294 J\lr. W. H. Ashmead's 



228. Opius grenadcnsis, n. sp. 



9. Length !•£ mm.; ovipositor two- thirds the length of the 

 abdomen. Polished black, the mesonotam without parapsidal 

 furrows ; two basal joint:? of antenute, palpi, and legs yellow ; 

 mandibles reddish-testaceous, furrow across base of scutellum crenate 

 at bottom ; alxlomen longer than the thorax, first segment scarcely- 

 longer tlian wide at apex, striate. Wings hyaline, the venation as 

 ill 0. salvini, the stigmx and veins brown-black. 



Grenada — Balthazar. Described from one $ specimen. 



Closely allied to 0. salvini but separated by the shorter 

 ovipositor, smoother metathorax and darker coloured 

 stigma. 



229. Ojjius tantillvs, n. sp. 



5 . Length 0"9 mm. ; ovipo.'^itor very short, only slightly exserted. 

 Polished black ; two basal joints of antenna), mandibles, palpi, 

 tegulaj and legs pale A'ellowish ; flagelhim brown. Metathorax 

 rugulose, with a slight median keel at base. Wings hyaline, the 

 stigma and veins brown, the recurrent nervure joining an angle in 

 the second cubital cell. Abdomen broadlj' oval, shorter than the 

 thorax, the first segment linear, rugose. 



Grenada — Balthazar. Described from two ^ specimens. 



Distinguished from 0. salvini and allies by its smaller 

 size, subexserted ovipositor, shape of abdomen and by the 

 sculpture of metathorax and first abdominal segment. 



Subfamily XV. BRACONIN^-^. 



Genus Iphiaulax, Forster. 



230. Iphiaulax, xanthospilus, Ashmead. 



Grenada — Balthazar, Chantilly Estate. Many specimens 

 in both sexes. 



231. Iphiaulax grenadcnsis, n. sp. 



$. Length 11-13 mm.; ovipositor almost as long as the body. 

 Head and antenna? black ; palpi yellowish ; thorax, abdomen and 

 legs, except tarsi, ferruginous ; tarsi fuscous. Both pairs of wings 

 at apical third or more fuscous, the basal two-thirds yellowish- 

 hyaline, the stigma lemon-yellow. Form elongate. Head sub- 

 quadrate, the temples ol>lique, above and behind smooth, impunctate, 

 the face coriaceous, opaque, pubescent. Thorax smooth, impunctate, 

 the mesonotum trilobed. Abdomen elongate-oval, longer than the 

 lie.nd and thorax imited, polished, the first segment trapezoidal. 



