OF THE ISLAND OE ST. TINCENT. 131 



Subfamily Caltptin^. 

 Caltptus, Holiday. 



Caltpttjs THOEAdictrs, sp. n. 



$ . Length 5 millim. ; ovipositor longer than the body. Black, 

 shining ; thorax, excepting metathorax, and anterior coxae and 

 trochanters orange-red. Face with pale pubescence. Man- 

 dibles pale. Antennse about 35-jointed, attenuated and involuted 

 at tips. Thorax vs'ith the parapsidal furrows broad and deep 

 posteriorly ; the scutellum convex, vs^ith two large foveae at base, 

 separated only by a carina. Metathorax rugose, coarsely areo- 

 lated. Legs black, pubescent. "Wings hyaline, the venation 

 black. Abdomen with four segments, shining, the first and 

 second striated ; the first with two carinee, the third and fourth 

 smooth, polished. 



Hob. St. Yincent. 



Described from a single specimen, taken in August at an 

 altitude of 500 feet. A most beautiful and easily recognized 

 species, distinguished at once by its orange-red thorax. 



Subfamily Blacin^. 

 Blactjs, Nees. 



Blacus eubriceps, sp. n. 



c?. Length 2| millim. Black, polished; head red, ocelli black. 

 Antennae 26-iointed, black, the two basal joints pale. Thorax 

 smooth, with two delicate furrows that converge and meet a little 

 beyond the middle of the mesonotum ; the mesonotum is flattened 

 posteriorly in front of the scutellum. Scutellum convex, with an 

 impressed cross line at base. Mesoplenra smooth, polished. 

 Metathorax smooth, impunctured, with a central carina. Legs 

 rufous. "Wings hyaline, the venation brown-black ; the recurrent 

 nervure not interstitial with the transverse cubital nervure. 

 Abdomen black, smooth, and polished. 



Hob. St. Yincent. 



Described from a single specimen taken in May. 



GrANYCHOETJS, Holiday. 



GaNT CHORUS COLLARIS, Sp, n. 



$ . Length 2 millim. Black, polished, the antennse, collar, and 

 legs reddish yellow, the posterior femora dusky toward tips. 

 Antennse 20-jointed, the last joint large, fusiform. Thorax 

 smooth, with two distinct furrows j collar, sternum, and meta- 



