CHALCIDID^ OF THE ISLAIS"!) OP GRENADA. 153 



shining ; abdomen smooth, shining. General colour black, with 

 faint metallic reflections ; coxse and base o£ femora dark brown, 

 rest of legs honey-yellow ; tegulse brown ; antennae honey- 

 yellow, brownish towards tip ; wings hyaline, veins very light- 



d . What may be the male of this species difiers as follows : — 

 The round punctures at vertex are more numerous ; the meso- 

 scutellum is closely and finely punctate ; the antennae about as 

 with U. convergens, but dark brown in colour. Eyes sparsely 

 hairy. Colour more metallic than in female. 



One female, Balthazar, March 31, 1900 feet, on foliage on 

 ground near water. One male, Mount Gray estate, April 1, 

 swampy forest. 



Enctrtus convexus, sp. n. 



c5' . Length 1*16 mm. ; expanse 2*4 mm. Slender, dorsum of 

 thorax strongly rounded in all directions. Antennal scape long, 

 slender, cylindrical ; pedicel very short, subglobose ; funicle- 

 joints decreasing slightly in length, joint 1 four times as long as 

 broad, subcylindrical, well separated, each with sparse long hairs 

 not arranged in whorls ; club not widened, slightly longer than 

 preceding funicle-joint. Eyes naked, distant. Mesonotum 

 short ; scutellum rounded ; axillae meeting at tips ; abdomen tri- 

 angular, flattened from above. Head and face finely transversely 

 reticulate; cheeks smooth, shining; mesoscutum finely reticu- 

 late; axillae smooth ; mesoscutellum densely and strongly punc- 

 tate, the impressions becoming lengthened, around the border ; 

 metanotum smooth, with a complete median carina ; mesopleura 

 very delicately longitudinally reticulate. Greneral colour metallic 

 green ; pleura and abdomen piceous ; antennae and mouth-parts 

 light brown ; all legs, including coxae, light honey-yellow ; wings 

 hyaline, veins brown. 



One male, Balthazar, March 31, 1900 feet, on foliage on 

 ground, near water. 



Ekctbtus sordidus, sp. n. 



$ . Length 0*86 mm. ; expanse 2'7 mm. Body stout, short ; 

 thorax well arched ; axillae meeting at tips ; abdomen subcircular. 

 Eyes longitudinal, hairy, well separated ; ocelli forming a right- 

 angled triangle. Antennae inserted below middle of face, short, 

 clavate ; scape short, slender, cylindrical ; pedicel stout, rather 

 more than twice as long as broad ; first funicle-joint minute, trans- 

 verse ; remaining funicle-joints increasing in width to 6, which is 



