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  Mr. 
  Alan 
  P. 
  Dodd's 
  Notes 
  on 
  

  

  « 
  

  

  Scelio 
  wallacei, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  (J. 
  Black; 
  antennae 
  wholly 
  black; 
  legs 
  wholly 
  black, 
  the 
  knees 
  

   ferruginous. 
  

  

  Head 
  normal, 
  transverse; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  bare; 
  ocelli 
  large, 
  mde 
  

   apart, 
  the 
  lateral 
  pair 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  eyes 
  by 
  their 
  own 
  diameter 
  ; 
  

   frons 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  shallow 
  impression 
  which 
  is 
  smooth 
  and 
  shin- 
  

   ing; 
  vertex 
  with 
  large 
  rather 
  dense 
  punctures, 
  confluent 
  and 
  with 
  

   a 
  rugose 
  tendency 
  on 
  the 
  frons; 
  mouth 
  with 
  converging 
  stiiae; 
  

   cheeks 
  margined 
  and 
  also 
  with 
  two 
  long 
  central 
  carinae, 
  between 
  

   these 
  carinae 
  pimctate. 
  Antennae 
  10-jointed; 
  scajie 
  long 
  and 
  

   slender; 
  pedicel 
  hardly 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  greatest 
  width; 
  funicle 
  1 
  

   one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  greatest 
  width, 
  2 
  a 
  little 
  shorter, 
  3 
  enlarged 
  

   and 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  other 
  joints 
  and 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  wide, 
  4-7 
  wider 
  than 
  

   long. 
  Thorax 
  stout 
  ; 
  pronotum 
  rugose, 
  truncate 
  anteriorly 
  ; 
  parapsi- 
  

   dal 
  furrows 
  distinct 
  for 
  posterior 
  half; 
  scutum 
  with 
  large 
  shallow 
  

   punctures, 
  subconfluent, 
  with 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  tendency; 
  scutellum 
  

   coarsely 
  rugose 
  ; 
  postscutellum 
  as 
  a 
  foveate 
  line 
  ; 
  median 
  segment 
  

   rather 
  finely 
  rugose, 
  laterally 
  with 
  a 
  pubescent 
  area; 
  all 
  pleurae 
  

   densely 
  rugo-punctate. 
  Fore-wings 
  almost 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  abdo- 
  

   men 
  ; 
  broad 
  ; 
  dusky, 
  almost 
  hyaUne 
  along 
  margins 
  ; 
  venation 
  

   fuscous 
  ; 
  submarginal 
  vein 
  reacliing 
  the 
  margin 
  in 
  a 
  pimctiform 
  

   marginal 
  vein; 
  stigmal 
  vein 
  leaving 
  the 
  submarginal, 
  long, 
  faintly 
  

   curved; 
  radial 
  vein 
  indicated, 
  the 
  basal 
  and 
  median 
  veins 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  by 
  thick 
  yellow 
  lines 
  ; 
  stigmal 
  spot 
  obscure. 
  Abdomen 
  

   fusiform 
  ; 
  rounded 
  at 
  apex 
  ; 
  segments 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  3 
  a 
  Uttle 
  

   longer 
  than 
  2 
  or 
  4 
  ; 
  2 
  a 
  little 
  depressed 
  at 
  base 
  ; 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  strongly 
  

   striate 
  and 
  finely 
  rugose 
  between 
  the 
  striae, 
  3 
  with 
  irregular 
  striae 
  

   and 
  coarse 
  reticulate 
  rugosity, 
  4 
  with 
  more 
  striae 
  and 
  less 
  reticula- 
  

   tion, 
  5 
  and 
  6 
  striate 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  striae 
  opaque. 
  Legs 
  slender. 
  

   Length, 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  one 
  male 
  labelled 
  " 
  Dore, 
  Dutch 
  New 
  

   Guinea 
  ; 
  Wallace." 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  Hope 
  Collection, 
  Oxford. 
  

  

  Scelio 
  subpolitus, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  ^. 
  Black; 
  coxae 
  black, 
  the 
  legs 
  dusky 
  black; 
  antenna! 
  scape 
  

   black, 
  the 
  flagellum 
  brown. 
  

  

  Head 
  normal 
  ; 
  frons 
  not 
  depressed 
  ; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  bare 
  ; 
  ocelli 
  

   large, 
  wide 
  apart, 
  the 
  lateral 
  pair 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  eyes 
  by 
  nearly 
  

   their 
  owii 
  diameter; 
  vertex 
  with 
  large 
  scattered 
  punctures, 
  with 
  

   a 
  smooth 
  jmpunctate 
  area 
  between 
  the 
  ocelli 
  ; 
  punctures 
  dense 
  

   and 
  in 
  transverse 
  rows 
  against 
  occipital 
  margin 
  ; 
  cheeks 
  margined. 
  

  

  