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spurs, one longer than the other ; eyes hairy ; antennae inserted 

 below middle of face, scape short ; pedicel short ; four well sepa- 

 rated funicle-joints, club ovate; occipital angle sharp; pronotum 

 subconical ; parapsidal sutures complete but delicate ; axillae 

 strong ; postmarginal vein much longer than stigmal, marginal 

 still longer. 



In this genus may be placed Diglyplms ? alhipes, Ashm., and 

 Diglyphus^ maculipennis, Ashm. (Linn. Journ., Zool. xxv. p. 167), 

 described from St. Vincent. 



Aedaltjs acictilatus, sp. n. 



5 . Length 1*5 mm. ; expanse 3*0 mm. Head smooth, shining, 

 with small sparse round punctures ; funicle-joints of antennae 

 flattened, subquadrate, each one half longer than broad, pubes- 

 cent ; pronotum and mesoscutum finely rugose ; mesoscutellum 

 and axillae longitudinally aciculate ; mesoscutellar sutures sharp, 

 punctate at bottom, parallel ; metanotal suture complete, emar- 

 ginate ; abdomen smooth, shining. General colour black ; eyes 

 reddish and ocelli bright red ; scape, tegulae, all legs except 

 hind coxae, base of abdomen above, and more than half of venter 

 honey-yellow ; wings hyaline. 



Pour female specimens, St. John's Eiver, March 15, 250 feet, 

 came to light at night, March 30 ; Mount Gay estate, April 1 ; 

 Balthazar, April 7. 



Aedaltjs politus, sp. n. 



5 . Length 1"8 mm. ; expanse 2*7 mm. Head and face 

 shagreened, and with many rather large roundish punctures ; 

 first and second funicle-joints of antennae long ellipsoidal, more 

 than twice as long as broad, subequal, 8 and 4 considerably 

 shorter and somewhat broader, cup-shaped, very faintly pubes- 

 cent ; pronotum and mesoscutum strongly shagreened ; meso- 

 scutellum and axillae smooth ; mesoscutellar sutures converging 

 slightly towards head, with a row of punctures at proximal 

 border; metanotum with central longitudinal carina; abdomen 

 smooth, shining. General colour greenish aeneous; all legs, 

 including coxae, pallid ; scape pallid, flagellum light brown ; 

 wings with an irregular, somewhat circular discal fuscous 

 patch. 



One female, Balthazar, April 7, 250 feet, open weedy spot 

 near stream. 



