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microscopically punctate scarcely sufficient to destroy the 

 lustre of the surface ; eyes oval, pubescent ; abdomea rufous, 

 subfusiform, longer than tbe bead and thorax together, the 

 segments strongly constricted at the sutures, the sutures creuate ; 

 legs yellowish. Antennae 12-jointed, brownish yellow, the 

 club oval-rotund, 5-jointed, black ; the first funicle-joint is the 

 thickest and largest joint, the following, to the club, gradually 

 subequal, the last two rounded, a little transverse. Wings 

 hyaline, the marginal vein a little longer than the stigmal, the 

 latter oblique, ending in a little knob ; no basal nervure. 



JSah. St. Vincent. 



Described from one female specimen. 



Hadronotus, Forster. 



So far as we know this genus is parasitic only on Hemipterous 

 eggs. Several species are in the collection, and may be recog- 

 nized by the aid of the following table : — 



Species either smooth, or minutely or micro- 

 scopically punctate 2. 



Species coarsely rugoso-punctate. 



Head with two facets on vertex, behind the 

 front ocellus ; frons separated from the 

 face by a transverse carina, the face trans- 

 versely striate; thorax with irregular 

 longitudinal carinse. 



Scape and legs honey-yellow H. carinatifrona, sp. n. 



Head evenly rugoso-punctate, the frons not 



separated from the face by a carina ; no 



facets on vertex. 



Antennae and legs black ; second joint of 



trochanters, extreme tips of femora, and 



tibiae and tarsi honey-yellow .... . . H. insularis, sp. n. 



2. Black, polished, but with a microscopic 



punctation. 



Scape and mandibles brownish yellow ; legs 



reddish or honey-yellow ; first and second 



abdominal segments faintly longitudinally 



aciculated H. poUtus, sp. n. 



Black, minutely closely punctulate, opaque. 

 Head scarcely twice as wide as thick antero- 

 posteriorly, the face above the antennae 

 deeply impressed. 

 Abdomen pale rufous ; legs and scape yellow. H. bicolor, sp. n. 



