or THE ISLAND OP ST. TINCENT. 61 



It may be well to call particular attention to tlie use of tHe 

 generic name Ashmeadia by Mr. Asbmead in tbe opening portion 

 of his section on tbe Eurytomince. In tbe ' Canadian Entomo- 

 logist ' during tbe closing montbs o£ 1889 Messrs. Asbmead and 

 Howard discussed tbe priority of tbe use of tbe generic name 

 Jtileya, Mr. Howard baving proposed it for a peculiar Encyrtine 

 genus from California almost simultaneously witb Mr. Asbmead's 

 use of tbe same name for a Eurytomine genus from Elorida. 

 Mr. Howard, considering Mileya, Asbmead, to be a synonym of 

 bis own genus of tbe same name, proposed for tbe former tbe 

 name Ashmeadia. Witb a yiew of ending a useless controversy, 

 Mr. Asbmead, upon an expression of my own view, bas consented 

 to recognize Ashmeadia for tbe Eurytomine genus, leaving 

 Mr. Howard's Encyrtine genus in possession of tbe name 

 Mileya. In dedicating genera to individuals yet living, autbors 

 migbt avoid sucb possible conflict did tbey but first obtain tbe 

 sanction of tbe person wbom tbey intend to bonour. 



I cannot close tbese few notes of introduction witbout expressing 

 my own sense of tbe obligation under wbicb entomologists gene- 

 rally must rest to tbe West India Committee for carrying on 

 tbis series of investigations ; and as tbe insect fauna of island 

 after island is studied, tbe value of tbe results will proportionately 

 increase. 



Report on the Parasitic Cynipid'se, part of the Braconidse, the 

 Icbneumonidse, the Proetotrypidae, and part of the Cbalci- 

 didse. — Paet I.* By William H. Ashmead, 



Family CYNIPID^. 



Subfamily EucoiLiis"^. 



DiGLTPHOSEMA, Forster. 



DiGLTPHOSEMA ELAVIPES, sp. U. 



5. Lengtb If to 2 millim. Polisbed black; mandibles and 



palpi yellow ; antennae black or dark brovfn, tbe first joint yellow ; 



legs, including coxae, yeUow. Head transverse, including tbe 



eyes a little wider tban tbe tborax across from tegulae to tegulse, 



* For Part II. see p. 108. ■ 



