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radius very slightly longer than, the first. Abdomen not longer 

 than the thorax, polished, with a very slight pubescent girdle at 

 base. 



Sah. St. Vincent. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Heptameeis, Forster. 



Heptameeis eijpipes, sp. n. 



5 . Length 1| millim. Polished black ; antennae brownish, the 

 two basal joints black ; legs reddish yellow. Antennae 13-jointed, 

 subclavate, the seven terminal joints thicker than the preceding, 

 not fluted, the last joint the longest, one half longer than the pre- 

 ceding ; the first funicle-joint is one half longer than the second, 

 the second and third equal, the fourth as long as the first. Scu- 

 tellum at sides finely rugose, its cup elliptic, and connected with 

 the mesonotum by a delicate carina, its dorsum with a small fovea 

 posteriorly and with some punctures anteriorly. Wings hyaline, 

 sparsely pubescent, and with short cilise, the venation yellowish ; 

 the marginal cell is open along the outer margin, a little more 

 than one and a half times as long as wide, the second abscissa of 

 radius about one third longer than the first, both straight. Abdo- 

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

 piceous beneath towards the base, and with a distinct woolly girdle. 



Sah. St. Vincent. 



Described from one specimen. 



Heptameeis elavipes, sp. n. 



? . Length If millim. Diff'ers from H. rufipes in having 

 black antennae, except the three or four basal f unicle joints, which 

 are piceous, the 7 apical joints fluted ; the first funicle-joint is 

 only slightly longer than the second, the three following about 

 equal ; the cup of scutellum is small, elliptic, its dorsum smooth, 

 not foveated : while the second abscissa of the radius is one and 

 a half times as long as the second ; the metapleura pubescent. 



Hah. St. Vincent. 



Described from two specimens. 



Htpoletheia, Forster. 



HtPOLETHEIA LOlSr&TCOEKIS, sp. n. 



$ . Length If millim. Polished black ; the five basal joints 



