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be known at once by the short and broad mandibular 

 appendage. 



Agaon scobiniferum, sp. n. 



Head (fig. 2rt) much longer than wide, across the eyes (5 : 4), at 

 the mouth edge (2 : 1), about equal to the thorax up to the hind 

 edge of the scutellum or to § of the entire thorax and propodeon. 

 Eyes small, prominent, occupying J of the depth and separated 

 by I the greatest width of the head. Toruli set at | from the base 



Fig. 2.- — Agaon scobiniferum. Wtrst. 9 . {a) Hoad from al)ove, (b) 

 first (5 joints of antenna, (c) mandible and a])))(ii(la;^e, (d) propodcal 

 sini'acle, (e) abdominal spiracle — (ith tergito, (/) i('C('])(a(iiliim seminis. 



line of the eyes to the apex of the clypeus. Facial impression, 

 oblong (the sides subparallel, diverging a little towards the ocelli), 

 about J the breadth of the head. C'lypcal edge with large central 

 tootli-like lobe Hanked on each side by 2 bristles with 2 pairs of 

 approximated bristles medianly set before i towards the toruli. 

 Mandibles (fig. 2c) with one apical tooth and (ventrally) 10-12 

 ridges. The serrated appendage a little more than twice as long 

 as broad with about 20 rows of saws containing 20-30 teeth. 

 Stipes (5 : 1) with 4, galea 3, labium 2, bristles. 



Thorax. Pronotum short, transverse, broadly and deeply emai-- 

 ginate anteriorly, in two narrowly separated t(agites which are 

 broadly free and hea\'ily chitinised posteriorly. Spiracle lateral. 



