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4- Neochelogynus diinidiatus, sp. nov. 



Black, the mandibles and the antennae except the four ter- 

 minal joints, ferruginous; two or three joints preceding the four 

 terminal, more or less dark in part. Front legs testaceous, more 

 or less brown posteriorly; middle and hind legs nearly black, ex- 

 cept the apices of the tarsal joints. 



Head shining, and with coarse, shallow, su'bconfluent punct- 

 ures; the antennae formed much as in the preceding species. 

 Mesonotum very smooth and shining, with very sparse fine 

 punctures; the pronotum in front with ill-defined, coarse, punct-^ 

 uration. Propodeum seen from in front with the usual raised 

 line, which is however not very definite; in front of this line, finely 

 rugose; on the posterior face still more finely sculptured, rugu- 

 lose, a little shining in some aspects, the posterior median area 

 not defined. Abdomen narrow, subcompressed, the basal seg- 

 ment elongate triangular. Wings as in the preceding. Length 

 3.5 mm. 



Hab. Bundaberg, Queensland; one female bred. 



5. Neochelogynus nigricornis, sp. nov. 



Black, the front tibiae and all the tarsi testaceous, the rest o'i 

 the legs brown or darkish. 



Head dull or almost so, with very dense and fine rugose 

 sculpture; antennae with the second joint long, about equal to 

 the third, the joints becoming wider very gradually from the 

 third, so that the fifth is not abruptly wider than the fourth; 6th. 

 7th and 8tli joints subequal. wide, but very evidently longer than 

 broad. Pronotum in front sculptured like the head, posteriorly 

 more or less smooth and shining; mesonotum with extremely 

 fine microscopic rugulosity of the surface, which prevents it from 

 being very shining, and with a few fine and feeble punctures ; in 

 verv minute examples, sometimes quite smooth and impunctate. 

 Propodeum in front rugose, the dorsal surface posteriorly bound- 

 ed by the usual raised line, sometimes broken in the m'iddle, and, 

 not very distinct, owing to the general rugosity of the surface; 

 posteriorly the surface with dense and fine granular or rugulose 

 sculpture, the median area not marked out by raised lines. Wings 

 without dark bands, neuration and stigma pale, yellow. Length 

 2-3.5 Jiini- 



Hab. Bundaberg, Queensland; bred. 



