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Paronagrus, gen. nov. 



Like Aiiagnis, but more slender and elongate, and with the 

 third joint of the antennae in the female elongate, not much 

 shorter than the following and quite slender. Otherwise as in 

 the preceding genus. Ovipositor either slightly or strongly 

 exserted behind the abdomen. Antennae of male 13-iiointed, as 

 in Anagriis, but with 'the third joint' slender and elongate, as in 

 the female. (Plate XII, tig. i and 2.) 



Paraiiagnis optabilis, sp. nov. 



Male ; flavous, head more or less sordid or smoky ; a large 

 elongate subtriangular spot on either side of the middle line of 

 niesonotum, the apex of these spots reaching nearly to the 

 scu'tellum ; a spot usually triangular on the parapsides, and one 

 on the axillae, dark ; abdomen with at least the apical segments 

 more or less dark, blackish or fuscous ; all the joints of the 

 flagellum smoky or fuscous. 



Female, like the male, but with the thoracic markings gen- 

 erally much fainter, though occupying the same positions ; spors 

 on the axillae sometimes not discernable, the abdomen not dark 

 on the apical segments. Length f mm. 



Hab : Queensland ; bred in all localities from the eggs of 

 PcrkinsicUa saccharicida. A very similar form inhabits Fiji, but 

 the material is insufficient to determine whether tlicy are spe- 

 cifically identical. 



Paraiiagnis perforator, sp. nov. 



Female ; yellow or orange red ; head subinfuscate, the whole 

 of the flagellum of the antennae, two long triangular spots on 

 the mesonotum, nearlv or quite reaching the scutellum, one 

 on the front angles of each of the parapsides, another on each 

 of the axillae, an interrupted band on the first abdominal seg- 

 ment, and an entire one on the second and third, the lateral mar- 

 gins of at least some of the apical segments, and the sheaths of 

 the ovipositor, dark, blackish or piceous. Ovipositor extending 

 well behind the abdomen, for a length equal to that of all the 

 joints of one of the hind tarsi taken together. Length f mm. 



Hab : b^iji : bred from eggs of I3elphaci(l lcaf-h()])])ers. 



