132 ME. W. H. ASHMEAD ON THE PARASITIC HTMENOPIEEA 



thorax rugose, tlie latter with two large areas on disk, the surface 

 of which is smooth. "Wings greyish-hyaline, the venation pale 

 brown ; the recurrent nervure almost interstitial with the first 

 transverse cubital nervure, the cubitus extending to the apical 

 margin of the wing, the marginal cell therefore very large. 

 Abdomen smooth, the first segment with lateral grooves, the 

 second segment piceous ; ovipositor about half the length of the 

 abdomen. 



Sab. St. Yincent. 



Described from a single species. 



Subfamily Liopheoninjs. 

 LiOPHEOK, Nees. 



LioPHEON MiiniTTJS, sp. n. 



c? $ . Length 1|- to 1| millim. Black, highly polished ; antennae 

 and legs in male yellowish ; apical half of abdomen and antennae 

 in female piceous. Head transverse, the face with short, sparse, 

 white hairs. Antennae in female 20-jointed, in male 15-jointed. 

 Thorax with the parapsides distinct, the scutellum foveated at 

 base. Metathorax smooth, delicately areolated. Wings hyaline, 

 the venation pale yellowish, the costa and stigma brown, the 

 marginal cell about as long as the stigma ; the first branch of the 

 radius very short, the recurrent nervure joining the first sub- 

 marginal cell. Abdomen in female smooth, the first segment 

 with lateral grooved lines, the ovipositor very short ; in male the 

 first segment and the basal half of the second aciculated. 



Hob. St. Vincent. 



Described from one male and two female specimens. 



Subfamily Toxoneueinje. 

 ToxoNEUEA, Say. 



TOXONEUEA ATRICOElSriS, sp. U. 



c? ? . Length 3| to 5 millim. Sanguineous to reddish yellow ; 

 the vertex of head and tip of abdomen dusky or black ; antennae, 

 sheaths of ovipositor, tips of middle tibiae, and posterior knees, 

 tips of their tibiae, and tarsi black or fuscous, the basal tarsal 

 joint usually pale at base. Wings fuliginous. Sometimes the 

 whole upper surface of the abdomen is dusky or brown, and 

 occasionally it is entirely pale, concolorous with the thorax. 



Hah. St. Yincent. 



Described from 51 specimens. 



