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about two and a half times as long as the first, the recurrent 

 nervure rejected. 



Sab. St. Vincent. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Beacon femoeatus, sp. n. 



<S $ . Length 2|-to8 millim. ; ovipositor about half the length 

 of abdomen. E.ufous ; antennae, wings, and legs, with the ex- 

 ceptions herein afterwards mentioned, black ; all coxse, middle 

 femora beneath, and the posterior femora rufous ; in the male the 

 anterior tarsi are pale. The whole surface, except the face, 

 which is shagreened, is smooth and shiniDg. Head transverse. 

 Palpi in the female black, in the male white. Antennae shorter 

 -than the body, the joints after the third transverse. Metapleura 

 separated from the dorsum of metathorax by a furrow ; the spi- 

 racles small, rounded. Abdomen ovate, the sutures not deeply 

 incised; the shield of the first segment wedge-shaped, the 

 second segment smooth, without a shield, and with but faint 

 traces of the oblique furrows at the sides. The second abscissa 

 of the radius is about four times as long as the first, the recur- 

 rent nervure rejected, while there is a white streak across the first 

 submarginal cell and a white spot behind the recurrent nervure. 



Sab. St. Yiacent. 



Described from 4 female and 12 male specimens. 



Beacon Sancti-Yincenti, sp. n. 



c5' $ . Length 1| to 2 millim. ; ovipositor short. Entirely 

 honey -yellow or pale ferruginous ; antennae and eyes black or 

 brown-black ; wings greyish hyaline, iridescent, the nervures 

 brown ; the second abscissa of the radius is about two and a half 

 times as long as the first, the recurrent nervure rejected. The 

 whole surface is smooth, shining, irapunctured. Abdomen ovate, 

 the sutures not deeply incised ; the first segment with a wedge- 

 shaped shield, the following smooth. 



Sab. St. Vincent. 



Described from 24 individuals. 



Beacok vujlgaeis, sp. n. 



S 5 . Length 2^ to 4 millim. : ovipositor not quite as long as 

 the abdomen. Honey-yellow or pale ferruginous ; the antennae 

 black ; wings fuliginous ; tips of the posterior tibiae and their 

 tarsi fuscous or black. As in B. Sancti-Vincenti, its whole surface 



