:238 ME. W. H. ASHMEAD ON THE PAEASITIC HTMENOPTEEA 



Legs black or piceous, the trochanters, base of tibiae, 

 and tarsi honey-yellow or brownish yellow 



Antennae black or brown-black S. affinis, sp. n. 



Legs reddish yellow. 



Antennae, except the club, brownish yellow S. rvfipes, sp. n. 



Sactogastee aefinis, sp. n. 



5 . Length 0'8 millim. Polislied black ; frons and face micro- 

 scopically punctate, the vertex and occiput smooth, impunctured; 

 the lateral ocelli their width from the margin of the eye. Antennae 

 black or brown-black ; the extreme base of the scape pale or 

 yellowish ; first and second funicle-joints subequal, the last 

 Tounded ; club 4-jointed, the basal three joints wider than long. 

 Scutellum at sides subpubescent, at tip ending in an awl-shaped 

 spine. Metathorax and base of scutellum with a silvery-white 

 ])ubescence. Wings hyaline. Legs black or piceous ; the tro- 

 chanters, base of tibiae, and the tarsi honey-yellow. Abdomen 

 polished ; the tail not longer than the inflated second ventral 

 segment ; the last segment pointed, about one half longer than 

 the penultimate segment. 



Hah. St. Vincent, 



Described from five specimens. Closely allied to S. anomali- 

 tjewfWs, Ashm.jbut slightly smaller, with the vertex, occiput, and 

 mesonotum smoother, more shining, while the space between the 

 eyes is a little narrower. 



Sactogastee eueipes, sp. n. 



5 . Length 0*8 millim. Differs from S. affinis in having the 

 scape and legs rufous or reddish yellow ; the coxae rufo-piceous, 

 not entirely blark ; the occiput subopaque ; the scutellum more 

 densely covered with a silvery pile. In the male the head is 

 narrower, the lateral ocelli touching the border of the eye, the 

 scutellum and metapleura bare, legs more yellowish, while the 

 club-joints are loosely joined, twice as long as thick. 



Hal. St. Vincent. 



Described from two male and two female specimens. 



CcELOPELTA, Ashmead. 



Antennae in male 9-jointed, ending in a 4-jointed club ; lateral 

 ocelli as near to the front ocellus as to the margin of the eye. 

 Scutellum cupuliforili, similar to the Cynipid genus Eucoila. 

 [Female unknown. 



