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wings and the relative length of the antennal joints this species 

 is quite distinct from all the others. 



Telenomtts Sancti-Yincenti, sp. n, 



c? 2 . Length 1 millim. Black, shining, the head and abdo- 

 men polished ; the thorax minutely but distinctly punctate, 

 sericeous. Head three and a half times as wide as thick antero- 

 posteriorly. Mandibles pale rufous. Antennae yellowish, the 

 six terminal joints fuscous or black ; the scape is longer than half 

 the length of the flagellum ; pedicel as long as the first funicle- 

 joint but not so thick ; second and third funiele- joints subequal, 

 shorter than the first ; fourth small, round, about half the length 

 of the third, but narrower ; club 5-joiuted, rather slender, the 

 last joint conic, the preceding joints very little wider than long. 

 Wings hyaline, the venation pale, the marginal vein about two 

 thirds the length of the stigmal. Legs brownish yellow. Abdo- 

 men not longer than the thorax, the second segment not or 

 scarcely longer than wide at apex. 



The head in what is taken to be the male of this species is only 

 twice as wide as thick antero-posteriorly ; the antennae 12-jointed, 

 filiform, pilose, much longer than the body, black, with the scape 

 yellow ; the pedicel is small, not quite half the length of the first 

 flagellar joint; the flagellar joints are all long, cylindrical, the 

 second being the longest joint, about four times as long as thick, 

 the last fusiform ; wings subfuscous, 



Hai. St, Vincent. 



Described from one female and one male specimen. 



Telenomus nigeocoxalts, sp. n. 



2 . Length about f millim. Polished black, the thorax 

 minutely punctate, sericeous. Head two and a half times as wide 

 as long antero-posteriorly. Mandibles pale brown. Antennae 

 ll-jointed, brown, becoming black toward apex, the scape 

 yellowish; the scape is longer than half the length of the flagel- 

 lum ; pedicel longer and thicker at the tip than the first f unicle- 

 joint, the following joints to the club subequal, the last rounded ; 

 club 5-jointed, rather slender, the first joint longer than wide, 

 the three following quadrate, the last conic. "Wings hyaline, 

 pubescent, the venation pale brown, the marginal vein scarcely 

 half the length of the stigmal. Legs brownish yellow, with all 

 the coxae black. Abdomen as long as the thorax, the first seg- 

 ment striated, the second a little longer than wide. 



