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and the scape in front, yellow ; the anterior tibiz are yellow in 
front; the second segment of the abdomen is produced beneath 
into a large pointed tubercle. 
Hab. Adelaide. 
2. Paragia tricolor, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 2, i. 41, pl. v. 
figs 152d\. 
5,  Smithii, Sauss. Mon. Masar. p. 55, 3, t. 2, fig. 1, ¢. 
Hab. Adelaide. 
8. Paragia Saussurii, Smith, Cat. Vesp. p. 2, 3, 2. 
» tricolor, Sauss. Mon. Masar. p. 54, 2, 2 (nec Smith). 
Hab. Perth, W. Australia. 
4. Paragia odyneroides, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. ser. 2, i. 42, 
pl. ‘v. fig. 2: 
Sauss. Mon. Masar. p. 56, 4. 
Hab. Hunter River, Australia. 
5. Paragia australis, Sauss. Mon, Masar. p. 57, 5, 3, 2. 
Hab. Tasmania. 
6. Paragia bicolor, Sauss. Mon, Masar. p. 58, 6, . 
Hab. Australia. 
7. Paragia bidens, Sauss. Mon. Masar. p. 59,7, 8, ¢. 
Hab. Adelaide. 
8. Paragia predator, Sauss. Mon. Masar. p. 59, 8, ¢. 
Hab. Australia. 
9. Paragia pictifrons, Smith, Cat. Vesp. p. 2, 9, 2. 
Hab. Swan River. 
10. Paragia deceptor, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc, ser. 3, 1, 56, 9. 
Hab. Adelaide. 
11. Paragia calida. 
P. nigra; capite thoraceque profunde punctatis, flavoque varie- 
oO 9 ’ 
gatis; abdomine aurantiaco; segmentis primo et tertio 
nigris; alis fuscis. 
Male. —Length 6 lines. 
Black; the head and thorax thickly covered with deep con- 
fluent punctures; the clypeus, an oblong-shaped macula widest 
at the apex above it, and a line on the inner orbit of the eyes 
not reaching their summit, yellow; the prothorax bordered with 
orange along its anterior margin; the tibie and tarsi ferruginous, 
the anterior tibize with a fuscous stain behind, and the intermediate 
and posterior pairs with a similar stain outside ; the wings fuscous, 
