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yellow; the true colour of these masked by the dark covering of 

 short black hairs. Head and mesonotum dull, clothed with short 

 erect hairs, and with a dense obscure rug'ulose or rugulosely 

 punctate sculpture; propodeum irregularly or reticulately rugose. 

 Abdomen shining, with a thin pubescence, and very indefinite, 

 fine puncturation. Neuration mostly dark brown. 



Hab. Bundaberg, Queensland; bred in large numbers. 



2. Paradryinus vcnator, sp. nov. 



The sculpture is similar to that of the preceding species, all 

 the species of the genus, being subject to variability in intensity 

 of sculpture. 



Black, the clypeus and mandibles more or less, the sides and 

 posterior margin of the pronotum, ferruginous. Legs darker 

 than in the preceding species, often largely blackish or piceous, 

 and with no basal white rings to the hind and intermediate tibiae 

 and tarsi. Abdomen black. Wings banded as in P. kocbclci. 

 Antennae with the thrfee basal and the basal part of the fourth 

 joint ferruginous, the rest black, except that the apical joint may 

 be more or less pale. Length 9 mm. but variable. 



Male. Extremely like that of N. koehelei, but with the an- 

 tennae slightly, but constantly, shorter and with only the two 

 basal joints pale. 



Hab. Bundaberg, Queensland; bred in numbers. 



3. Paradryinus threnodes. 



Extremely like the preceding in form and sculpture, but very 

 distinct in general appearance, the clypeus and mandibles being 

 entirely dark, or only for a small part pale, the pronotum at most 

 only obscurely pale at the sides, and black along the upturned 

 hmd margin; the legs black, the front tibiae in part piceous or 

 ferruginous, posterior and intermediate tarsi more or less ferru- 

 ginous. Antennae black, apical joint more or less pale, the scape 

 generally pitchy beneath. Length about 5-6 mm. 



Hab. The Mulgrave near Cairns and Bundaberg, Queensland. 

 Bred. 



4. Paradryinus gigas, sp. nov. 



Apex of clypeus, a spot at the base of the scape of ctntennae 

 beneath, the second and third joints of the posterior and middle 

 tarsi as well as the chelar claw, more or less whitish or cream- 

 coloured. 



