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Beacon, Tabr. 



(1) Beacok femoeatus, Ashm. 1. c. p. 112. 

 St. George's. One male specimen. 



(2) Beacon plattgastee, sp. n. 



$ . Length 3 mm, ; ovipositor short, black, one-fourth the 

 length of abdomen. Head and thorax polished black ; mandibles, 

 legs, except tarsi which are fuscous, and abdomen, except shield 

 of first segment and a triangular spot at base of second, rufous ; 

 shield and spot at base of second segment black. Head trans- 

 verse ; thorax trilobed, the metanotum punctulate, with a median 

 carina ; wings subhyaline, the stigma and venation brown-black ; 

 abdomen very broad, much wider than the thorax, the first and 

 second segments, and a part of the third, shagreened, the rest 

 polished, impunctate. 



cJ . Length 2 ram. Differs from female only in having a longer, 

 much narrower abdomen, and in that the surface of the metathorax 

 is smoother although carinated. 



Balthazar and Slount Gay Estate. Described from one male 

 and one female specimen. 



(3) Beacon ttjlgaeis, Ashm. 1. c. p. 112. 

 Grenada. Three male specimens. 



(4) Beacon, sp. 



Balthazar and Mount Gay Estate. Two specimens in poor 

 condition and unfit for describing. 



(5) Beacon sancti-tincenti, Ashm. 1. c. p. 112. 

 Grenada. One male specimen \vithout a head. 



Subfamily Ehxssalin.e. 

 CoLASTES, Haliday. 



COLASTES GEENADENSIS, sp. n. 



2 • Length 2-5 mm. Brownish yellow ; vertex and dorsum of 

 abdomen with a slight brownish tinge ; legs paler ; wings hyaline, 

 the stigma and venation yellowish. 



Head smooth, polished, the eyes large, slightly emarginated 

 within opposite the base of antennae ; mesonotum alutaceous ; the 

 metanotum smooth, not areolated, with a slight median carina. 

 Wings ample, the second abscissa of radius only a little longer 

 than the first, the second submarginal cell therefore small, nearly 

 twice as long along the cubitus as along the radius, the recurrent 

 nervure joining the first submarginal cell at about two-thirds its 

 length. Abdomen about as long as the head and thorax united, 

 shining, the surface of the dorsum a little wrinkled but not 

 sculptured, the first and second segments subequal and the longest 



