OF THE ISLAND OF ST. TINCENT. 241 



2. Mesonotal furrows indicated posteriorly. 

 Head wider than the thorax, the lateral 

 ocelli twice their width from the eye- 

 margin. 

 Legs piceous ; the trochanters, base of tibiae, 



and tarsi yellowish P. meridionalis, sp. n. 



Lateral ocelli not twice their width from the 

 eye-border. 

 Coxae black. 

 Legs black ; trochanters, base of tibiae, 

 and tarsi piceous or brown. 

 Antennae black, the club-joints 1| 



times as long as thick P. gracilicornis, sp. n. 



Legs honey-yellow. 



Antennae brown-black, the scape yel- 

 lowish, the club-joints twice as 



long as thick P. insularis, sp. n. 



Legs piceous; trochanters, base and tip 

 of tibiae, and the tarsi yellowish. 

 Antennae brown-black, short, the club- 

 joints wider than long P. laticlavus, sp. n. 



Coxae pale. 



Scape and legs reddish- or honey-yellow ; 

 club 6-jointed, the joints, except the 

 last, moniliform P. pallidicoxalis, sp. n. 



POLTGNOTUS MERIDIONALIS, Sp. D. 



c? 2 ' Lengtli 0'9 to 1 millim. Polished black, impunctured ; 

 lateral ocelli twice their width from the eye-border ; antennae 

 brown-black, the scape at extreme base and the minute first funicle- 

 joint yellowish ; the flagellum with sparse white hairs ; second 

 funicle-joint as large as the pedicel, a little swollen, third 

 small ; club 5-jointed, the joints loosely joined, very little longer 

 than wide. Thorax with two delicate furrows on the posterior 

 lialf of the mesonotum ; scutellum highly convex, subpubescent ; 

 metathorax pubescent. "Wings hyaline, with a short fringe at 

 apex. Legs black or piceous ; the trochanters, base of tibiae, and 

 the tarsi pale brown or yellowish. Abdomen oblong-oval, the 

 petiole striate, pubescent beneath. 



The female is the larger, more robust form, with the head much ' 

 broader than in the male, the club-joints scarcely longer than wide, 

 the scutellum higher, the abdomen ovate, while the legs are blacker. 



ffah. St. Yincent. 



Described from one male and one female. 



