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concolorous, the rest of the legs and scape except at apex, 

 reddish brown. Spiracle of propodeum reniform, the spirac- 

 ular sulcus present, broken. Propodeum with a large neck, 

 the abdominal petiole over twice longer than wide, subglabrous, 

 delicately carinate along its lateral margin. Clypeus slightly 

 concaved at apex. Tips of the tibiae and the tarsi, pale. Ab- 

 domen conic-ovate, rounded above, much keeled beneath, acute 

 at apex, there shortly acuminate. Postmarginal vein elongate, 

 barely shorter than the marginal, the stigmal over a third 

 shorter than the first yet very slender. Funicle 1 a half longer 

 than wide, distinctly longer than the pedicel, 6 a little longer 

 than wide. Antennae inserted a little below the middle of 

 the face. Like the genotype otherwise. 



One female in the U. S. National Museum (A. Koebele). 



Habitat: Australia. 



Type:^Cat. No. 30469, U. S. Nat. Mus., the female on a 

 tag, the head, caudal legs, and a fore wing on a slide. 



Perilampoides similis, new species. 



Female. — Like flavithorax but the metathorax, upper occi- 

 put, middle of mesopleurum and proximal half of caudal coxa 

 in the lateral aspect, also black, while the cross-stripe of the 

 fore wing is reduced to an ovate spot appended from the thick- 

 ened part of the submargjnal vein and extending halfway 

 across the wing. Abdomen all black. The postmarginal vein 

 is somewhat longer than the marginal, the latter equal to the 

 stigmal. Scutellum without obscure spots. Ring-joint quad- 

 rate, narrower than funicle 1. the latter, 3 and 4 subequal, 

 twice wider than long, 2 and 5 subequal, somewhat wider than 

 long. Like the description of the named species otherwise. 



Four females in the U. S. National Museum (G. Compere). 



Habitat: Swan River. West Australia. 



Type: Cat. No. 20768, U. S. Nat. Mus., the females on tags 

 and a slide bearing caudal tibia, a fore wing, and a head. 

 Tomocera australica, new species. 



Female. — A half smaller than the genotype and differs 

 notably in that the scattered dorsal thoracic pubescence is not 

 long and conspicuous, but very short and differently disposed, 



