140 ME. W. H. ASHMEAD ON THE PAEASITIC HTMEliTOPTEEA 



witli a spot before ; legs rufous, the middle tarsi fuscous, posterior 

 legs, including coxse, black ; claws pectinated. Antennae nearly 

 as long as the body, black. Thorax closely punctulate ; meta- 

 thorax areolated rugose, tlie middle area witli transverse raised 

 lines. Abdomen one and a half times as long as the head and 

 thorax together, compressed, black, the sides of segments 4, 5, 

 and 6 and the venter rufous ; the petiole longer than the second 

 segment, swollen at tip, smooth, shining, and impunctured, the 

 following segments closely, finely, microscopically punctate. 

 "Wings subhyaline, the venation black, the areolet small, petiolate. 



The female differs from the male only in having an ovipositor 

 3 millim. long, and in that the apical half of the abdomen, be- 

 ginning from the middle of the third segment, is entirely rufous. 

 The wing-areolet is also more distinct. 



Sab. St. Vincent. 



Described from 2 female, 6 male specimens, taken on west 

 slope, Gonffiere, Sept. 23, in a forest at an altitude of 1800 feet. 



Ceemasttts, Grav. 



CeEMASTTJS (?) INSULAETS, sp. n. 



2 . Length 5 minim. ; ovipositor 2 millim. Honey-yellow ; 

 antennge except scape, spot at base of metathorax, base and tip 

 of posterior tibisB, apex of abdomen, first, second, and base of 

 third abdominal segments black ; the sutures of the first, second, 

 third, and fourth antennal joints pale. Eyes very large, oval, 

 occupying the whole side of the head, and extending to base of 

 mandibles. Thorax trilobed, middle lobe prominent. Meta- 

 thorax sloping posteriorly, areolated. Wings hyaline, iridescent, 

 the venation dark brown, areolet oblique, petiolated. 



Rah. St. Vincent. 



Described from a single specimen, taken in a damp forest in 

 Petite Bordello Valley, Oct. 23. This is not a true Gremastus. 



Mesochoeus, Grav. 



MeSOCHOETJS ANinJTJTAESIS, sp. n. 



S . Length 2| miUim. Xellowish white ; lateral lobes of meso- 

 thorax, metathorax, annulus at base and apex of posterior femora, 

 and the apex of the first, second, third, and fourth joints of their 

 tarsi, and the last tarsal joint black. Abdomen above (except 

 the apical two-thirds of the second and the basal half of third 

 segment, which are luteous), black, the apex paler ; middle lobe 



