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less dull red; the middle of the third and apex of the fourth being 

 dark, otherwise as above. This variety or species comes nearest 

 to iV. nelsoni. 



Hab. Bundaberg and Brisbane, Queensland. Bred. 



PARADRYINUS gen. nov. 



Head not concave on the vertex, and straightly (or nearly so) 

 and distinctly margined behind the ocelli, the margin continued 

 definitely downwards around the occipital concavity; in front 

 view the head is triangular, and but little or not at all trans- 

 verse, with the vertex slightly convex. The ocelli in a triangle, 

 about equidistant one from another. Mandibles quadridentate, 

 the apical tooth longest, the other three rather strong, decidedly 

 better developed than those of Neodryinus. Maxillary palpi six- 

 jointed, the four terminal joints elongated, the first of these 

 stouter than the others ancl the tips reaching back to at least 

 behind the middle and even as far as the hind margm of the 

 head beneath. Labial palpi three-jointed. Antennae not much 

 different from those of Neodryinus, the third joint being very 

 elongate, hardly less and sometimes more than twice as long as 

 the fourth. Pronotum long, convex, transversely constricted at 

 the base, as long or longer than the mesonotum, its hind angles 

 not attaining the tegulae, its anterior margin subtruncate, never 

 distinctly emarginate as in Neodryinus. Mesonotum extremely 

 convex in profile, rising up strongly and abruptly from the pro- 

 notum, in most species so strongly longitudinally rugose as to 

 render dif^cult the detection of the parapsidal furrows, which, 

 however, are present, and widely separated even at the hind mar- 

 gin of the mesonotum, when they are traced so far. Postscutel- 

 lum of moderate length. Propodeum very long, about equal iit 

 length to the mesonotum, scutellum and postscutellum. Front 

 legs as in Neodryinus but the trochanters somewhat less elon- 

 gate, the basal joint of the front tarsi distinctly longer than the 

 fourth, and the anteapical tooth of the chelar claw rather 

 stronger. 



Synopsis of species of PARADRYINUS. 

 Females. 



1. (4) Middle and hind tibiae at the base, and the base of at 



least the basal joint of their tarsi, pale whitish. 



2. (3) Head above, pronotum and mesonotum largely, fer- 



ruginous; sometimes however more or less cloud- 

 e(} _ , P. koehelei. 



