AVSTUAUAS HYMK^OPriiHA CHAU'IDOI DliA, I X.-GIKAU LT. 



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^Meu ,ello«. J. n^.nal von, only . I,t,l.. sh,„t,.,- tl.,n ,„:n-,i„:,i; ,,„sU„a,-,i„„, sl,.h,ly shorter 

 than s UKmal. Antonna- 12,,„,nt,.,l, tn„ vu,«,i,„nts, three Wub .joint., the first rinu-ioint ,ninute; 

 pe.lK.el a,st,n,-tiy shorter than l„n,.l.. I wh.eh is somewhat h.n^.er than wi,h., 25 sulKniadrate 

 vv.der than loan ; Hul, not an,,!, « i.ler than fuaiek-, nearly as Ions as ll,e three preee.lin.. joints 

 nnited. (.'hih .joints of e.|nal ien^jth. At least one mandible 4-(h-ntate. 



Jlabital: (lordouvale (Cairns). (^necMisland. .Innsle, .Inl.v 2.S, I'.MM (A. ['. l»odd) 



Tiip,: Xo. Hi/.:U9(!. Queensland .Mnsenm, Brisbane, the tenia i .1 tay; liea.l an,l hind 



leys on a slide. 



(iEXlis I'ARAllKYllK.NIA Caineion. 



Antenme slender, not thi.-kened (owani apex. Front win-s with a small cloud on the 

 .ostal nerviire at fh.. 1 ase of its uyu-.:] thii.l; a larger eloud at and tonehing stigmal vein; 

 marginal vein twire the length „f stigmal; postmarginal thi.-kenrd niid projeeting beyond 

 the apex of the latter. <).-,ipiil transverse, feniphs obsolete nliove. Ueelli in a"triangle. 

 Eyes large, parallel; mal.-ir s|,a.e distimt. bronotiim a lit;le longer than the mesonotum 

 without the Sfutellnm, the .-entre raisi-d, wi.h'iied low.irds the base; sides with a large, oval 

 depression below the rais.^l eeiitre; it is dislim-tly iiarrouer tliaii the niesoiiotnm, which i.s 

 flat, narrowed in fnmt and without furrows. S,-ntellnin hirne, ll:it, wider than long, rounded 

 at the base, the apex transverse; metauofuni slnn-t, rounde.l, a keel niiining down tlie eeutre 

 and one on either side of this on the apieal li.-ilf; siiles bordcnvd by a keel. First abdominal 

 segment eampanulate, huiger than wide, the narruwe,! end at 'the base; seeond the longest, 

 longer than the following uniti'd, the segments beeoming gradually widened to the penultimate, 

 the whole being shorter than the thorax. Fore-femora greatly swollen, straight on the lower, 

 roundly broadly narrowed on the upper side; base in front slightly depressed in the middle; 

 middle femora more slender than the hinder, as are the middle tibiae than the posterior. 

 Pedieel about twice longer than wide, funirle 1 twice the length of p.'dicel, L' ,about one 

 fourth shcn-ter, the others shorter, :i and 4 twice longer than wide, the others wider than long. 

 Parajisidal furrows almost obsolete, 



" ■ ■ • Nearly lelated to ]I riidinia . a genus which ajjpears to be very little known. 

 It is stated by Foerster to rrsemble luie of tlie Dryinoicte, which is certainly the i-;isr with the 

 present genus. In lliiiihiiui the pav.-i| sidal (niiows are iiidicnted ; iIhtc ;iir no ki-els on tln' 

 metanotum nor clouds cui the wiiiys. '' 



1. PARAHEYDENIA LONGICOLLIS Camerou. .Alale, (ienotyix-. 



Length, 1 nun. 



Ujiper ]iart id' head •■iiid thorax brassy golden, sutures blue; pleura' similarly colored 

 but more largely tiiigeil with blue, especially below; alidonicii daik purple, base bine, middle 

 laterally tinged with golden brassy; legs dark reil. four hinder .iixm' purple, t.-irsi testaceous. 

 basal joint white; autenual sc'ape iid, |e(lirel bKosy, other joints lilnck; uings hyaline, 

 venation black, an oval Insrous i-loiid at the s;ii;ni.-i. Anteniial liiirous Hole, conxergiug ami 

 uniting above, dark green, closely ret inilated punctured, as is also tic veiti'x; the n st of the 

 head more finel.y punctured. Ocidli in .an (>i|uilat(U'al triangle, the luiuliu- srpaialed from each 

 other by a slightl.v greater distance tli.-iii tln-y are from the eyi s. I'mimtuni linely, closely 

 transversel.y striated; pleura' snioorh. Misonotiim and sciitelluui closely, r.-illier stroUgly, 

 reticulated-iiunctured, the lateral divisions more liiiely tli.-in the reutral; niesopleurai more 

 finely, similarly punrtureil, more liiiely so at the b;isi', wliere there is a raisi'd longish area, 



the narrowed end .-tbove; apex bordered by a si tli line. Melanotuni smooth in the middle, 



a stout keel down its centre, with a less distinct one. bulging out in the middle, on either side 

 of it; sides acicniated, <also the nietaplenrie. deiis'ly covered uitli wliile pubescence. Coxa' and 

 the dilated front femora closely, tiiiely juiK't iikmI ; llu' fonui'r densely cohered uitli nhiti' 

 pubescence. Mandibles red, black at aiiex. I'alpi white. 

 Holiitol : Wagga, New .South Wales. 



