70 ME. W. H. ASHMEAD ON THE PARASITIC HTMENOPTEEA 



slightly longer ttan tlie thorax, polislied, with a pubescent girdle 

 at the base. 



Sab. St. Vincent. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Pentackita, Worster. 



Pektacbita obscueipes, sp. n. 



2 . Length 1 millim. Polished black ; antennae brown ; legs 

 reddish yellow, the middle and posterior coxae black, their femora 

 more or less dusky or black. Antennae 13-jointed, the five 

 terminal joints enlarged, moniliform, the last joint a little the 

 longest ; basal joint twice as long as the pedicel, which is rounded ; 

 the funicle-joints are more slender, submoniliform, the first about 

 twice the length of the second, the joints beyond very gradually 

 increasing in length and width to the club. The cup of the 

 Bcutellum is very small, with a slight fovea posteriorly ; anteriorly 

 it is smooth, the sides rugose. Metathorax pubescent. "Wings 

 hyaline, fringed, the venation yellow ; the marginal cell is about one 

 half longer than its width, closed, the first abscissa straight and 

 slightly shorter than second, which is slightly curved outwardly. 

 Abdomen polished black, as long as the head and thorax together 

 and with a pubescent girdle at base. 



Hah. St. Vincent. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Leptopilina, Forster. 



Leptopilina minuta, sp. n, 



$ . Length A millim. Polished black ; antennae brown ; legs 

 flavo-testaceous, the posterior femora brownish. Antennfe 13- 

 jointed, about as long as the body, the seven terminal joints 

 cylindrical, about thrice as long as thick, and thicker than the 

 basal funicle-joints, which are slender; the first funicle-joint 

 is about one third longer than the second ; scape and pedicel 

 swollen, the latter globose. Scutellum rather high, slightly pro- 

 jecting over the metathorax, which is short, and abruptly declining 

 posteriorly ; the cup is small, elliptic, its dorsum smooth, with a 

 few round punctures. Metathorax short, with two delicate 

 medial carinse. Wings hyaline, strongly fringed, the apex with 

 a slight sinus, the venation pale brownish yellow ; the marginal 

 cell is closed, about twice as long as wide, the second abscissa of 



