218 ME. W, H. ASHMEAD ON THE PARASITIC HTMENOPTEEA 



Head with a frontal lamina or ledge. 



Scutellum quadrate, the posterior angles 

 acute ; posrscutellum with a large erect 



spine Acanthoscelio, Asbnir 



Scutellum and postscutellum simple, not 



spined Sparasion, Jurine. 



6. Mesonotum with or without furrows. 



Maxillary palpi short, 3-jointed Scelio, Latr. 



Mesonotum with two distinct furrows. 

 Maxillary palpi long, 5 -jointed Sceliomorpha, Ashm. 



Caloteleia, Westwood. 



This genus seems to be well represented in the "West Indies 

 and South America, and the several species recognized may be 

 thus tabulated : — 



Species pale 2. 



Species black or aeneous. 

 Mesonotal furrows present. 



Head microscopically punctate ; thorax 

 smooth, impunctured; base of first ab- 

 dominal segment, legs, and antennae, 

 except club, yellow ; vertex narrow. $ . C. puncticeps, sp, nr 

 Head and thorax, except centrally, coarsely 

 punctate, aeneous ; legs and scape [pale 



brown ; vertex broad, c? $ C. csnea, sp. n. 



Mesonotal furrows wanting. 

 Abdomen very long and pointed, in female 

 with the lateral margins more or less 

 yellow ; legs pale yellowish ; antennae 



brown, the scape yellow, c? $ C. elongata, sp. n. 



2. Mesonotal furrows wanting. 

 A basal nervure. 



Honey-yellow, impunctured ; abdominal seg- 

 ments 2, 3, and 4 banded with black at 



apex ; eyes blue. S 2 C*. ocularis, sp,[n. 



Brownish yellow, punctate ; apex of abdo- 

 men, the 3rd segment and base of 4th, and 

 the apex of horn black ; the male with the 



base of the 2nd segment black C. maculipennis, sp. n. 



No basal nervure. 



Brownish yellow, coarsely punctate ; apex of 

 abdomen dusky; eyes and antennal club 

 brown-black, d" $ • C. punctata, sp. n. 



