OF THE ISLAIfD OF ST. YIlvrCENT. 117 



Variable, from ferruginous to luteous. 



Mesopleura, sutures of thorax and metathorax 

 above, and basal four abdominal segments 

 dark fuscous or black ; suture of second seg- 

 ment at about the middle, bending inwardly 

 toward the sides ; first segment and basal 

 two-thirds of the second striated ; the 

 following two or three segments finely punc- 

 tate at base, rest of the abdomen smooth . . H. variegatus. 



Mesopleura, humeri, and base of metathorax 

 more or less fuscous, rest of the insect, ex- 

 cept legs, pale ferruginous ; suture of 

 second segment near the middle, subobso- 

 lete ; first segment, basal two-thirds of 

 second, and at the bottom of a depression 

 near the base of third, striated or aciculated, 

 rest of the abdomen smooth S. humeralis. 



HeTEEOSPILUS FEEEIIGI]S"irS, sp. n. 



$ . Lengtli 4g millim. ; ovipositor 3 millim. Eeddish brown, 

 the tTiorax beueatk and at sides blackisli ; antennse brown, the 

 incisions of joints wbitisb ; legs whitisb, all femora witb a sub- 

 apical reddisb annulus, base and tips of tibiae with, reddisb 

 markings. Head quadrate, rugose, the vertex transversely 

 aciculated. Antennse 24-jointed, a little shorter than tbe body, 

 tbe two basal joints wbite. Thorax rugose, tbe middle lobe of 

 mesonotum prominent, reaching only to half the length of the 

 mesonotum ; disk of mesopleura smooth, polished ; metathorax 

 rugose, not areolated, and with only an abbreviated central keel 

 at base. Wings fusco-hyaline, mottled toward tips with whitish 

 spots or streaks. Abdomen much longer than the head and thorax 

 together, the two basal segments and the basal half of the third 

 opaque, finely striated ; rest of the abdomen smooth, polished. 



Sab. St. Yincent. 



Described from a single specimen, taken in a forest at Morne 

 a G-aron, at an altitude of 1500 feet, under the bark of a stump, 

 October 31. 



Hexeeospiltjs caebonaeitjs, sp. n. 



$ . Length 2 millim. ; ovipositor half the length of body. 

 Black, opaque, finely, closely, confluently punctate, covered with 

 a sparse white pubescence. Legs black or brown-black ; the 

 tibiae at base, tips, and the tarsi honey-yellow. Head quadrate ; 



