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them and cheeks a little shorter than the eyes. Scrobes form- 

 ing a triangle. Scutellum rounded at apex. Hypopygium 

 nearly reaching apex. Hahrolepoidea bears tridentate man- 

 dibles. 



Neabrolepoideus bioculatus, new species. Genotype. 



Female. — Length, 1.6*0 mm., excluding the ovipositor. Pur- 

 plish black; cephalic tarsi brown; apex of ovipositor valves 

 whitish ; other tarsi, apex of middle and hind tibiae narrowly, 

 base of middle and caudal tibiae rather broadly (not any of the 

 knees), silvery white. Distal joint of middle tarsi and distal 

 two of caudal tarsi, purplish. Middle tibial spur white. 

 Fore wings embrowned slightly at base and from the bend 

 of the submarginal vein nearly to apex, the brown broken by 

 two large oval, opposite marginal spots (one at each margin), 

 the cephalic somewhat larger and at apex of the brown ven- 

 ation. Pedicel and funicle joints . subequal, each somewhat 

 over a half longer than wide. Head and thorax densely scaly 

 and with not dense but distinct silvery pubescence. Club not 

 quite half the length of the funicle. 



From three females in the U. S. National Museum "987. 

 Perth, W. Austr. G. Compere." 



Type: Cat. No. 20890, U. S. Nat. Mus., two females on 

 tags and a slide. 



Bavanusia margiscutellum, new species. 



Female. — Length, 1.10 mm. Dull golden yellow, the fore 

 wings embrowned from the base of the hairless line to apex; 

 legs and antennae black (first and second knees broadly, tips 

 of middle tibiae broadly, middle tarsi and proximal four tarsal 

 joints of hind tarsi, white). Scutum and the interior of scu- 

 tellum (proximal and distal margins but narrowly yellow), 

 propodeum and abdomen dark metallic blue. Club obliquely 

 truncate from base of joint 3, subequal in length to the funicle. 

 Cheeks below the eyes and sides and venter of the thorax 

 blue. Pedicel a little longer than wide. Funicle 6 largest but 

 much wider than long. Body finely scaly. Axillae with a 

 short carina between them. Middle femur white along prox- 



