MONOGRAl'II OF THK NORTH AMl^KK'AN rK()(.T()TltV]'ID.E. 210 



Front wings with ji distinct busal iutvuic, the nuir^'uil vein long, 

 fully twic(r as long as the stigiual, the hitter ol)li<ine, k >bbe(l at tip, 

 basal vein distinct. 



Abdomen pointed fusiform, much narrowed at base, the tip project- 

 ing a little beyond the wings when folded, Urst segment linear, jietiol- 

 ilorm, not quite as long as the second, whicii is the longest segment; 

 third segment two-thirds the length of the second; the fourth a little 

 more than half as long as the third; fifth subequal with fourth; sixth 

 conical, about as long as the third. 



Legs long, slender, the tibial spurs 1, 1, 1, weak, the basal joint of 

 hind tarsi nearly four times as long as the second. 



Allied to Mdcroteleia, but separated by the bidentate mandibles, 

 more transverse head, and narrower petiole. 



Calliscelio laticinctus, sp. nov. 



(PI. IX, Fig. 7, 5.) 



9 , Length, 2.5"""'. Head black; face, clypeus, mandibles, and palpi, 

 pale; thorax rufims or brown, the metathorax black; legs yellowish, 

 posterior coxas and femora obfuscated above; abdomen fusiform, much 

 longer than the head and thorax together, piceous-brown, the basal 

 one third of sec<md segment, and basal one-half of third, yellow; pet- 

 iole, the apical two-thirds of second, and the three apical segments 

 black; the petiole is nearly three times as long as thick, of a uniform 

 width throughout, longitudinally striated; the secon<l segment is the 

 longest, about one-half longer than the first, broadened at apc.c to 

 three times its width at base, its basal half longitudinally aciculated; 

 the third segment is two-thirds the length of the second; the fourth, 

 two-thirds the length of the third; the fifth, a little more than half the 

 length of the fourth; the sixth, conical, about as long as the third. 

 Head transverse, finely punctate. Antenuix; 12-jointed, brownish-yel- 

 low, the club G-jointed, black; the first and second funiclar joints are 

 long, cylindrical, subequal, the third two-thirds the length of the sec- 

 ond, stouter, the fourth about one-half the length of the third and 

 thicker. Thorax with small, sparse punctures. Wings with the basal 

 half hyaline, the apical half, except the margin, fuscous; venation 

 brown; the basal nervure distinct, the marginal nerviire 3 times as 

 long as the oblique stigmal, the latter terminating in a rounded knob, 

 the iwstm.arginal longer than the marginal. 



Habitat.— St. Vincent, West Indies. 



Types in British Museum and National ^[useum. 



Described from C 9 specimens, collected bj' Herbert IT. Smith. 

 CHROMOTELEIA Ashni., gen. uov. 

 (Type, C semityanea.) 



Head large, transverse, rounded before, the occiput delicately mar- 

 gined, scarcely emarginate, the vertex uot very broad; ocelli 3, trian* 



