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the wings, and the anteunae tipped with yellow. Of this I took a single 

 female. A fourth species, with luteous antennae, and otherwise blue-black, 

 occurs rarelj' in Antigua, and may be the male of ruficornis or luteicornis, F.; 

 but the described sex I have not seen. 



Tacliytes hella, St. F. Inhabits sandy places in Antigua, commonly. 



Tiphia Cmjennensis, St. F. Three specimens from Martinique. 



Tiphia ephip2}ium, F. A large species, having a square testaceous patch 

 on the mesothorax. Two females from Antigua. 



Polistes cinctus, St. F. The common wasp of Martiniquo, and found 

 more rarely in Barbados. Not known in Antigua. 



Polistes Poeyi, St. F. An elegantly marked species, which takes the 

 place of the preceding in Antigua. The male appears in January, and is 

 undescribed. It differs from the worker only in being more slender and in 

 having longer anteunae. The nests of both these species are identical in 

 structure, though the cells containing cinctus are necessarily a trifle larger. 

 I brought away a nest of cinctus from Martinique, and several of the nests 

 oi Poeyi are now (March 6th) in progress in my stable, and attached to the 

 blades of the American aloe around the house. A small species with yellow 

 bands like an Odynerus, and another entirely black, complete the Diploptera 

 which I have met with. 



Of bees there are few species. Apis viellifica, L. (introduced), is frequent, 

 both in a domesticated and a wild state ; in the latter case living in the 

 trunks of trees. I have also collected the following species, and have reason 

 to think that in Antigua, at least, there are hardly any more : — 



Megachile lanata, F. Common. I once found them clustering together 

 on a shrub, like honey-bees when swarming. Antigua. 



Megachile rufipeiinis, F. Rather common, building its nest in the locks 

 of doors, and other inconvenient places in houses. 



Mesop)lia azurea, St. F. Four specimens on flowers, Martinique. Had 

 I not been driven from my station by the intolerable sunshine, I might 

 have taken several other species of bees at the same spot. 



Xylocopa grossa, Drury. The commonest species in Martinique. A 

 smaller species also occurs, of which I took some females, and also, I believe, 

 the fulvous male. None of this genus are found in Antigua, and an 

 Anthophora (also to be met with in Martinique) completes its meagre list of 

 Ap)idcB. 



Neuropteea. 

 The dragon-flies are well represented, being bred in profusion in the 

 stagnant pools of Antigua. They include LibeUula umbrata, L., abdu- 

 viinalis, Ranib., one or more red species, and a pale green one having the 

 abdomen banded with black, &c. The last is very common in Barbados. 

 I have noticed three or four species of Agriuu, and two of Myrinecolcaii. 



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