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new species, varius Latreille, and orientalis, new species. I have seen a 

 male specimen of what is probabl}^ a new species from Olokemeji, 

 Ibadan, Nigeria, West Africa (Bridwell, USNM), which is similar to 

 basalis, and both this species and varius Latreille show that relatives 

 of basalis occur quite a distance from the Australian region. 

 Specimens examined: 3cf, 6 9. 



Australia: Icf, Sydney, September 1915 (Bridwell, USNM); 2?, Sydney, 

 Aug. 2, 1903 (USNM); 19, Aralong, Bucclengh (T. Vaughn-Sherrin, USNM); 

 1 9 , Coonabarabran District, New South Wales, Sept. 23, 1936 (K. H. L. Key, 

 SJP) [det. as darwini by Paramonov]; 19, Donnybrook, West Australia, Sept. 

 13, 1938 (K. R. Norris, SJP); Ic?, Canberra, Feb. 3, 1951 (K. H. L. Key, SJP); 

 Icf', Acacia Plat., New South Wales (J. Armstrong, SJP) [det. as darwini by 

 Paramonov]; 1 9 , New South Wales (#514, Hy. Edwards Collection, AMNH). 



Ogcodes (Ogcodes) pygmaeiis While 



Plate figures 58, 77 



Oncodes pygmaeiis White, Pap. Proc. Roy. Soc. Tasmania for 1914, p. 72, 1915. 

 Oncodes basalis, Plomley, Rec. Queen Victoria Mus., vol. 2, pp. 17-22, figs. 1-5, 



1947a; in part, Rec. Queen Victoria Mus., vol. 2, pp. 23-30, 1947b (not 



Walker, 1852). 



Type locality: Launceston, Tasmania (19, Littler Collection, 

 South Australian Museum) . 



Discussion: 0. pygmaeus is a member of the colei group. This 

 small mostly brown species is closely related to jortnumi. It has 

 characteristics of nitens (Hutton) from New Zealand, and may also 

 possibly be close to the Tasmanian species flavescens Wliite, which, 

 judging from its original description, appears to belong in the colei 

 group. The thorax in both sexes of Ogcodes pygmaeus is shining 

 black and covered with fairly long brown pile. The abdomen of 

 the male has long pile on tergites ii and iii, and the genitalia resemble 

 those oi jortnumi and nitens. The legs and abdomen are light and 

 dark brown in the male and mostly dark brown in the female. Vein 

 Ml is present though faint throughout and ends in a long curve close 

 to the wing margin well beyond vein R4+5. Crossvein m-cu is present 

 but faint, crossvein r-m is absent. The genitalia were figm'ed by 

 Plomley (1947a, figs. 1-5) under the name of basalis Walker. The 

 aedeagus has been redi-awn here (pi. 9, fig. 58). The ejaculatoiy 

 apodeme in lateral view appeared identical to that of jortnumi (pi. 

 12, fig. 84); however, it was quite different from the latter species in 

 anterior view (compare pi. 11, figs. 74 and 77). 



Specimens examined: Icf, 19. 



Australia: 1 c?", 1 9 , Upper Blessington, Tasmania, Feb. 6, 1936 (J. J. B. 

 Plomley, SJP) [det. by Paramonov]. 



