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  Family 
  DIAPRIIDAE. 
  

  

  IIoPLOPRiA 
  Ashmead. 
  

  

  Syn. 
  Hoplo2)riella 
  Dodd, 
  1915, 
  Trans. 
  Royal 
  Soc. 
  of 
  S. 
  

   Aust., 
  p. 
  416. 
  

  

  Hoplopria 
  simulans 
  Dodd, 
  1915. 
  

  

  One 
  female 
  labelled 
  " 
  Kuranda, 
  N. 
  Qld., 
  May 
  1913; 
  

   R. 
  E. 
  Turner." 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  type 
  locality. 
  

  

  Hoplopria 
  fuscitegula 
  Dodd, 
  1915. 
  

  

  Five 
  females 
  labelled 
  " 
  Mt. 
  Welhngton, 
  Tasmania, 
  

   March 
  1913 
  ; 
  R. 
  E. 
  Turner." 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  type 
  locality. 
  

  

  Hoplopria 
  aterrima, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  $. 
  Black 
  ; 
  legs 
  black, 
  liaidly 
  suffused 
  with 
  red, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  fulvous 
  ; 
  

   antennae 
  black. 
  

  

  Head 
  subquadrate; 
  a 
  carina 
  runs 
  from 
  the 
  occipital 
  margin 
  

   through 
  tlie 
  median 
  ocellus 
  terminating 
  in 
  an 
  acute 
  short 
  projection 
  

   above 
  the 
  antennal 
  prominence 
  ; 
  interior 
  eye 
  margins 
  carinate, 
  

   these 
  carinae 
  terminating 
  subacutely 
  in 
  a 
  Une 
  with 
  the 
  termination 
  

   of 
  the 
  median 
  carina, 
  so 
  that 
  from 
  dorsal 
  aspect 
  the 
  frons 
  has 
  three 
  

   acute 
  short 
  teeth; 
  cheeks 
  with 
  large 
  punctures, 
  also 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  

   punctures 
  along 
  occipital 
  margin, 
  two 
  rows 
  along 
  inner 
  eye 
  margins, 
  

   and 
  a 
  few 
  punctures 
  between 
  these 
  rows 
  and 
  the 
  ocelli 
  ; 
  no 
  jDunctures 
  

   on 
  frons 
  below 
  anterior 
  ocellus, 
  this 
  area 
  finely 
  alutaceous. 
  An- 
  

   tennae 
  13-jointed; 
  scai)e 
  covering 
  base 
  of 
  pedicel 
  and 
  bispinose; 
  

   pedicel 
  one-half 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  greatest 
  width; 
  fmiicle 
  1 
  rather 
  

   longer 
  than 
  the 
  pedicel, 
  the 
  others 
  gradually 
  shortening; 
  last 
  

   five 
  joints 
  forming 
  a 
  club, 
  each 
  wider 
  than 
  long. 
  Pronotum 
  short, 
  

   striate; 
  scutum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  smooth 
  and 
  sliining, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  

   small 
  punctures 
  ; 
  parapsiclal 
  furrows 
  deep 
  and 
  comjilete 
  ; 
  lateral 
  

   lobes 
  of 
  scutum 
  feebly 
  depressed, 
  with 
  a 
  foveate 
  groove 
  against 
  the 
  

   tegulae 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  at 
  base 
  with 
  two 
  circular 
  foveae 
  close 
  together, 
  

   a 
  long 
  shallow 
  fovea 
  along 
  each 
  lateral 
  margin, 
  a 
  small 
  fovea 
  against 
  

   each 
  tegula, 
  its 
  jiosteiior 
  margin 
  foveate; 
  median 
  segment 
  with 
  a 
  

   stout 
  curved 
  spine 
  at 
  base. 
  Pore-wings 
  reaching 
  apex 
  of 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  

   broad 
  ; 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  venation 
  blackish 
  ; 
  marginal 
  vein 
  almost 
  puncti- 
  

   forni, 
  thickened, 
  the 
  stigmal 
  vein 
  oblique 
  ; 
  basal 
  and 
  median 
  veins 
  

   faint. 
  Petiole 
  over 
  one-haif 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  rest 
  of 
  abdomen, 
  four 
  times 
  

   as 
  long 
  as 
  wide, 
  carinate 
  ; 
  body 
  of 
  abdomen 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  

   conic-ovate, 
  raised 
  from 
  the 
  petiole, 
  without 
  striae 
  or 
  impressions 
  

  

  