756 ME. W. H, ASHMEAD HEPOET ON THE PAEASITIC [NoV. 19, 



aa. Cup of scutellum narrowed ovate, produced 

 into a long carina anteriorly, the body of cup 

 far away from the margin of mesonotum, 

 with a fovea posteriorly, and the anterior 

 part usually with some punctures along the 

 margins. 

 Metapleura black. 



Antenna;, except 3 or 4 apical joints which 

 are fuscous, rufous ; legs brownish 

 yellow ; anterior part of cup with a 



frenum formed by punctures E. perplexa, sp. n. 



Antenua% except 4 or 5 apical joints which 

 are fuscous, and legs brownish yellow ; 

 anterior part of cup closely punctate, 



with no glabrous surface E. obliterata, sp. n, 



Metapleura reddish or rufo-piceous ; antennas, 



except last four joints, and legs brownish 



yellow. 



Metanotum with a deep channel on each side 



of the median carin^e; joints 3, 4, and 



5 of flagellum only about twice as long 



as thick, obconical E. canaliculata, Ashm. 



=E. claripennis, Ashm. (preoc). 

 Metanotum without these channels ; joints 

 3, 4, and 5 of flageUum fully thrice as 

 long as thick E. aliena, s^. u. 



2. Cup of scutellum broadly oval ; the disk concave, 



and separated into two subequal parts by a 

 transverse carina, and connected with the meso- 

 notum by a longitudinal carina anteriorly ; legs 

 rufous E. cressomi, J). T. 



=E. basalis, Cr. 



=E, riifiventris, Cam. 



3. Head and last five joints of autennse black; 



scutellum rugose, the cup small, narrowed, pro- 

 duced into a carina anteriorly, punctate E. atriceps, sp. n. 



4. Species black. 



Cup of scutellum rather large, oval, with a small 

 round fovea posteriorly ; antennas, except last 

 two joints, and legs brownish yellow E. inconstans, sp. n, 



. Males. 

 Head and thorax black ; abdomen mostly rufous. 

 Cup of scutellum broadly oval ; the disk concave 

 and separated into two parts by a transverse 



carina; antennae long, black E. cressonii, T>. T. 



Head black ; thorax and abdomen ferruginous. 



Cup of scutellum broadly oval ; the disk flat, smooth, 

 with a small transverse fovea posteriorly, and 

 about 4 punctures on anterior part ; antennae 



long, ferruginous E. niffriceps, ap. n. 



Entirely ferruginous. 



Cup of scutellum broadly oval, flat, smooth, with a 

 large transversely oval shallow fovea pos- 

 teriorly, and about 4 punctures on anterior 

 ■ part ; antenna; long, dusky beyond the middle. E. ferruginea, sp. n. 



(1) EircoELA oTALis, Ashm. Journ, Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. xxv 

 1894, p. 76. 



Mount Gay Estate^ St. George's. Two female specimens. 



