224 Psyche [October-December 



Parabetyla gen. nov. 

 9. Entirely wingless. Head, thorax and petiole narrow; 

 gaster broad. Head with a very prominent frontal projection, 

 longer than wide; eyes small, with a few long hairs; ocelli absent. 

 Antennae 15-jointed, with a stout 6-jointed club. Maxillary palpi 

 5-jointed; basal joint minute; apical one much longer than the 

 others. Thorax much elongated ; pronotum medially half as long 

 as at the sides; mesonotum small; scutellum without basal 

 impressions, half as long as the mesonotum; propodeum separ- 

 ated by a constriction basally above; apically with three long, 

 thorn-like spines, one median and another at each side. 

 Petiole twice as long as thick, without tooth below. Gaster large, 

 elongate oval, composed almost entirely of the second segment. 

 Legs stout, the femora very strongly clavate, but the tibise not 

 noticeably so. Body clothed with nearly erect sparse pale hairs.. 



Type: Parabetyla spinosa sp. nov. 



Parabetyla spinosa sp. nov. 

 9 . Length 3.3 mm. Entirely rufo-ferruginous, the ab- 

 domen and antennae slightly paler. Head, seen from above, 

 one-third longer than wide, including the frontal projection; 

 widest at the eyes which are near the middle, obliquely narrowed 

 anteriorly to the base of the antennal projection, rounded behind, 

 the occipital margin strongly and conspicuously carinate. 

 Head seen from the side sub-triangular, the face long, straight; 

 front above highly convex; eyes their own diameter from the 

 frontal projection and three times as far from the mandiblete; 

 entire surface smooth and shining. Antennal scape as long as 

 the head, thickest basally, as long as the seven following joints 

 together; pedicel twice as long as thick, slightly longer and stouter 

 than the first flagellar joint; three following of equal length, 

 becoming moniliform; fifth, sixth and seventh larger; beyond 

 this the joints become large, forming a very gradual but stout 

 club, of which the joints except the last are barely wider 

 than long. Pronotum slightly projecting at its humeral angles, 

 twice as long as the mesonotum at the sides; the mesonotum 

 separated by a deep grooved line, no longer than the portion of 



