242 ME. W. H. ASHMEAD ON THE PABASITJC HTMENOPTEBA 

 POLTGNOTUS IlfSULAEIS, Sp. n. 



c? 2 ' Length 1 to 1*1 millim. Polislied black, impunctured ; 

 lateral ocelli not twice their width from the eye-border ; antennae 

 dark brown, the scape brownish yellow, the club-joints a little 

 wider than long. Thorax without furrows or but slightly indi- 

 cated posteriorly, with two opaque pubescent spots just in front 

 of the scutellum. Scutellum high, convex, polished. Metapleura 

 finely striate, subpubescent. Wings hyaline, with a short fringe. 

 Legs brownish yellow or yellowish, the coxae black, the femora in 

 female a little piceous. Abdomen oblong-oval, about as long as 

 the head and thorax together, with the first segment striate. 



The male is the smaller, and diflPers in having all the legs honey- 

 yellow, with the antennal club 5-jointed, the joints nearly or 

 quite twice as long as thick, the last conical, three times as long 

 as thick. 



Hab. St. Vincent. 



Described from one male and one female. 



POLYGNOTUS GEACILICOENIS, Sp. U. 



d • Length 1 millim. Polished black, impunctured ; lateral 

 ocelli only about their width from the eye-border ; antennae black ; 

 the first funicle-joint very small and slender, but still longer than 

 thick ; the second somewhat swollen and twisted, about twice as 

 long as thick, the third smaller ; club slender, the joints, except the 

 last, once and a half as long as wide, the last conical, twice as long as 

 the penultimate. Thorax with delicate furrows posteriorly. Scu- 

 tellum convex, polished, faintly pubescent. Legs black, anterior 

 tibiae and all tarsi yellowish, trochanters and base of middle and 

 posterior tibiae piceous or yellowish. Abdomen oblong, as long 

 as the thorax, polished, with the first segment striate, the second 

 at base with two striate foveolae. 



Hab. St. Vincent. 



Described from a single specimen. 



PoLYGNOTUS LATICLAVTJS, Sp. n. 



(S . Length 0*65 millim. Difi'ers principally in the joints of the 

 antennae : the first and second funicle-joints are closely united, 

 the second being much the larger ; the first club-joint is oval, the 

 three following broadly transverse, the last oblong ; the legs are 

 piceous, the trochanters, tips of anterior tibiae, the base of middle 



