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fourth, which is greatly longer than the fifth, the latter fully twice 

 as long as its greatest width. Pronotum very smooth and shin- 

 ing and with a few short hairs; propodeum smooth and shining 

 on the anterior pale-coloured portion, behind the spiracles flat- 

 tened or faintly impressed, posteriorly transversely rugose and 

 sparsely clothed with long fine hairs; in dorsal aspect with prom- 

 inent anterior lateral angles. Abdomen smooth, shining, with 

 longish pale hairs. Length about 3 mm. 

 Hab. Kuranda, Queensland; bred. 



2. Psciidogonatopus jiincctoriim, sp. nov. 



■ Closely allied to the preceding and perhaps more closely to 

 the next following species. Almost like /'. kurandae in colour 

 since the mesonotum is conspicuously pallid except at the base 

 and apex, as in that species. The propodeum however, is with- 

 out the prominent anterior angles and of a slightly different 

 shape, nor does it altogether in this respect agree with P. palus- 

 tris. From the latter it is readily distinguished by its colour, 

 and it is perhaps a larger insect. Length about 3 mm. 

 Hab. Childers, Queensland; bred. 



3. Pseudogonatopus paliisfris, sp. nov. 



Piceous or castaneous, abdomen black or nearly so, two basal 

 joints of the antennae and the apical one, as well as the face 

 below the antennae, pale. Tibiae and tarsi more or less testa- 

 ceous or brownish yellow. 



In structure, sculpture and clothing almost like P. kurandae 

 but differs in the rather different shape of the propodeum, which 

 is less evidently flattened behind the spiracles and in dorsal 

 aspect its lateral anterior angles are rounded ofif or efifaced. The 

 mesonotum is not conspicuously pale, the whole thorax being 

 concolorous or nearly so. Length 2.5-3 "^"^• 



Hab. Brisbane and Bundaberg, Queensland; bred. 



4. Pseudogonatopus saccharetorum, sp. nov. 



Brown or more or less piceous (the abdomen darkest) -and 

 shining. Antennae paler than in any of the preceding, some- 

 times with all the joints pale yellowish brown, the second and 

 the apical then being still paler, or with the intermediate joints 

 more or less infuscate. 



