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LoxoTEOPA, Mrster. 



LOXOTEOPA COLUMBIANA, AsJim. 



A single specimen of this species, from St. Yincent, cannot 

 be separated from the type collected in the District of Columbia- 



LoXOTEOPA THOEACICA, Sp. n. 



$ . Length 0*8 millim. Head and abdomen polished black ; 

 thorax brownish piceous ; antennae, except the abrupt 3-jointed 

 club which is black, and legs yellow. The head is a little longer 

 than wide, with angulated ridges before the eyes. The first 

 funicle-joint twice as long as the second, the following joints not 

 longer than thick ; two basal joints of club quadrate, the last 

 oblong. "Wings hyaline, pubescent. Abdomen oblong-oval, the 

 petiole pubescent. 



Hal. St. Vincent. 



Described from a single specimen. 



Teopidopeia, Ashmead. 



The species belonging to this genus may be separated by the 

 aid of the following table : — 



Females. 



Head and abdomen black, the thorax reddish. 

 Antennae with an abrupt 3-jointed club, the last 



two joints being black T. nigriceps, sp. n. 



Wholly reddish or dark honey-yellow. 

 Antennae with the club 5-jointed, gradually 

 formed. 

 Two last club-joints black T. pallida, sp. n. 



Males. 



Head and abdomen black, the thorax piceous, the 

 petiole short, finely striate. 



Scutellum acutely triangular T. triangularis, sp. n. 



Head and abdomen black, thorax reddish, the 

 petiole long, coarsely fluted. 



Scutellum not acutely triangular T. nigriceps, sp. n. 



Wholly reddish or dark honey-yellow T. pallidafs^. n. 



Teopidopeia teiangulaeis, sp. n. 



cJ . Length 1-2 millim. Head and abdomen black, polished ; 

 tliorax piceous, more or less blackish above. Antennae 14i-jointed, 



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