146 ME. W. H. ASHMEAD 0]Sr THE PAEASITIC HTMEH"OPTEBA 



hyaline, the venation pale, the marginal vein three times as long 

 as the stigmal. 



The male is the smaller, and differs only in having the abdo- 

 men less pointed, and with the sides, apex, and the venter 

 wholly white. 



Hah. St. Vincent.' 



Described from 15 female and 4 male specimens. 



This is the prettiest species yet discovered in the genus, and 

 resembles somewhat a pale species, un described, known to me 

 from South Morida. 



Systole, Walker. 



(?) Systole ab]S"ormis, sp. n. 



2 . Length 1*6 millim. Black, smooth, irapunctate, sparsely 

 covered with whitish pubescence, or the head and thorax at the 

 most feebly shagreened. xlbdomen conic-ovate, highly polished, 

 the fifth segment very long. Antennae subclavate, sparsely 

 pubescent, the pedicel much larger than the first funicle-joint, 

 the funicle-joints a little longer than wide. Wings hyaline, the 

 venation pale yellowish, the marginal vein very long, three times 

 as long as the stigmal. Antennae and legs, including coxae, pale 

 yellowish, pubescent. 



Sab. St. Vincent. 



Described from three female specimens. The venation and the 

 relative length of the abdominal segments will exclude this species 

 from Systole, although otherwise, in sculpture and in antennal 

 characters, it agrees with the definition of the genus. It agrees 

 in venation with Ashmeadia, but otherwise its habitus is wholly 

 different. 



Bepheata, Cameron. 



Bepheata ctjlteifoemis, sp. n. 



? . Length 5 millim. Brownish yellow or yellowish, except 

 as follows : — flagellum, sfcemmaticum, median stripe on pronotum, 

 middle lobe of mesonotum, and rest of thorax, except axillae and 

 parapsides, black; hind tibiae, large spots on the dorsum of abdo- 

 minal segments extending into a triangular shape at the sides, 

 and the terminal segment black. The antennae are filiform, the 

 joints elongate, cylindrical, the first funicle-joint as long as the 

 scape. The head is much broader than the thorax. Wings 

 greyish hyaline, the venation brown-black ; the marginal vein is 



