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from fuBicle, and joints of f unicle are well separated, giving a 

 serrate appearance to tlie margin ; first funicle-joint very narrow ; 

 joint 2 suddenly wider; widest point of flagellum at about 

 joint 5 of funicle ; club short, not longer than the three preceding 

 funicle-joints together, obliquely truncate at tip, appearing acute 

 from side and rounded from above. Vertex broader than in 

 female. Pronotum narrow, entire. (This is probably also the 

 case with the female, in which it cannot be seen.) Abdomen 

 very short, not longer than mesoscutellum in specimens at 

 hand, in which, however, it is doubtless abnormally short through, 

 drying. 



^NASIUS HTETTIJS. 



Encyrtus hyettus. Walker, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. xvii. (1846) p. 181. 

 St. Vincent. 



2 ■ Length. 1*6 millim. ; expanse 3"9 millim. ; width of body 

 at tegulse '07 millim. Antennal scape closely pubescent above^ 

 but not on leaf-like expansion; front also pubescent. Head 

 with large thimble-lite punctures ; mesonotum very faintly 

 shagreened, nearly smooth ; abdomen smooth, shining ; colour 

 uniform black, with bluish metallic reflections on dorsum o£ thorax ; 

 all tarsi honey-yellow, final joint black ; middle tibial spur dark 

 brown, nearly black ; fore wings dark fuscous, veins nearly black j 

 hind margin also black ; liind wings hyaline, veins dark brown. 



(S . Length varying from 0*88 millim. to 1"26 millim. ; expanse 

 varying from 2 millim. to 2*9 millim. Closely resembles the 

 female except in the distinctions pointed out in generic diagnosis, 

 but the metallic reflections are not so strong, and the fore wings 

 are only faintly suffused with fuscous, while the veins are 

 brown. 



Eedescribed from one female and four male specimens ; one 

 labelled " May," another " South end," and the rest with the 

 customary label. 



Habeolepoidea, gen. no v. 

 $ . Antennae 11-jointed ; scape moderately long, with a slight 

 leaf -like expansion below ; pedicel stout, nearly as broad as 

 long; the 6-jointed funicle short, compressed, all joints broader 

 than long, increasing slightly in width from 1 to 6, and also 

 slightly in length, joint 6 being longest ; club flattened, ova], 

 widest at tip of first joint, considerably wider than sixth funicle- 

 joint and as long as entire funicle. Head flattened above, long 



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