220 ME. W, H. ASHMEAD ON THE PAEASITIC HTMEKOPTEBA 



third but shorter. Wings subfuscous, the venation brown-black: ; 

 basal nervure distinct, originating from a fuscous cloud ; mar- 

 ginal vein two thirds the length of the stigmal ; stigmal vein 

 slightly curved, terminating in a rounded stigma. Abdomen very 

 long, pointed, about four times as long as the thorax, punctate, the 

 first and second segments the longest, the first being slightly the 

 longer, striate; horn not extending above the apex of scutellum. 



c? . Length 3 to 3'2 millim. Differs from female in having the 

 rabdomen entirely black, without a basal horn, the first segment 

 being shorter than the second and but slightly longer than the 

 third, striate ; the following segments punctate and lineated 

 except toward the sides, the second with a central carina ; the 

 antennse are very long, filiform, brown-black, with a reddish- 

 yellow scape ; the flagellar joints are all about of an equal length , 

 cylindrical, about five times as long as thick. 



Sab. St. Yincent. 



Described from two female and eight male specimens. 



Caloteleia octjlaeis, sp. n. 



S $ . Length 1*1 to 1'5 millim. Honey-yellow, polished, im- 

 ^unctured; in the female the club of antennse, the second abdominal 

 segment, and the apical half of the third and fourth segments are 

 black ; in the male the flagellum, apical half of the first, second, 

 and third abdominal segments black. Eyes large, distinctly pale 

 lohie in both sexes. "Wings subfuscous, with a fuscous cloud 

 enclosing the basal nervure. Abdomen in female pointed, fusi- 

 form, about twice the length of the head and thorax together ; 

 the second segment two thirds the length of the third ; the first seg- 

 ment striate, furnished with a horn at base that extends forwards 

 before the apex of the scutellum, the horn being smooth and 

 black at apex; the following segments are faintly aciculated, the 

 second minutely granulated at the middle. Pedicel and second 

 funicle-joint are about equal, very little longer than thick ; the 

 first funicle-joint is a little longer, about twice as long as thick , 

 the third and fourth minute, transverse. 



In the male the abdomen is but slightly longer than the head 

 and thorax ; antennse filiform, dusky toward tips ; the scape and 

 pedicel yellow, the latter scarcely half the length of the first 

 flagellar joint; first and second flagellar joints about equal, shortei 

 than the following. 



Sab. St. Vincent. 



Described from four female and two male specimens 



