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Paragov:ato[uis nigricans, sp. nov. 



Black, the face below the antennae pale, the vertex of the head 

 usually brown, sometimes piceous or nearly black, two basal 

 joints of the antennae entirely or largely, the third sometimes 

 more or less, pale. Legs generally to a large extent obscure 

 brown or piceous, all the tarsi and trochanters and the hind 

 tibiae pale yellowish brown or testaceous, but the legs vary in 

 colour. 



Head above more or less shining, and hardly perceptibly 

 sculptured; the antennae slender, the third joint thin and elon- 

 gate, about three times as long as the second, and almost twice 

 as long as the fourth. Pronotum shining, its posterior lobe finely 

 punctured, the propodeum finely transversely rugose in front 

 and posteriorly, between these parts smoother, and usually finely 

 punctured, sometimes impunctate, not pilose. Abdomen smooth, 

 shining, almost or quite glabrous. Length 2.5-3 """i^- 



Hab. Bundaberg, Queensland; bred. 



? GONATOPUS Ljungh. 



Mandibles 4-dentate, maxillary palpi five-jointed, the basal 

 joint extremely short and with three joints beyond the genicu- 

 lation, labial palpi two-jointed. Vertex of head deeply concave; 

 antennae with the third joint long, slender, from one-third to 

 one-half longer than the fourth. 



Pronotum deeply impressed, so as to be divided into a trans- 

 verse anterior and elongate narrow posterior lobe. Front legs 

 with trochanters very long, clavate, with long thin basal stalk; 

 fourth tarsal joint very long, differing not much in length from 

 the basal one, chelar claw curved, subdilated on its basal portion, 

 and with the lower edge slightly convexly curved, and these 

 armed at most with a few very inconspicuous denticles or spinose 

 hairs. 



Gonatopus australiae, sp. nov. 



Black, the head, the thorax excepting the propodeum, brown 

 or ferruginous. The face generally paler than the vertex of the 

 head, the front lobe of the pronotum sometimes dark, propo- 

 deum rarely more or less of an obscure reddish black. Scape of 

 antennae in front quite pale, the following two joints, or one of 

 them, sometimes more or less so, the apical joint black, the legs 

 with pale tibiae and tarsi, the femora generally largely brown 

 or dark. 



