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punctate ; in female rarely longer than the thorax, in male 

 shorter, the first segment the longest, the following segments 

 short, nearly equal. 



Sah. St. Vincent. 



Described from 145 specimens. 



Teteastichus yulgaris, sp. n. 



$ . Length 1*5 to 2 millim. Blue-black at sides and beneath ; 

 the dorsum black, subopaque, feebly shagreened ; abdomen conic- 

 ovate, aeneous black: scape, pedicel, trochanters, knees, tibise^ 

 and tarsi honey-yellow ; flagellum brown. Head transverse, 

 antero-posteriorly very thin, the vertex therefore very sharp ; 

 frons deeply impressed, punctate ; trophi ferruginous. Antennae 

 shorter than the thorax, the pedicel ^ the length of the scape ; 

 the flagellum subclavate, very slightly more than twice the length 

 of the scape, brown, pubescent, the three funicle-joints a little 

 longer than thick, the third the widest ; club stouter, 3-jointed. 

 Thorax short, ovoid, feebly shagreened, subopaque; pronotum 

 short, visible from above as an arcuate ridge ; mesonotum wider 

 than long, the middle lobe with a median grooved liue and a row 

 of punctures along the parapsidal furrows ; parapsides with an 

 oblique line just above the tegulae ; scutellum convex, with two 

 median grooved lines; metathorax very short, abrupt. Wings 

 hyaline, pubescent, the venation pale yellowish. Abdomen conic- 

 ovate, a little longer than the head and thorax united, depressed 

 or flat above, boat-shaped beneath. 



Sah. St. Vincent. 



Described from 58 female specimens. 



Teteastichits longicoenis, sp. n. 



5 . Length 1"5 to 1*8 millim. Black, shining, much slenderer 

 than T. vulgaris ; the antennae very long, extending to base of 

 abdomen or beyond, the flagellum being filiform and nearly five 

 times as long as the scape, the joints elongate, about three and a 

 half times as long as thick. Thorax smooth, the collar conical, 

 the mesoscutum without a row of punctures along the parapsidal 

 furrows. Wings hyaline, pubescent, the venation pale brownish 

 yellow. Legs pale yellowish, the femora more or less dusky 

 medially, the anterior pair sometimes entirely pale. Abdomen 

 as in T. vulgaris, but piceous along the venter. 



Sah. St. Vincent. 



Described from nine female specimens. 



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