250 MR. W. H. ASHMEAD ON THE PARA.SITIC HrMENOPTERA 



pedicellate-nodose, verticillate, bright yellow, the nodes piceous. 

 Scutellum acutely triangular, carinated, with a profound fovea 

 at base. Metathorax rugose, carinate, subpubescent. "Wings 

 hyaline, strongly fringed. Legs, including coxae, honey-yellow. 

 Body of abdomen oval, black, shining ; the petiole short, hardly 

 twice as long as thick, yellowish, finely striate. 



Sah. St. Vincent. 



Described from two male specimens. 



Tropidopria ni&riceps, sp. n. 



S $ . Length 2 to 2*5 millim. Head and thorax black, 

 polished, impunctured ; thorax reddish ; the scutellum in female 

 subobsoletely carinate, with a small fovea at base, in male with a 

 large fovea at base and distinctly carinate ; metathorax rugoso- 

 punctate, subpubescent, the middle carina produced into a short 

 acute spine. In the female the antennae, except the last two 

 joints which are black, the legs, petiole, and tip of abdomen 

 are honey-yellow ; the club is abrupt, 3-jointed ; the funicle 

 slender ; the petiole about 2| times as long as thick, cylindrical, 

 faintly striate ; body of abdomen conic ovate. In the male the 

 scape, pedicel, and legs are honey-yellow or reddish yellow ; the 

 flagellum piceous black, nodose-pedicellate, with whorls of long 

 hairs ; petiole coarsely fluted, fully four times as long as thick ; 

 body of abdomen oblong-oval, polished black. Wings in both 

 sexes hyaline, strongly fringed. 



Sab. St. Vincent. 



Described from one female and four male specimens. 



Tbopidopria pallida, sp. n. 



S 2 . Length 1*8 to 2*1 millim. Uniformly light brownish 

 red, polished ; scutellum foveate at base, faintly carinate at tip ; 

 metathorax finely rugose, pubescent, with a prominent median 

 carina. lu the male the scape, pedicel, and legs are yellowish ; 

 flagellum darker, nodose-pedicellate, with whorls of long hairs ; 

 petiole 21 times as long as thick, finely rugose, pubescent. In 

 the female only the last two antennal joints are black, the club 

 being gradually formed, 5-jointed ; petiole scarcely twice as long 

 as thick, pubescent ; body of abdomen pointed at tip. Wings in 

 both sexes hyaline, strongly fringed. 



E-ob. St. Vincent. 



Described from six male and twelve female specimens. 



