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



Hah. St. Vincent. 



Described from a single specimen. 



TeLENOMTJS MEGACEPHAIitlS, Sp. n. 



$ . Length 1|- millim. Black, subopaque, the head and thorax 

 closely minutely punctulate ; abdomen highly polished. The 

 head is unusually wide, fully four times as wide as thick antero- 

 posteriorly. Antennae 11-jointed, brownish yellow, the club 

 black; the pedicel is longer than the first funicle-joint ; second 

 funicle-joint shorter than the first ; third and fourth transverse,, 

 subquadrate, the fourth the wider ; the first four joints of the 

 club are quadrate, the last conic. "Wings hyaline, pubescent, the 

 venation pale brown, the marginal vein punctiform. Legs- 

 brownish yellow, the coxse black. Abdomen broadly oval, not 

 longer than the thorax, the first segment short, very wide, striated,, 

 the second segment wider than long. 



Hah. St. Vincent. 



Described from a single specimen. 



The species is remarkable for the very broad head, in this 

 respect approaching more closely to those species which are now 

 included in my genus Trissolcus. 



Teissolcus, Ashnead. 



Teissolcus laticeps, sp. n. 



$ . Length 1 millim. Black, subopaque, minutely closely 

 punctulate; scape of antennae and legs, except coxae and the 

 basal two-thirds of the femora which are black, reddish yellow ;, 

 tarsi yellowish. Head very broad, about four times as wide as 

 thick antero-posteriorly ; the lateral ocelli a little away from the 

 margin of the eye and connected with it by an oblique grooved 

 line. Thorax with three abbreviated grooved lines posteriorly ; 

 the scutellum polished. Antennae 11-jointed, the pedicel longer 

 than the first flagellar joint, the last two funicle-joints small,, 

 rounded; club 5-jointed, the last joint conic, the other joints 

 transverse quadrate, about twice as wide as long. Abdomen 

 broadly oval, polished black, not longer than the thorax ; the first 

 segment striate, the second much wider than long. Wings sub- 

 fuscous, the marginal vein short. 



Sah. St. Vincent. 



Described from lour specimens. 



