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semblance between the two, siilce in the male the small hairless 

 lobe on the right-side of the great hypopygimii in this species is 

 subtomentose, the hind tibiae are almost uniform yellowish in 

 both sexes, not brownish or infuscate in the middle, and the 

 ovipositor of the female is very decidedly longer. Antennae 

 dark, but the third joint more or less pale in the female, at 

 least apically. Length 2.75-3.5 mm. (PI. VII, fig. 5.) 



HAB. Sydney, New South Wales, Nos. 2373 and 2395 ^^ 

 Koebele, who bred it from a Jassid. found on the sandhills. 



14. P. monas, sp. nov. 



Male; head in front, and face with white tomentum; posterior- 

 ly with fuscous, more greyish laterally; antennae black, third 

 joint acuminately produced, dark, but with paler tip. 



Mesonotum covered with fuscous tomentum, and with two 

 whitish spots in front, the pleura and metanotum whitish tomen- 

 tose; scutellum with excessively minute, hardly visible hairs; 

 wings slightly smoky, stigma as long as the fourth costal seg- 

 ment, small or discal cross-vein about opposite the termination 

 of the auxiliary, and far before the middle of the discal cell; legs 

 black, extreme tip of femora and the base of tibiae yellowish, 

 front and middle tarsi black or dark above, the posterior appar- 

 ently more or less pale. 



Abdomen dull, basal segment black, with a distinct apical 

 pale tomentose band, and with no trace of bristles laterally, the 

 following segments black basally, but with pale apical bands, 

 widest at the sides, and either narrowed or interrupted in the 

 middle. Hypopygium large, sparsely tomentose, and with tl>e 

 surface shining, and with a very few excessively short (almost 

 invisible) hairs. Length 3 mm. 



HAB. Bundaberg, Queensland; one male bred by Mr. Koe- 

 bele (2333) from a common Jassid. Very distinct in its group 

 by the dark tibiae and abdominal pattern. 



15. P. picrodcs, sp. nov. 



Female: general appearance and structure as in the two pre- 

 ceding species, but of larger size, the lateral grey tomentose 

 spots of the abdomen large and distinct, though hardly visible 

 on the dorsum, basal segment with the grey tomentose apical 

 band narrower than in the female of P. Koebelei, and the second 



