OF THE ISLAND OF ST. VII«rCENT. ■ 169' 



HoLCOPELTE, Forster. 



This genus is well represented in St. Yincent, and the several 

 species recognized may be separated by the aid of the following- 

 table. 



Table of Species. 

 Neck of metathorax not especially produced ; 



petiole not especially long, usually short. ... 2. 



Neck of metathorax strongly produced ; the petiole 

 very long. 

 Colour variable, from cupreous to blue j scape 

 and legs, including coxae, white ; funicle 

 in both sexes 4-jointed, the joints in the 

 male pedicellate, with long hairs H. petiolafus, sp. n.^ 



2. Coxae white 4. 



Coxae metallic or blue ; funicle in female 3-jointed, 



in male 4-jointed. 



Scape white 3. 



Scape metallic or dark. 



Trochanters, except sometimes the anterior 



pair, tips of femora, and the tibiae and 



_ tarsi yellowish or white. 



Cupreous or metallic ; face and frons 



coarsely punctate ; second abdominal 



segment not longer than the following 



segments united, the petiole a little 



longer than wide, punctate. 



Female with the funicle-joints oblong ; 



male with the joints oblong-monili- 



form, pubescent H. metallicus, sp. n. 



Blue-black ; face and frons faintly scaly ; 



second abdominal segment longer than 



the following segments united, the 



petiole not longer than wide. 



Female with the funicle-joints 2 and 3 



transverse-moniliform ; male with 



the flagellum filiform-moniliform . . H. nigrocyaneus, sp. n, 



3. Legs, except coxae, white. 



Cupreous ; second abdominal segment shorter 



than the following segments united. 



Female with funicle-joints longer than wide ; 



male with the funicle-joints longer than 



wide, subpedunculated, and furnished 



with long white hairs H. cupreus, sp. n. 



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