748 Mr. G. Meade- Waldo on 



In presenting tlie specimens Dr. Perkins pointed out 

 striking structural differences separating one of the specimens 

 from the other two; these differences entirely justify the 

 erection of a new genus, Metaparagia, into which two pre- 

 viously described species, e. g. Paragia pictifrons^ {Smith, 

 and P. maculata, M.- Waldo, must be transferred. The 

 presence of mesonotal furrows in Paragia is not mentioned 

 by Saussure, and by Smith only iti the description of P. 

 tricolor. Dalla Torre makes no mention of this character in 

 his diagnosis of Paragia {' Genera Insectorum,' Vespidse, 

 p. 4). 



Metaparagia, gen. nov. 



Paragia similis, sed difFerfc oculis distincte emarginatis ; mesonoto 

 sulcis longitvidinalibus nullis. 



Type, Paragia pictifrons, Smith. 



Metaparagia doddi, sp. n. 



5 . Niger ; clypeo, raandibulis (apice excepto), scapo, fascia verfcice, 

 sinuque orbitali, macula postoculari, pronoto antice et postice, 

 maculis subquadratis pleuris, macula media lineolisque duabus 

 postice mesonoto, tegulis, scutello postice, angulisque lateralibus 

 segmento mediano, flavis ; segmento abdominali primo late 

 postice, segmento secundo macula quadrata margine postico, 

 segmento tertio dorsali late et ventrali omnino, segmentis quarto 

 et quinto postice et segmento sexto omnino, flavo fasciatis ; 

 pedibus flavis ; alia pallide fuscis. 



Clypeus truncate, rather broader than long ; inner orbits 

 with a distinct emargination ; pronotum rounded anteriorly, 

 median segment truncate, lateral angles subtuberculate ; 

 abdomen elongate-ovate, first abdominal segment rounded 

 basally and not constricted apically. 



Punctured, the head and thorax (especially the disc of the 

 mesonotum) coarsely, clypeus and abdomen more finely. A 

 sparse pale pubescence on the vertex of head, median seg- 

 ment, and abdomen. 



Length 9 mm. (to apex of second abdominal segment). 



Ilab. Cairns, N. Queensland (F. P. Dodd) ; 1 ? . 



Very near to Metaparagia pictifrons, Sm., from which it 

 differs chiefly in the colour-pattern. The totally yellow 

 clypeus, together with the yellow spots on the disc of the 

 mesonotum and the second abdominal segment, should serve 

 to separate the species at a glance. 



