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little longer than thick, the second, third, and fourth monUiform ; 

 club-joints subequal, 2| times as long as thick. Scutellum finely 

 closely punctate, the cup very small, elliptic, the disk foveated. 

 Wings hyaline, ciiiate, the veins brownish yellow, the marginal 

 cell closed, about 1| times as long as wide, the second abscissa of 

 radius a little longer than the first. Abdomen a little louger than 

 the thorax, ovate, subcompressed, with a sparse hair-fringe at 

 base. 



St. George's (leeward side). Described from one female 

 specimen. 



(3) Heptamerocera robusta, sp. n. 



5 . Length 1*5 mm. Polished black ; antennae, except club, 

 rufous ; legs brownish yellow ; mandibles rufous. 



Antennas 13-jointed, extending a little beyond the middle of 

 abdomen ; funicle 4-jointed, the first joint twice as long as the 

 second, joints 3-4 obconical, subequal, twice as long as thick ; club- 

 joints, except the last which is ovate and a little the longest, sub- 

 equal, about twice as lonp: as thick. Scutellum rugose, the cup 

 ovate, with a transverse fovea posteriorly and some punctures on 

 the anterior part, the rim piceous or reddish. Wings hyaline, 

 ciiiate, the veins brownish yellow, the marginal cell closed, the 

 second abscissa of radius being nearly 1| times as long as the first. 

 Abdomen as long as the thorax, with a dense griseous woolly 

 girdle at base. 



Yendome Estate (leeward side). Described from one female 

 specimen. 



(4) Heptamerocera gracilicornis, sp. n. 



2 . Length 1-2 mm. Polished black ; antennae, except club, 

 and legs brownish yellow. 



Antennae 13-jointed, rather slender, nearly as long as the body ; 

 funicle 4-jointed, the joints slender, cjdindrical, the first joint very 

 little longer than the second, the following subequal, about 3| 

 times as long as thick : club-joints about 2| times as long as thick, 

 the last ovate, not longer than the penultimate. Scutellum closely 

 punctate, the cup ovate, with a small fovea posteriorly and several 

 punctures anteriorly. Wings hyaline, ciiiate, the veins brownish 

 yellow, the marginal cell closed, the first abscissa of radius only a 

 little shorter than the second, slightly curved inwardly, the second 

 straight and stouter. Abdomen scarcely longer than the thorax, 

 with a sparse hair-fringe at base. 



Mount Gay Estate (leeward side). Described from four female 

 specimens. 



(5) Heptamerocera santhognatha, sp. n. 



2 . Length 1-2 mm. Polished black, the metapleura and meta- 

 notum red ; antennae, except last four joints, the legs, and the 

 mandibles yellow. 



Antennae 13-jointed, as long as the body ; funicle 4-3ointed, the 



