764 MB. W. H. ASHMBiD — EEPOET ON THE PAEASITIC [NoV. 19, 



Hexaplasta, Forster. 

 Table of Species. 



Females. 



Marginal cell entirely closed 3. 



Marginal cell more or less open along the fore 



margin • 2. 



2. Cup of scutellum rather small, ovate, with a 

 small fovea posteriorly and from 2 to 4 

 punctures on anterior part. 

 Antennre black. 



Legs brownish yellow ; joints of funicle 2-5 

 obconic, subequal, I5 times as long as 

 thick at apex ; club-joints oblong, not 



twice as long as thick H. melanocera, sp. n. 



Legs red ; joints of funicle 2-5 subequal, 

 fully twice as long as thick ; club-joints 



twice as long as thick .' H. consimilis, sp. n. 



Antenna, except club and sometimes the scape 



and pedicel, rufous, the club black or 



piceous black ; legs brownish yellow or 



yellow. 



Joints 2-5 of funicle not, or very little, 



longer than thick ; club-joints rounded, 



not, or very little, longer than thick, 



except the last which is ovate. If times 



as long as thick H. modesta, Ashm. 



Joints 2-5 of funicle about twice as long as 



thick; club-joints oblong H. sancti-vincenti, Ashm. 



Antennte, except club, and legs brownish 

 yellow. 

 Joints 2-5 of funicle 1| times as long as 

 thick ; club-joints oblong, the last ovate, 



longer than th e precedi ng H. affinis, sp. n. 



Joints 2-5 of funicle cylindrical, subequal, 

 nearly 3 times as long as thick ; 

 club-joints about 2^ times as long as 



thick H. loiiffioornis, sp. n. 



Antennae, except last 5 joints of club which 

 are fuscous or dark brown, and legs 

 brownish yellow. 

 Joints 2-5 of funicle obconic, twice as long 

 as thick at apex, or nearly so ; club- 

 joints nearly twice as long as thick, the 



last ovate and a little longer H. crassitiervis, sp. n. 



Antennas, except last 4 joints of club which are 



fuscous, and the legs brownish yellow. 



Joints 2-5 of funicle moniliform, not longer 



than thick ; club-joints very little 



longer than thick, gradually increasing 



in size H. 4rpu7Ktaia, sp. n. 



Cup of scutellum exceedingly narrow, elliptic or 

 almost a carina, with a minute fovea pos- 

 teriorly, the channels at the sides striated. 

 Antennte, except the funicle which is rufo- 

 piceous, black ; legs reddish yellow. 

 Joints 2-5 about twice as long as thick ; 

 club-joints oblong, about 1^ times as 

 long as thick H. slriaiiscutellaris, sp. n. 



