lOG ME. L. 0. HOWARD ON THE PAEASITIC HTMENOPTEEA 



MiOTEOPis, Thomson. 



MiOTEOPIS NIGEICATSrS, sp. n. 



$. Length 1-5 millim.; expanse 2*4 millim. -Head closely 

 sliagreened ; eyes hairy ; pronotum and mesonotum closely and 

 finely punctate ; the mesopostscutellum very finely rugose ; meta- 

 notum smooth, its central longitudinal carina dividing anteriorly 

 as well as posteriorly, the triangle formed by the anterior division 

 wider than the nucha enclosed by posterior division, and with a 

 slight spine-like elevation of the carina at point of division ; hind 

 coxae faintly striate ; petiole rugose ; first abdominal tergite 

 smooth, glistening ; other tergites very faintly reticulate. Colour 

 blact ; faint bluish reflections on head, pro- and mesonotum; 

 antennge and legs fuscous, tibise becoming ferruginous ; all coxse 

 black ; wings hyaline, veins brown. 



S . A single male, possibly of this species, but which is in such 

 condition as to preclude careful study, , seems to differ only in 

 having the base of the abdomen yellowish above and below, fore 

 and hind femora black except at distal end, and all tibiae and 

 middle femora very light yellowish white. 



Described from two females and one male (?). St. Vincent. 



MiOTEOPIS YEESICOLOE, Sp. n. 



(S . Length 1*4 millim. ; expanse 2'4 millim. Smooth, shining ; 

 mesoscutum very faintly aciculate; eyes faintly hairy; median 

 longitudinal carina faint, not dividing or projecting anteriorly, 

 nucha broader than in M. nigricans. General colour bright 

 honey-yellow, head lighter than thorax, approaching lemon-yellow ; 

 antennge fuscous, with rather long lighter-coloured hairs ; man- 

 dibles brown ; occiput black ; pronotum, except posterior lateral 

 angles, black ; mesoscutum, except parapsides, black ; meta- 

 scutellum with a broad, somewhat crescent-shaped black band, 

 following its anterior margin ; abdomen black, except at base and 

 tip, the black portion above including a large oval yellowish spot; 

 all tarsi fuscous ; wings hyaline, veins fuscous. 



Described from one male. St. Vincent. 



Stekomesius, Westwood. 



StENOMESIUS PliATTNOT^. 



Miotropis platynotse, Howard, Report on Insects affecting the Orange, 



by H. G. Hubbard, Washington, Dept. Agriculture, 1885, p. 217. Florida. 



One male and one female in the St. Vincent collection are 



