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



13-jointed, tlie six terminal joints enlarged; the first joint of 

 funicle is a little longer than tlie second, the following all longer 

 than thick. Transverse ridge of the collar truncate, scarcely 

 emarginate at the middle. Scutellum rugose at the sides, the 

 cup large, broadly oval, the rim pale, the dorsum smooth, 

 polished, with a small fovea posteriorly and about six sub- 

 marginal punctures anteriorly. Wings hyaline, fringed, the vena- 

 tion yellow ; the marginal cell is usually closed, rarely slightly 

 open along the margin towards the apex, and less than twice as 

 long as wide ; the first abscissa of the radius is a little shorter 

 than the second and slightly arched. Abdomen as long as the 

 head and thorax together, black, polished, with a hairy girdle 

 at base. 



The male has long, brown-black, 15-jointed antennae, the 

 three basal joints paler ; the first flagellar joint is not longer than 

 the second, the following about equal, thrice as long as thicky 

 fluted, hairy. 



Sab. St. Vincent. 



Described from one male and twenty female specimens. 



Subfamily Fiq-itinje. 

 SoLEiTASPis, Ashmead. 



SOLENASPIS BIEOTEOLATA, Or. 

 Aspicera bifoveolata, Cr. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. iv. p, 7- 

 I£al). Cuba, St. Yincent. 



Sixteen specimens of what is undoubtedly this species are in 

 the collection. 



SOLEISTASPIS EIJEIPES, Cr. 



Aspicera rufipes, Cr, I. c. p. 7- 

 I£ab. Cuba. 



Subfamily Ctnipinje. 



Ctnips, Linn. 



CxsiPS (?) AEMATUS, Cr. Proc. Unt. Soc. Phil. iv. p. 4. 

 Sah. Cuba. 



Without doubt this species will prove to be one of the 

 Pigitids. 



