OF THE ISLAND OF ST. VHSTCEjSTT. 127 



Wings hyaline, the apical half faintly dusky ; the venation, except 

 the costa and median veins which are yellow, brown ; the first 

 branch of the radius is shorter than the second, the first trans- 

 verse cubital nervure a little longer than the recurrent nervure. 

 Abdomen one solid carapace, rugose, with two short keels at 

 base ; o^dpositor slightly exserted. In the male the antennas are 

 20-jointed, all the femora black, while the abdomen has a slight 

 transverse slit at apex. 



JSah. St. Vincent. 



Described from 10 specimens. 



Subfamily Ehyssalin^. 

 Ehtssalus, Holiday. 



Ehyssai/Tjs c^nophanoides, sp. n. 



d' . Length 1\ millim. Pale ferruginous, smooth, shining ; 

 tip of abdomen piceous. Antennae black, the two basal joints 

 pale. Thorax trilobed, the middle lobe with a grooved line 

 posteriorly. Scutellum with a crenate furrow across the base. 

 Metathorax finely rugose, areolated. Legs honey-yellow. Wings 

 greyish-hyaline, the venation brown, the second submarginal cell 

 quadrate ; the first branch of the radius about one half the length 

 of the second, the recurrent nervure not interstitial with the first 

 transverse cubital nervure. Abdomen as long as the head and 

 thorax together, oblong-oval, the first and second segments 

 sfcriated, the following smooth, polished, the third with a trans- 

 verse crenate furrow. 



B.ah. St. Yincent. 



Described from a single specimen, taken at 500 feet altitude, 



Ehtssalus melletjs, sp. n. 



c? $ . Length \k to 2 millim. ; ovipositor one third the length 

 of the abdomen. Honey-yellow, the apical half of the abdomen 

 brownish, Antennse 15-jointed. Thorax with two distinct fur- 

 rows, the scutellum crenate at base, the metathorax areolated. 

 Wings hyaline, the venation pale brown, a yellowish spot at base 

 of stigma ; the first branch of the radius is a little shorter than 

 the second, the recurrent nervure interstitial with the first 

 transverse cubital nervure. Abdomen subpetiolate, smooth and 

 polished, the first segment with lateral carinse and slightly 

 roughened. 



