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



moniliform, Tborax oval, scarcely longer than wide, convex, 

 with a microscopic pubescence. Legs black or piceous, the 

 trochanters, base, and apex of the femora and tibiae and the tarsi 

 pale or yellowish. "Wings hyaline, pubescent, with short cilia ; 

 the venation pale yellowish ; the marginal vein about two thirds 

 the length of the long oblique stigmal vein. Abdomen polished 

 black, Eot longer than the thorax, depressed, subtruncate at 

 apex. 



Hob. St. "Vincent. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Telenomtjs coneusus, sp. n. 



$ . Length ^ millim. Black, shining ; thorax feebly micro- 

 scopically punctulate. Head transverse quadrate, highly polished. 

 Eyes covered with a fine white pubescence. Mandibles pale. 

 Antennae 11-jointed, clavate ; scape less than half the length o£ 

 the flagellum, fuscous, yellow at base ; flagellum black, the pedicel 

 longer than the first funicle-joiut, its apical margin yellowish ; 

 second funicle-joint slightly shorter than the first; the third 

 :and fourth very small; club stout, fusiform. "Wings hyaline, 

 ciliated, the venation pale brown, the stigmal vein very oblique, 

 terminating in a small knob. Legs brownish yellow. Abdomen as 

 long as the thorax, subtruncate at apex, black, shining, the petiole 

 transverse, striated, the second segment about twice as long as 

 wide at apex. 



Sah. St. Vincent. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Telekomtjs impeesstjs, sp. n. 



S $ . Length I" millim. Black, shining ; head quadrate, 

 scarcely wider than the thorax, highly polished; thorax oval, 

 always impressed dorsally ; legs and antennae, except the club 

 which is brown, yellow. Antennae 11-jointed ; scape a little 

 longer than half the length of the flagellum ; pedicel twice as 

 large as the first funicle-joint, the funicle-joints all very small; 

 dub 5-jointed, fusiform, the four basal joints transverse. Wings 

 subhyaline, pubescent, ciliated. Abdomen oblong, as long as the 

 thorax, polished black, the first segment finely striated, some- 

 times piceous, the second one and a half times as long as wide. 



The male differs only in the antennae ; these are 12-jointed, 

 filiform-moniliform, not quite as long as the body ; the pedicel 

 much longer than the first flagellar joint ; the second and third 



