OF THE ISLAND OF ST. VINCENT. 213 



Tribe ii. Teleasint. 



Peosacantha, JVees. 



Of this extensive genus but tliree species, in the male sex, 

 are represented in the collection, which may be separated as 

 follows : — 



Black, shining. 



Thorax with indications of furrows posterioi-ly. . 2. 



Thorax entirely without furrows ; legs brownish 

 yellow ; postscutellar spine very short. 

 Antennae only a little longer than the body, 

 the flagellar joints from the fourth longer 

 than the first, the first four times as long 

 as thick. 

 Abdominal segments 1 and 2 and base of 3 



striated P. brevispina, sp. n. 



2. Legs brownish yellow. 



Middle tarsi and two-thirds of posterior tibiae 

 and their tarsi fuscous ; antennae nearly 

 twice as long as the body, the flagellar 

 joints all long, 7 or 8 times longer than 



thick ; wings subfuscous P. tibialis, sp. n. 



Legs reddish yellow. 



Antennae much longer than the body, the fla- 

 gellar joints about 5 times as long as thick ; 

 wings fuscous P. sublineata, sp. u. 



Peosacantha beevispina, sp. n. 



S ' Length 1| millim. Black, shining, the vertex and thorax 

 faintly, sparsely punctulate ; face highly polished, with striae along 

 the orbits. Antennae 12-jointed, a little longer than the body, 

 brown-black, the basal half of scape yellowish ; the first flagellar 

 joint is very slightly longer than the second, about four times as 

 long as thick, the second and third subequal, the fourth as long 

 as the first, all the following longer than the first. Scutellum 

 polished. Postscutellum punctate, its spine very short, not 

 longer than broad at base. Legs brownish yellow. Wings 

 hyaline. Abdomen polished, the firs!b and second segments and 

 the third at base striated. 



Hah. St. Vincent. 



Described from two male specimens. 



