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  Mr. 
  Alan 
  P. 
  Docld's 
  Notes 
  on 
  

  

  scutum, 
  scutellum, 
  and 
  axillae 
  wholly 
  densely 
  finely 
  coriaceous; 
  

   anterior 
  angles 
  of 
  scutum 
  subacute 
  ; 
  median 
  and 
  parapsidal 
  furrows 
  

   distinct 
  and 
  complete 
  ; 
  axillae 
  meeting 
  at 
  . 
  base 
  of 
  scutellum 
  ; 
  

   scutellum 
  large; 
  median 
  segment 
  declivous. 
  Fore-wings 
  long 
  and 
  

   broad; 
  hyaline, 
  with 
  an 
  oblong 
  sooty 
  i)atch 
  beneath 
  whole 
  of 
  

   stigmal 
  vein; 
  venation 
  piceous; 
  stigma 
  semicircular; 
  stigmal 
  

   vein 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  stigma, 
  hardly 
  curved. 
  Abdomen 
  hardly 
  

   longer 
  than 
  its 
  greatest 
  width 
  ; 
  almost 
  flat 
  above, 
  convex 
  beneath 
  ; 
  

   smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  striate 
  at 
  base 
  ; 
  basal 
  segment 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   rest 
  united. 
  Length, 
  2'50 
  mm. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  two 
  females 
  labelled 
  "St. 
  Helena 
  ; 
  

   Wollaston." 
  

   Type 
  and 
  cotype 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Conostigmus 
  rufmotum 
  Dodd. 
  

  

  One 
  female 
  from 
  Bundaberg, 
  Queensland, 
  1904 
  {R. 
  C. 
  L. 
  

  

  Perkins) 
  . 
  

  

  Conostigmus 
  terrestris, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  $. 
  Ochreous, 
  the 
  legs 
  concolorous; 
  antennal 
  scape 
  yellow, 
  the 
  

   antennae 
  otherwise 
  piceous; 
  eyes 
  and 
  ocelli 
  black. 
  

  

  Head 
  hardly 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax; 
  Avith 
  fine 
  punctures, 
  each 
  

   giving 
  off 
  a 
  fine 
  seta 
  ; 
  eyes 
  not 
  large, 
  faintly 
  pubescent 
  ; 
  ocelh 
  very 
  

   close 
  together, 
  with 
  a 
  shallow 
  groove 
  running 
  from 
  median 
  ocellus 
  

   to 
  occipital 
  margin. 
  Antennae 
  11-jointed; 
  scape 
  slender, 
  as 
  long 
  

   as 
  next 
  five 
  joints 
  combined 
  ; 
  pedicel 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  greatest 
  

   width; 
  flagellum 
  thickened 
  toward 
  apex, 
  without 
  a 
  distinct 
  club; 
  

   joint 
  1 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  pedicel, 
  2-8 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  the 
  apical 
  

   joint 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  united. 
  Scutum 
  with 
  fine 
  

   punctures 
  giving 
  off 
  fine 
  setae; 
  parapsidal 
  and 
  median 
  furrows 
  

   deep 
  and 
  distinct; 
  scutellum 
  and 
  axUlae 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  pubescent 
  

   punctures. 
  Wings 
  wholly 
  wanting. 
  Abdomen 
  distinctly 
  wider 
  

   than 
  thorax; 
  hardly 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  greatest 
  -width; 
  somewhat 
  

   convex 
  beneath; 
  striate 
  at 
  base; 
  with 
  sparse 
  pubescence; 
  basal 
  

   segment 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  rest 
  united. 
  All 
  femora 
  a 
  little 
  

   thickened; 
  posterior 
  tarsi 
  no 
  longer 
  than 
  their 
  tibiae, 
  their 
  basal 
  

   joint 
  fully 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  rest 
  united. 
  Length, 
  1"1 
  mm. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  one 
  female 
  labelled 
  " 
  Victoria 
  ; 
  C. 
  

   French." 
  

  

  Type 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  wingless 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  from 
  Australia. 
  

  

  