polished, the lateral margins 



