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and stouter in the female, striate; rest of abdomen smooth, 

 polished, the second segoient at base sulcate, with, some striae at 

 extreme base. 



Hab. St. Yincent. 



Described from one male and two female specimens. 



Hemilexis, Forster. 



Hemilexis latipennis, sp. n. 



J . Length 1 millim. Brownish, smooth, impunctured, the 

 metatborax and legs yellowish ; head black above. Antennae 

 13-jointed, pale brownish, the scape yellowish ; first and second 

 flagellar joints elongate, tbe second two thirds the length of the 

 first; joints beyond to the last elliptic-oval, slightly pedicellate, 

 pubescent, the last conic. Thorax with two delicate furrows ; 

 scutellum with a single large fo\ ea at base ; meta thorax punctate, 

 with a median carina, and with the posterior angles produced 

 into small acute teeth, "Wings very broad, hyaline, pubescent^ 

 with long cilia, the apical margin very slightly emarginate or 

 sinuate, the marginal vein punctiform, the stigmal vein a little 

 more than thrice as long as thick. Abdomen oval, petiolated^ 

 the petiole about thrice as long as thick, faintly striate ; body 

 smooth, polished, the second segment with a small median sulcus 

 at base. 



Hah. St. Yincent. 



Described Irom a single specimen. 



Hemilexodes, Ashmead. 



Hemilexodes eilifoemis, sp. n. 



c? . Length 09 millim. Polished black ; scape, metathorax,. 

 petiole, and legs honey-yellow. Thorax without furrows ; scu- 

 tellum with a fovea at base ; metathorax rugoso-punctate, the 

 posterior angles acute. Antennae 13-jointed, long, filiform, 

 pilose ; the joints of the flagellum all long, cylindrical, the second 

 a little shorter than the first, very slightly dilated towards tip. 

 Wings hyaline, with long cilia, the apical margin very slightly 

 sinuate ; the venation as in Hemilewis, the marginal vein being 

 punctiform and the stigmal about four times as long as thick. 



Hah. St. Yincent. 



Described from a single male specimen. 



