CHALCIDID^ OF THE ISLA.l!fD OF GREN'ADA. 147 



somewliat thickened, postmargiaal nearly as thick as marginal. 

 Abdomen short, ovipositor slightly extruded. 



TAlSfAOIfEUEA ASHMEADI, Sp. n. 



$ . Length 1*7 mm. ; expanse 3"8 mm. Antennal club shorter 

 than two preceding f unicle-joints together. Pace finely shagreened 

 and with moderately large, dense punctures ; mesoscutum rugu- 

 lose, opaque, scutellum finely shagreened ; mesopleura longi- 

 tudinally aciculate towards dorsal margin, smooth and shining 

 ventrally ; abdomen smooth, shining ; axillae meet at tipvS. 

 Greneral colour black, without metallic lustre ; antennal scape, 

 all tibiae and tarsi and all trochanters honey-yellow; all femora 

 black ; wings hyaline, veins dark yellow-brown. 



One female, Mirabeau estate, March 25, 500 feet, on herbage 

 near stream. 



BoTHEiOTHOEAX, Matzehurg. 



BOTHEIOTHOEAX INSULAEIS, sp. n. 



$ . Length 2'1 mm. ; expanse 3*4! mm. Axillae just meet at 

 tips. Punctures of head large, close and round ; punctures 

 of mesoscutum somewhat elongate and shallower posteriorly ; 

 axillae smooth, shining ; scutellum rounded at tip, not at all 

 emarginate, smooth, shining, with a faint trace of striations at 

 cephalic margin ; mesopleura very faintly shagreened ; head and 

 mesonotum with moderately strong and sparse black hairs, the 

 six or eight at tip of scutellum bending toward head and appa- 

 rently tending slightly towards the formation of a scutellar tuft. 

 Eyes faintly hairy. Joint 1 of antennal funicle a little longer 

 than pedicel ; joint 2 shorter than 1 ; remaining joints subequal 

 in length but increasing in width to club which is ovate, not 

 obliquely truncate as with most species, and as long as two pre- 

 ceding funicle-joiats together; flagellum densely clothed with 

 short hairs, which however do not obscure the joints. General 

 colour black, with faint metallic refiections ; antennal scape, 

 apical half of middle tibiae, all of front tibiae, and all tarsi honey- 

 yellow. 



6 . Antennae monUiform ; relative length of joints about as 

 in female, which it resembles in other respects. 



Described from four females and three males, Mount Gay estate 

 and Chantilly estate, nearly all 400 feet, in young nutmeg 

 orchard in high growth of weeds. 



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