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entirely black ; middle femora and tibise honey-yellow only at 

 tips ; infuscation of wing ligbter. 



NoTASPis, Walher. 



NOTASPIS FORMICIFOEMIS. 



Notaspis formiciformis, Walker, Ent. Mag. ii. p. 37. St. Vincent. 



One of tbe most peculiar Chalcidids known. Represented by 

 18 specimens, one of wbicli is labelled : " Open swampy land near 

 sea, south end of Island : beaten from bushes, Sept. 27." 



PoDAGRiON, Spinola. 



PODAGEION BEASILIENSIS, sp. n. 



$ . Length of body 2 millim. ; ovipositor 1*6 millim. ; expanse 

 3*7 millim. ; greatest width of fore wing 0'58 millim. Head and 

 face regularly and not coarsely sbagreened ; pro- and mesonotum 

 finely and closely punctate, and furnished with a few short, sparse, 

 white, scale-like hairs ; metanotum not carinate, fiaely and closely 

 granulate ; abdomen smooth, shining, with a few similar white 

 hairs, which are also preseut on head, pleura, and coxge ; ovi- 

 positor about as long as entire body ; antennae regularly clavate, 

 funicle-joint 1 shorter than pedicel, 2-7 gradually increasing in 

 width ; club regularly ovate when seen from side, rather acute at 

 tip, as long as preceding five funicle-joints together ; (in one speci- 

 men the club is indented exteriorly from drying). General colour 

 greenish black, slightly metallic ; antennal scape, pedicel, and 

 funicle-joints 3, 4, 5, 6, and base of 7 bright honey-yellow ; funicle- 

 joints 1 and 2, apical two-thirds of 7, and all of club black or 

 dark brown ; mandibles dark brown ; distal one-third of fore 

 coxge, all of middle coxae, tip of hind coxae, all of fore and middle 

 femora, tibiae and tarsi, base and extreme tip of hind femora, tip 

 of hind tibiae, and all of hind tarsi honey-yellow, the colour quite 

 uniform, the fore femora alone somewhat darker. 



Described from two female specimens from St. Vincent. The 

 specific name is derived from the fact that Mr. H. H. Smith has 

 also collected the form in Brazil, several specimens occurring in 

 a collection now in the hands of Mr. Ashmead. 



