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black, and the legs pale yellowisli or luteous, the coxae, tibiae, 

 and tarsi usually white. Wings yellowish hyaline, with a spot 

 beneath the origin of marginal vein, another smaller spot enclos- 

 ing the stigmal vein, and the apex of wing dusky or black; 

 between the stigmal vein and the smoky apical portion are two 

 large oblong oblique whitish spots that meet and form a trans- 

 verse band. Abdomen subpetiolate, conic-ovate, produced into a 

 stylus at apex. 



The male is only 1*5 millim. long, with a black pilose flagellum, 

 the joints of which are long and cylindrical; abdomen pear- 

 shaped, black, with a long slender petiole ; while the wings are 

 clear hyaline. 



Hdb. St. Vincent. 



Described from two male and three female specimens. 



Tribe Pteeomalides. 



Hemiteichus, Thomson. 



Hemiteichus vaeipes, sp. n. 



S . Length I'l millim. Black to blue-black, rarely with an 

 seneous tinge, the face below antennae most frequently metallic 

 green, tbe surface smooth, impunctured. Scutellum nearly 

 twice as long as wide, convex, with an impressed cross-line just 

 before its apex. Head transverse, wider tban the thorax, the 

 vertex broad with the ocelli subtriangularly arranged, the frons 

 with an antennal impression. Antennae inserted just above the 

 mouth, the joints oblong-oval, constricted at apices, with sparse 

 whorls of long hairs. Thorax short, the pronotum not visible 

 from above, the parapsidal furrows distinct anteriorly, subobsolete 

 posteriorly; axillae small, convex ; metathorax very short, smooth, 

 usually witb a brassy tinge. Wings hyaline, the tegulse black, 

 the venation brown, the marginal vein long, nearly as long as the 

 submarginal, or three times as long as the stigmal, the latter 

 ending in an oblong stigma with a small uncus, the postmarginal 

 a, little longer tban the stigmal. Legs brownisb or honey- 

 yellow, the coxae always black, the femora variable, rarely entirely 

 pale, more frequently dusky or black, the hind tibiae sometimes 

 dusky at the middle. Abdomen oval or oblong, black, rarely with 

 an seneous tinge at base ; the second segment the longest, foveated 

 at base. 



Sah. St. Vincent. 



Described from six male specimens. 



