of Exotic Hymenoptera. 309 



Fam. MASARID^. 



Genus Paragia. 

 1. Paragia excellens. 



Female. Length 7 lines. Black ; the head and thorax 

 ornamented with orange, the legs of the same colour ; the 

 three basal segments of the abdomen orange. 



Head : very closely punctured ; the clypeus produced, 

 its anterior margin slightly arched ; the mandibles longi- 

 tudinally grooved and punctured, ferruginous, with their 

 margins and teeth black ; the clypeus and a semi-ovate 

 spot above, orange, the anterior margin of the former 

 black. The thorax rugose ; the prothorax, a subquadrate 

 spot beneath the wings, the scutellum, an oblong- quadrate 

 spot before it on the mesothorax, a narrow line at the 

 sides passing beyond the tegulee to the impressed line 

 that runs backwards to the scutellum, a minute spot on 

 each side beyond the line, the spine and lateral margins 

 of the metathorax, and a central elongate spot, bright 

 orange; the legs pale orange-red; the wings hyaline, 

 with a dark fuscous line occupying the marginal and first 

 submarginal cells, and running from thence half-way 

 towards the base of the wing; the tegulae pale orange. 

 Abdomen : the first segment orange, with its base black, 

 the second orange, with its extreme lateral and basal 

 margins black ; the third segment orange, with a minute 

 triangular central black spot at its base ; the other seg- 

 ments black, with the extreme apex of the terminal one 

 orange; beneath, the second segment has a tri-furcate 

 orange apical margin, the third segment orange, with 

 its basal margin narrowly black. 



Male. This sex differs only in having the clypeus 

 entirely yellow, a yellow line at the inner orbits of the eyes. 



Hah. — Australia (Champion Bay) . 



In the British Museum. 



2. Paragia sohrina. 



Female. Length 7 lines. The head and thorax orna- 

 mented with orange spots, the first and third segments 

 of the abdomen orange. 



This species is very like P. excellens ; the head is the 

 same in colour and sculpture ; the thorax is also very 



