94 p. CAMERON. *■ 



ance below the antennae extending to near the top of the clypeus ; 

 there is a deep, obliqne fnrrow on the base of the niesopleurse ; at 

 the foot of the nieta[)leui'se is a wide deep furrow, divided into two 

 by a stout ridge. Tegulse moderately large. Parapsidal farrows 

 absent. The basal half of the abdominal petiole is widely furrowed 

 laterally. The mandibles are short, the apex of the one not reach- 

 ing to the base of the other; they do not form a beak. Temples 

 moderately large. Ocelli almost forming a triangle. Scutellar de- 

 pression large, deep. The apical joints of the antennse are not 

 clearly separated. 



In some respects this genus agi'ees with Paramasaris Cam., but, 

 inter alia, that genus may be known liy the recurrent nervures being 

 received in different cellules — the 2nd and 3rd — while in the present 

 genus they are both received in the 2nd. I have not ventured to 

 run the risk of dissecting a specimen to make out the number of 

 joints in the palpi, which may have a joint more than I have stated. 



ZethoidefS flavoliiieatiis sp. nov. 



Black, the clypeus, apical half of tet;"l*> extreme apex of petiole, a longitudi- 

 nal line on the apical half of the 2n(l abdominal segment, its apex — the line 

 widest on the outer part — and the centreof the other segments, lemon-yellow. 

 Flagellum of antennae brownish beneath. Legs black, the apex of the fore 

 femora, the outer part of the tibite and the base of the tarsi yellow. Wings fus- 

 cous-hyaline, the nervures and stigma black. % . 



Length 7 mm. 



Front and vertex strongly, but not closely, punctured ; the eye incisions 

 smooth, as is also the frontal tubercle and clypeus. Pro- and mesonotum opaque, 

 strongly, but not closely, punctured ; the pleurae more shining, almost smooth, 

 the sutures strongly crenulated. Metanotum reticulated ; the 2 central keels 

 become more widely separated towards the apex. The narrowed basal part of 

 the petiole is irregularly rugose; the apex is sparsely punctured. 



Hab.—Famimii (Pacific side), J. J. Walker, R. N. 



Paratipliia 13-iiiaciilafa sp. nov. 



Black, shining, the clypeus, the lower i)art of the inner eye orbits, a large, 

 somewhat triangular mark on the sides of the pronotum, a large mark on the 

 mesopleurae below the tegulse, a large mark, roundly narrowed at the base, on 

 the apical two-thirds of the scutellum, the postscutellum, a small mark on the 

 sides of the 1st abdominal segment, a large irregular one, longer than broad, and 

 a smaller, broader than long, mark on the 3rd yellow. Wings uniformly fuscous- 

 violaceous, the nervures and stignia black. % . 



Length 12-13 mm. 



Front strongly but not closely punctured, the centre more closely and strongly 

 than the sides; the vertex less strongly and more sparsely. Pro- and mesonotum 

 shining, strongly but not closely punctured ; the parapsidal furrows deep. Scu- 



