new Species of Dtploptera. 33 



c? . Similar, orange-yellow spot on clypeus larger than in 

 female, markings in general more yellow. 

 Total length 10^ mm. 

 Hub. Western Australia ; 1 ? , 3 <$ . 



Paragia walkeri, sp. n. 



£ . Reddish orange ; mandibles at apex, a small area on 

 front round the base of each antenna, mesonotum and tegulae, 

 pleurae (except a quadrate spot on mesopleurae on each side), 

 apical § of second and whole of third abdominal segments, 

 black. 



Wings flavo-hyaline, fuscous at apex, especially in the 

 radial cell. Clypeus wider than long, narrowly truncate at 

 the apex; prouotum slightly arched on the anterior margin ; 

 scutellum prominent, strongly convex, and overhanging the 

 postscutellum, median segment truncate, a massive tubercle 

 on each side. Abdomen : first abdominal segment broadly 

 cup-shaped, rather narrower than the second, following 

 segments elongate-ovate. Head and thorax evenly studded 

 with small granular puncturations, two furrows on meso- 

 notum converging posteriorly, the abdomen most minutely 

 punctured. Fulvous pubescence on vertex of head, thorax, 

 legs, and abdomen (except segments 2 and 3). 



Total length 20 mm. 



Hub. Adelaide River, Northern Territory, Australia; 1 $ , 

 collected by Commander J. J. Walker during cruise of 

 H.M.S. 'Penguin/ 



This splendid species most strikingly resembles the insects 

 of the Eumenid genus Abispa, Mitchell. None of: the other 

 described species of Paragia have similar wing-coloration, 

 the flavo-hyaline ground-colour and fuscous apical area of 

 P. walkeri rendering the likeness between the two genera 

 extraordinary. 



Jugurtia, Sauss. 

 Jugurtia escalerce, sp. n. 



$ . Black ; the apical half of clypeus, the sinus of each 

 eye, a broad band between the eyes, a line behind them, basal 

 portion of mandibles, scape of antennae, the flagellum below, 

 the pronotum in front, broadening on the sides, a line on 

 each side of the posterior margin reaching to the tegulae, a 

 spot in the centre of the mesonotum, the tegulae, the apex of 

 the scutellum, the postscutellum, two large marks (one oval, 

 the other linear and curved) on mesopleurae on each side, 

 Ann. & Mag. X. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. v. 3 



