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strongly produced and abruptly truncate, concealing or nearly con- 

 cealing the small labrum ; mandibles broad, with two large teeth before 

 the apex. Antennae long and slender, of 12 segments, the scape long, 

 the third segment still longer, the eleventh and twelfth segments some- 

 times incised beneath (tricolor). 



Humeri rounded; parapsidal furrows distinct, scutellum elevated, 

 flattened on top ; propodeum slightly concave, the lateral angles 

 rounded, without tooth above (genotype) or with a blunt tooth in some. 



Forewing with two submarginal cells ; m-cu attached to Cu^, which 

 is at that point deflected caudad a very short distance to join M^. 

 Anterior trochanter unarmed ; all femora and tibia with even surfaces ; 

 middle tibia with two apical spurs; posterior tibial spur as in the 

 females ; claws large ; much curved, with a strong tooth beneath near 

 the base. 



Abdomen shaped as in Vespa, the last dorsal segment ending in 

 two lobes, with a shallow notch between ; second ventral segment with 

 an acute median prominence behind. 



Habitat. — Australia. 



List of Species op PAEAGIA 



aiistralis Saussure, J', $. Australia. 

 bicolor Saussure, c?, ?• Australia. 

 bidens Saussure, (^. Australia. 

 calida Smith, (^. Australia. 

 concinna Smith, $. Australia. 

 deceptor Smith, 5- Australia. 

 decipiens Shuckard, J', $. Australia. 

 excellens Smith, ,^, 5- Australia. 

 hirsuia Meade Waldo, ($. N. Queensland. 



1911. Faragia hirsuta Meade Waldo, c?. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), 

 vol. 8, p. 749. 

 magdaJena Turner, $. Queensland. 



1908. Faragia magdalena Turner. Trans. Ent. Soc. London, (1908), p. 89 

 moroso Smith, $. Australia. 

 nasuta Smith, $. Australia. 

 odyneroides Smith, ^. Australia. 

 perkinsi Meade Waldo, 5- Queensland. 



1911. Faragia perlcinsi Meade Waldo, $. Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History, (8), vol. 8, p. 750. 

 praedator Saussure, 5- Australia. 

 saussurii Smith, 5- Australia. 

 sobrina Smith, $. Australia. 

 tricolor Smith, (^, 5- Australia. 

 venusta Smith, 5- Australia. 

 vespiformis Smith, (^, $. Australia. 

 walkeri Meade Waldo, (J*. Australia. 



1910. Faragia walkeri Meade Waldo, c^. Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History, (8), vol. 5, p. 33. 



