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3. (2) Head above, pronotum except laterally and posterior- 

 ly, and the mesonotum, black or dark coloured. . . 

 P. varipes. 



Middle and hind tibiae without a pale whitish basal 

 ring. 



Third joint of antennae uniformly ferruginous 



P. vciiator. 



Third joint wholly or in part dark. 



Mesonotum between the parapsides much smoother 

 and more shining than without these. . .P. leptias. 



Mesonotum uniformly sculptured, or almost so. 

 Antennae except the second joint and base of third 

 almost wholly ferruginous; mesonotum irregularly 



rugose P. gigas. 



10. (9) Antennae almost wholly black; mesonotum very regu- 

 larly longitudinally rugose P. threnodes. 



I. Paradryiniis koebelei, sp. nov. 



Female. Head and thorax ferruginous, more or less clouded 

 with blackish or fuscous, propodeum usually entirely black. 

 Abdomen ferruginous, generally more or less largely obscured 

 with brown, fuscous, or piceous sulifusion. Legs ferruginous, 

 tibiae sometimes dark brown or nearly black, the base of the in- 

 termediate and posterior pair, and of one or two of their tarsal 

 joints, white. Antennae testaceous or ferruginous, more, or less 

 infu&cate, the scape white in front; apex of clypeus and the man- 

 dibles more or less whitish. 



Head with a very dense and distinct surface rugulosily or 

 rugulose punctuation, and with a distinct median carina extend- 

 ing about two-thirds of the distance from the front ocellus to the 

 base of the clypeus; the latter emarginate at the apex. Prono- 

 tum somewhat strongly subconcentrically rugose, the mesono- 

 tum more strongly longitudinally rugose ; propodeum reticulately 

 rugose. Thorax with some sj^arse short hairs; abdomen smooth, 

 shining, glabrous. Wings with a wide fuscous band across the 

 middle of the basal cells, a narrow oblique one external to the 

 transverse median and basal nervures and entering the apex of 

 the first basal cell; these two bands connected below; a wi'dt^ 

 band with its inner margin oblicjue arises beneath the stigma 

 and extends to near the apex of the marginal cell leaving the tip 

 of the wings white. Length 4.5-6 mm. 



Male. Black, mandibles and legs testaceous or yellow. An^ 

 tcnnae with the scape, and some of the joints of the flagellum, 



