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  Mr. 
  Alan 
  P. 
  Dodd's 
  Notes 
  on 
  

  

  shortening. 
  Apical 
  abdominal 
  segments 
  short 
  and 
  transverse. 
  

   Flagellum 
  wholly 
  black. 
  

  

  Two 
  males 
  with 
  tlie 
  female. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  other 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  is 
  from 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  

  

  Pantolytoidea 
  nigricans 
  Dodd, 
  1916. 
  

  

  Three 
  females, 
  two 
  males 
  labelled 
  " 
  Tasmania 
  ; 
  A. 
  M. 
  

   Lea," 
  and 
  " 
  Mt. 
  Welhngton, 
  Tasmania, 
  April 
  1913; 
  E. 
  E. 
  

   Turner." 
  These 
  agree 
  very 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  

   nigricans 
  which 
  is 
  from 
  New 
  South 
  Wales. 
  

  

  Oxylabis 
  wollastoni, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  • 
  $. 
  Chestnut-brown, 
  the 
  prothorax 
  and 
  mcsothorax 
  ochreous; 
  

   legs 
  brownish-yellow; 
  antennae 
  reddish 
  -yellow, 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  

   dusky. 
  

  

  Head 
  with 
  numerous 
  minute 
  punctures 
  and 
  rather 
  long 
  fine 
  

   yellowish 
  pubescence; 
  eyes 
  moderate, 
  hairy; 
  ocelli 
  small. 
  An- 
  

   tennae 
  inserted 
  on 
  a 
  frontal 
  prominence; 
  15-jointed; 
  scape 
  long 
  

   and 
  slender; 
  pedicel 
  almost 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  greatest 
  width; 
  

   funicle 
  1 
  distinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  pedicel, 
  2 
  one-half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  1 
  and 
  

   a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  wide; 
  the 
  last 
  eight 
  or 
  nine 
  joints 
  form 
  a 
  slender 
  

   ill-defined 
  club, 
  the 
  joints 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long. 
  Thorax 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  

   long 
  as 
  its 
  greatest 
  width; 
  pronotum 
  a 
  little 
  visible 
  from 
  above; 
  

   scutum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  with 
  yellowish 
  pubescence 
  like 
  the 
  head; 
  

   parapsidal 
  furrows 
  deep 
  and 
  complete; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  a 
  deep 
  

   transverse 
  fovea 
  at 
  base 
  ; 
  postscutellum 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  spine 
  or 
  tooth 
  ; 
  

   median 
  segment 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  pubescent 
  laterally, 
  with 
  a 
  

   distinct 
  median 
  and 
  lateral 
  carinae. 
  Wings 
  rudmientary, 
  extending 
  

   to 
  one-third 
  length 
  of 
  abdomen; 
  very 
  narrow; 
  hyaline; 
  sub- 
  

   marginal 
  vein 
  distant 
  from 
  the 
  costa, 
  the 
  marginal 
  and 
  stigmal 
  

   veins 
  short; 
  basal 
  vein 
  present, 
  jierpendicular 
  ; 
  no 
  other 
  veins. 
  

   Petiole 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  greatest 
  width; 
  body 
  of 
  abdomen 
  

   ovate, 
  pointed 
  at 
  apex, 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  striate 
  at 
  base, 
  its 
  

   second 
  third 
  pubescent; 
  basal 
  segment 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   following 
  united, 
  3-6 
  transverse, 
  7 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  greatest 
  width 
  

   and 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  preceding 
  three 
  united. 
  Legs 
  slender. 
  Length, 
  

   2-3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  four 
  females 
  labelled 
  "Madeira; 
  

   Wollaston." 
  

   Type 
  and 
  cotypes 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  