252 ME. W. H. ASHMEAD ON THE PARASITIC HyMENOPTEBA 



Pleura piceous ; scape, pedicel, and legs honey- 

 yellow; second flagellar joint very slightly 

 excised at base, but not angulate, the joints 

 beyond oval-moniliform, longer than the first, 



pubescent T. pleuralis, sp. n. 



2. Thorax reddish, head and abdomen black. 



Scutellum with a large fovea at base ; flagellar 

 joints after the second rounded-moniliforin, 

 with whorls of bristles, first joint longer 

 than the second T. atriceps, sp. n. 



Trichopria instjlaeIs, sp. n. 



d" $• Length 1'2 to 1"3 millim. Polislied black ; legs piceous, 

 the trochanters, base of tibige, and the tarsi yellowish. Head 

 globose, as wide as the thorax. Antennae 12-jointed, piceous 

 black ; scape as long as the pedicel and first two f unicle-joints 

 united; funicle 6-jointed, the joints slender, the last two a little 

 thicker than the preceding ; club 4-jointed, the joints increasing 

 in size, the last oblong. Mesonotum not longer than wide ; scu- 

 tellum with a large f orea at base connected with a delicate grooved 

 line at sides ; metathoras short, finely rugose, with a median 

 carina, and subpubescent. Wings hyaline, strongly fringed. 

 Abdomen ovate, pointed at tip, polished black, the tip piceous, 

 with sparse long hairs ; petiole cylindric, twice as long as thick. 



In the male the antennae are 14-3ointed, filiform-moniliform, 

 pale brownish, the scape and pedicel yellow ; second flagellar 

 joint a little longer and stouter than the first, curved and angulate 

 towards one side ; the joints beyond to last rounded-moniliform, 

 shorter than the first, all with whorls of stiff bristles ; legs, in- 

 cluding coxae, reddish yellow ; petiole not longer than thick, 

 pubescent ; body of abdomen oval. 



Sab. St. Yincent. 



Described from one male and one female. 



Trichopria pleuralis, sp. n. 



S 2 • Length 1 to 1*2 millim. Closely resembles T. insularis ; 

 but in the female the antennae, except the 4-jointed club, the legs, 

 and the abdominal petiole are yellow ; the mesothoracic pleura 

 piceous ; tbe petiole is not longer tlian thick and pubescent ; 

 while the male differs in having the flagellum brown, the joints 

 after the second oval-moniliform, longer than the first, with a 

 short pubescence, the second joint being only slightly excised at 

 base, and not angulate. 



