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These simple characters readily distinguish this genus from 

 all other genera in the group ; and the genus affords another 

 proof of the close aflBnities between the Proctotrypidse and the 

 ■Cynipidae. 



CoiLOPELTA MIRABILIS, Sp. U. 



c? . Lengtli^O'8 millim. Polished black ; antennae brown, the 

 scape yellow ; legs reddish yellow, the coxae black ; metathorax 

 with a silvery pubescence. Wings hyaline, iridescent ; the hind 

 wings rounded at apex, with long cilia ; abdomen ovate, polished ; 

 the petiole subopaque, striate, and bare. 



Hal. St. Viacent. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Stnopeas, Forster. 



A single male specimen, doubtfully referred to this genus, may 

 be called 



Stnopeas dtpbitjs, sp. n. 



S. Length 1 millim. Polished black, impunctured; head 

 transverse, wider than the thorax ; the occiput faintly transversely 

 aciculated ; the frons and face highly polished ; lateral ocelli about 

 their width from the margin of the eye. Antennae brown-black ; 

 the scape and pedicel brownish yellow ; first funicle-joint rounded, 

 ihe second a little stouter and nearly twice as long as thick ; 

 club 6-jointed, the joints loosely joined, elliptic-oval, the last fusi- 

 form, nearly twice as long as the preceding. Thorax convex, with 

 faint traces of the parapsidal furrows in front of the scutellum, 

 the base of the middle lobe thus formed projecting slightly upon 

 the scutellum ; scutellum convex, with oblique foveae on either 

 side at base, the small tubercle at its tip very pubescent ; meta- 

 tborax subpubescent. Legs honey-yellow, the posterior tibiae 

 slightly dusky. Abdomen ovate, longer than the thorax ; the 

 petiole longer than thick, striate, subpubescent ; rest of the abdo- 

 men smooth, shining ; the second segment with two sulci at base. 



Hah. St. Yincent. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Anopedias, Forster. 

 Anopedias conioa, sp. n. 



S $ . Length 0*7 to 0*8 millim. Polished black, impunctured ; 

 lateral ocelli about twice their width from the margin of the eye, 



