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  Mr. 
  Alan 
  P. 
  Dodd's 
  Notes 
  on 
  

  

  depressed 
  ; 
  postscutellum 
  not 
  evident 
  ; 
  median 
  segment 
  long, 
  with 
  

   two 
  large 
  spines 
  or 
  furcae 
  springing 
  from 
  its 
  base, 
  these 
  somewhat 
  

   curved 
  and 
  horizontal, 
  reaching 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  thorax. 
  

   Wings 
  wholly 
  absent 
  in 
  both 
  sexes. 
  Petiole 
  rather 
  longer 
  than 
  wide 
  

   covered 
  with 
  dense 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  body 
  of 
  abdomen 
  ovate, 
  its 
  anterior 
  

   margin 
  straight, 
  without 
  impressions 
  or 
  striae 
  at 
  base, 
  tlie 
  basal 
  

   segment 
  occupying 
  almost 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  surface, 
  the 
  remaining 
  segments 
  

   minute. 
  Legs 
  normal, 
  the 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  clavatc. 
  

  

  Type, 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Mantara 
  bifurcata, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  $. 
  Dull 
  black; 
  legs 
  and 
  basal 
  six 
  antennal 
  joints 
  clear 
  testaceous. 
  

  

  Smooth 
  and 
  shining. 
  Head, 
  thorax, 
  and 
  abdomen 
  with 
  scattered 
  

   fine 
  setae 
  ; 
  head 
  distinctly 
  wider 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  wider 
  

   than 
  the 
  thorax, 
  fully 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  greatest 
  width. 
  Scape 
  

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

   funicle 
  1 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  pedicel, 
  6 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long; 
  club 
  

   joints 
  1-3 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long, 
  the 
  apical 
  joint 
  fully 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   preceding. 
  Length, 
  1"75 
  mm. 
  

  

  (J. 
  Similar 
  to 
  the 
  female. 
  Pedicel 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  greatest 
  

   width 
  ; 
  funicle 
  1 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  pedicel 
  ; 
  apical 
  six 
  or 
  seven 
  

   joints 
  a 
  little 
  widened, 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long. 
  Length, 
  2 
  mm. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  two 
  females, 
  one 
  male, 
  labelled 
  " 
  Madeira 
  ; 
  

   Wollaston." 
  

  

  Type 
  and 
  cotypes 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  The 
  peculiar 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  easily 
  

   distinguishes 
  this 
  genus 
  ; 
  the 
  absence 
  of 
  wings 
  in 
  both 
  sexes 
  

   is 
  pecuhar; 
  seeing 
  the 
  male 
  alone 
  one 
  would 
  certainly 
  

   take 
  it 
  for 
  a 
  female 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  non-fihform 
  antennae. 
  

  

  Trichopria 
  acuminata 
  Dodd, 
  1915. 
  

  

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

   R. 
  E. 
  Turner." 
  The 
  type 
  locahty. 
  

  

  Xyalopria 
  spinosiceps 
  KiefTer. 
  

  

  Two 
  males, 
  three 
  females, 
  of 
  what 
  I 
  take 
  to 
  be 
  this 
  

   species 
  labelled 
  " 
  Teapa, 
  Tabasco 
  " 
  and 
  " 
  Atoyac, 
  Vera 
  

   Cruz, 
  Mexico 
  ; 
  H. 
  H. 
  Smith." 
  

  

  Acidopria 
  spinosiceps, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

   9. 
  Dull 
  black; 
  legs 
  deep 
  red 
  suffused 
  with 
  black, 
  the 
  tarsi 
  

   fulvous; 
  antennae 
  reddish, 
  suffused 
  with 
  black, 
  jialer 
  toward 
  apex. 
  

   Head 
  normal, 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  with 
  two 
  well 
  separated 
  sharp 
  

  

  