CHALCIDIDiE OF THE ISLAND OF GRENADA. 175 



One female, Balthazar, June 11, 250 feet, flying at sunset 

 after heavy rain. 



Tetrastichodes, Ashnead. 



Teteastichodes compactus, sp. n. 



5 . LeDgth 1"9 mm. ; expanse 2'8 mm. Body stout, compact; 

 abdomen full, round, large, as broad as thorax, long ovate, as long 

 as head and thorax together ; antennae sbort, scape slender, 

 pedicel shorter fcban first funicle-joint ; funicle-joint 2 shorter 

 than 1, 3 equal to 2 ; club ovate, widest at base, as long as two 

 preceding funicle-joints together. Pacial depression triangular, 

 sides broadly rounded, its upper margin immediately in front of 

 middle ocellus, and nearer to this than ocellus is to occipital 

 margin ; head closely and finely punctate, without larger punc- 

 tures ; pronotum, except for smooth hind border, all of meso- 

 notum, pleura, and bind coxae closely and finely punctate; 

 abdomen strongly shagreened ; punctation of mesoscutellum sub- 

 longitudinal, converging slightly towards centre, and forming a 

 spurious median longitudinal groove, apparent in some lights 

 and not perceptible in others ; metanotum with close round 

 punctures, the disc forming a triangle by means of two carinse 

 converging towards apex, divided by a well-marked central longi- 

 tudinal carina. Colour metallic green ; tegulse black ; scape 

 and pedicel of antennae, and all tibiae and tarsi honey-yellow ; 

 funicle and club dark brown ; all femora black, somewhat metallic 

 on middle, honey-yellow at each extremity ; coxae metallic, 

 trochanters boney-yellow ; wings byaline, veins light brown. 



(S . Length 1'5 mm.; expanse 2*5 mm. Antennae long ; funicle- 

 joints subequal in length, eacb nearly twice as long as pedicel ; 

 coloration and punctation as with female, except that disc of 

 metanotum is more rugoso-punctate, and the central carina 

 almost immediately divides. 



Described from seven females and two males, Mirabeau and 

 Mount Gay estates, and Balthazar, March 31 to April 7, under 

 varying conditions. 



Teteastichodes coxalis, sp. n. 



2 . Length 1*28 mm. ; expanse 2-2 mm. Stout-bodied ; abdo- 

 men full, rounded, very slightly flattened dorso-ventrally, nearly 

 as long as head and thorax together ; antennae sbort, flagellum 

 flattened from side, pedicel nearly as long as first funicle-joint ; 



