118 ME. W. H. ASHAIEAD OlSf THE PAHASITIC HTMENOPTEEA 



eyes large, subrotund, black. Antennse 22-jomte(i, fuscous, the 

 flagellum a little yellowish toward base. Thorax with the middle 

 lobe prominent, rounded before, reaching only to half the length 

 of the mesonotum ; pleura closely punctate ; metathorax not 

 areolated, closely punctate, rugose toward tip. Wings hyaline, 

 with a slight dusky streak in the region of the basal vein and 

 below the stigma. Abdomen sessile, longer than the head and 

 thorax together ; the first and second segments about equal, 

 quadrate, the first wholly and the basal half of the second 

 lineately rugose ; rest of the abdomen smooth, polished. 



Sah. St. Vincent. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Hetekospiltts rAsciATTJS, sp. n. 



c? 5 . Length 2 to 5 millim. ; ovipositor 4 millim. Head, 

 collar, legs, broad band on second abdominal segment, and the 

 apex of abdomen honey-yellow or luteous ; rest of the insect, 

 except the antennae which are fuscous, black. Sometimes the 

 anterior portion of the mesonotum and the pleura are pale, 

 rarely with most of the thorax pale. Head quadrate, smooth ; 

 eyes large, rounded, very slightly sinuated within opposite the 

 antenna. Antennae long, setaceous, from 30- to 34-jointed, the 

 four or five basal joints pale. Thorax polished, with a few sparse 

 hairs, the furrows large, distinct, converging and meeting at base 

 of scutellum, the sides of the grooves margined within ; collar 

 distinct, narrowed before, rugose above ; scutellum with two 

 large foveae at base, separated by a slight carina ; mesopleura 

 smooth, with an oblique fovea at the middle ; metathorax rugose, 

 areolated, the two long areas at base nearly smooth, a diamond- 

 shaped area at the middle extending to the apex and connected 

 wdth the base by a central carina, the surface of the area being 

 rugose ; metapleura rugose. Wings subhyaline, the stigma large, 

 black or brown ; the venation brown, the transverse vein between 

 the first and second submarginal cells subobsolete or entirely 

 wanting. Abdomen sessile, longer than the head and thorax 

 together ; the first segment longer than the second, narrowed 

 toward base ; the second segment quadrate, with three cross- 

 lines or sutures, the first a little before the middle, the second at 

 about one-third the length of the remaining portion, the third 

 visible only at the sides and curving to the posterior angles of 

 the segment ; the third segment also has a cross-line or suture ; 



