172 ME. W. H. ASHMEAD ON THE PARASITIC HTMENOPTEEA 



In the male tlie flagellum is metallic, covered witli long fine- 

 hairs, the funicle 4-jointed, the joiuts pedicellate; abdomen 

 rounded, briefly petiolated, the petiole being punctate. 



Hob. St. Vincent. 



Described from two male and nine female specimens. 



Comes nearest to S. metallicus, but readily distinguished by 

 the colour of the antennae and legs and the shape of the funicle- 

 joints. 



HOLCOPELTE NIGKOiENEUS, sp. n. 



S $ . Length 1 to 2 millim. J^^neous black, scaly-punctate ;. 

 scape and legs, except coxae, white ; flagellum dark brown. 



In the female the flagellum is filiform, the funicle 3-jointed, 

 the joints subpedicellate, the 2nd and 3rd, round-moniliform ;: 

 abdomen ovate, the petiole a little longer than thick, shagreened, 

 the second segment much longer than all the following segments 

 united. 



The male is blue-black, with a cupreous tinge above ; the 

 flagellum pilose, the joints oblong-moniliform, subpedicellate ; 

 abdomen small, truncate at apex, with a rather long petiole. 



Sab. St. Vincent. 



Described from one male and nine female specimens. 



HoLCOPELTE PEODUCTUS, Sp. U. 



S $ . Length 1 to 1"5 millim. Metallic, bronze or sub- 

 cupreous, faintly and feebly shagreened ; the scape and legs, 

 including the coxae, white ; flagellum yellowish. Abdomen coni- 

 cally produced, longer than the head and thorax united, the 

 petiole wider than long, the second segment the longest but 

 only about one third as long as the following segments united ; 

 flagellum fihform, the joints long. V^ings hyaline, the marginal 

 vein very long, three times as long as the submarginal ; stigmal 

 vein clavate, the postmarginal a little longer than the stigmal. 



In the male the abdomen is oval, subsessile, pointed at apex; 

 flagellum black-pilose ; while in this sex the anterior coxae are 

 datk. ' 



Sal. St. Vincent. 



Described from one male and three female specimens. 



The conically produced abdomen of the female and the venation' 

 readily separate this species from those previously described. 



