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on each side with a deep depression for the reception of each scape. Eyes 

 large, pubescent ; ocelli large and close together. Mandibles large, bidentate. 

 Antennae i2-jointed, stout, only about twice as long as the head-height; scape 

 stout, as long as the two following joints together; pedicel one half as long 

 as the first flagellar joint; following, except the last, becoming shorter and 

 thicker, the seventh and eighth about quadrate. Maxillary palpi 5-jointed, 

 Icng and slender; labials 3-jointed. Pronotum narrowed both behind and in 

 front, just before the anterior margin with a transverse groove or constriction. 

 Mesothorax cylindrical, stalk-like in front. Methathorax widened and globose 

 behind. Abdomen with a short, but distinct petiole. Legs as usual, the femora 

 slightly thickened. Anterior tarsi simple, not chelate. 



Dryinopsis simplicipes, new species. (Fig. 3.) 



Female. — Length 5 mm. Entirely shining black, covered with sparse, long, 

 glistening white hairs; only the first two joints of the antennae, the palpi, the 

 tips of the trochanters, tarsi, and apex of abdomen reddish or ferruginous. 

 Head polished, smooth on the vertex, sparsely punctate behind the eyes ; cheeks 

 smooth. Front with an impressed line descending from the anterior ocellus, 

 which passes over into a carinate elevation above the base of the antennae, 

 separating the antennal fovea. Antennae inserted far down on the face, on a 

 level with the base of the mandibles. Clypeus small, convex. Pronotum 

 smooth, except for the crenulate furrow in front and a shagreened sculpture 

 anterior to this. Mesothorax closely longitudinally striate or fluted anteriorly 

 on the stalked portion. Metathorax entirely smooth, a little longer than the 

 mesothorax. Petiole one third longer than wide at the apex. Second and 



Fig. 3. Dryinopsis simplicipes, new species ; female. 



third segments of nearly equal length, following growing shorter. Front 

 tarsi simple, the first joint nearly as long as the following together. All femora 

 obclavate ; tarsal claws each with a single tooth. 



Described from a specimen collected by E. B. Keeshaw at Samut 

 Api on the west coast of British North Borneo. 



