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StENOMESIUS GEENADENSrS, Sp. U. 



$ . Antennae with funicle-joints subequal in length, increasing 

 slightly in width ; pedicel smaller and narrower than funicle- 

 joint 1 ; club slightly broader and longer than funicle-joiut 4, 

 ovate-acuminate ; mesoscutum transversely aciculate, meso- 

 scutellum smooth and shining ; eyes widely separated, naked ; 

 ocelli forming a nearly right-angled triangle. Greneral colour 

 honey-yellow ; metanotum black ; wings hyaline ; hairs on thorax 

 dark. 



One female specimen, Balthazar (windward side), March 31, 

 1900 feet, on foliage on ground, damp spot. The abdomen of the 

 single specimen has been lost, but the form is characteristically 

 marked. 



Elachistfs, Spinola. 



Elachistus metallicus, sp. n. 



$ . Length 1"5 mm. ; expanse 2" 8 mm. Pacial depression 

 broad, shallow, acute at apex ; antennae inserted below middle of 

 face ; scape short, not reaching middle ocellus ; flagellum short, 

 submonilit'orm ; club ovate, longer than preceding funicle-joint. 

 Head smooth, shining, with a few very faint punctures towards 

 vertex ; pronotum and mesoscutum transversely rugose, with 

 long whitish hairs ; mesoscutellum faintly reticulate, shining, 

 with no trace of median furrow ; abdomen smooth, shining ; 

 metanotum smooth, its median groove widening anteriorly. 

 Greneral colour metalHc blue-green ; antennae dark honey- 

 yellow ; legs including coxae light honey-yellow ; abdomen with 

 second joint honey-yellow above and with a large yellowish spot 

 below ; wings hyaline, stigmal vein slender. 



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

 foliage near ground. 



Elachistus scutellattjs. 



Elachistus scutellatus, Howard, Linn. Journ., Zool. xxv. pp. 107-108, 

 St. Vincent. 



Two males, one St. George's, March 2, 250 feet ; and one 

 Mount Gay estate, April 1, 250 feet, taken in house on window. 



Akdalus, gen. nov. 



2 . Abdomen with a short but distinct petiole ; scuteUum with 

 two longitudinal sutures ; posterior tibiae with two moderate 



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