74 ME. W. H. ASHMEAD ON THE PAEASITIC HTMENOPTEEA 



are not longer than the three basal joints of the club, the first 

 joint the longest, the four following small, moniliform, not 

 longer than wide. Cup of scutellum small, elliptic, its dorsum 

 polished, with a small fovea posteriorly and four punctures 

 anteriorly, the sides aciculated. Tegulse rufo-piceous. Wings 

 hyaline, strongly fringed, the venation pale brownish ; the mar- 

 ginal cell is about once and a half as long as wide, open along 

 the outer margin, the second abscissa of the radius about one 

 fourth longer than the first, both being straight. Abdomen as 

 in previous species, a little piceous beneath. 



In the male the antennae are very long, brown or black, the 

 third joint not longer than the fourth, the joints beyond about 

 twice as long as thick, while the first abscissa of the radius is 

 very slightly bent. 



Sah. St. Vincent. 



Described from two male and seven female specimens. 



Hexacola Sancti-Vincenti, sp. n. 



S ? . Length 1 to 1^ millim. Polished black ; mandibles 

 and palpi pale rufous ; antennae brown, more or less dusky 

 toward the tips ; legs yellow or reddish yellow. The antennae 

 are 13-jointed, extending fully to the middle of the abdomen, 

 the six terminal joints moniliform, longer than thick ; the five 

 funicle-joints togetherare always much longer than the three basal 

 joints of the club, the joints longer than wide, the first one being 

 about twice as long as the second. Scutellum as in S. modesta. 

 Tegulae piceous. Wings hyaline, strongly ciliated, the venation 

 yellowish; the marginal cell is less than twice as long as wide, 

 open along the margin, the first and second branches of the 

 radius about equal, slightly curved. Abdomen as in previous 

 species. 



In the male V the antennae are much longer than the body, 

 brown, the third joint much longer than the fourth, slightly 

 curved, clavate, the following joints about twice as long as thick ; 

 the legs yellow. 



Sab. St. Vincent. 



Described from many specimens. 



Ehopteomeets, Forster. 



Ehopteomeeis insulaeis, sp. n. 



5 . Length If milHm. Polished black ; mandibles and palpi 



