146 DE. L. O.'HOWAED ON THK 



EUPELMTTS EETICULATUS, Sp. n. 



(S . Length 2"3 mm. ; expanse 4*0 mm. Antennae short, sub- 

 clavate, club flattened ; funicle- joints club-shaped, subequal 

 except 1, which is smaller. Eyes strongly hairy, distant. Head 

 finely rugoso-punctate ; mesonotum reticulate, reticulations of 

 scutellum finer than on scutum ; pronotum imbricate-punctate ; 

 metanotal carina complete, stout, lateral spaces smooth, shining ; 

 pleura and outer side of hind coxae finely reticulate ; abdomen 

 smooth, but with very many short dark hairs on posterior two- 

 thirds. Colour metallic blue-green ; head steel-blue ; pleura 

 • purplish ; legs light reddish brown, hind femora metallic on 

 outer third, hind tibiae dark at tip ; antennal scape concolorous 

 with legs ; flagellum black ; wings hyaline, veins dark brown, 

 nearly black. 



Two males. Mount Gray estate, April 6, 400 feet, high growth 

 of weeds in young nutmeg orchard. 



Subfamily Enctetin^. 



.SInasius, Walker. 



tEnasius htettus. 



Encyrtus hyettus, Walker, Ami. Mag. Nat. Hist. xvii. (1846) p. 881, 

 St. Vincent. 



^nasius hyettus, Howard, Linn. Jouim., Zool. xxv. (1894) p. 89. 

 St, Vincent. 



Six females, three males, Granville, Mount Gay estate, and 

 Balthazar, all on trailing plants growing on sand at the sea-shore, 

 except the Mount Gay estate specimen, which was taken in the 

 house on window. 



Tanaoneuea, gen. nov. 



$ . Antennae ll-jointed with an additional ring-joint, inserted 

 ■at middle of face ; scape slender; pedicel short ; funicle -joints 

 subequal in length and width, each nearly twice as long as pedicel. 

 Facial depression moderate, carina short, sharp ; eyes distinct, 

 ocelli at corners of a very obtuse-angled triangle ; occipital 

 margin somewhat rounded. Thorax elevated, metanotum ab- 

 ruptly declivous ; legs stout, front femora somewhat swollen ; 

 middle tibial spur rather short. Wings ample ; marginal vein 

 one-third as long as submarginal ; stigmal very long, longer than 

 marginal, postmarginal slightly longer than stigmal, marginal 



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