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TllK ANNALS 



AND 



JilAGAZliNE OF NATURAL lllSTUKY. 



[NINTH SiailES.] 

 No. 15. MARCH 191!i. 



XXr. — On (he Ili/meiwptera collected in JS'eia Caledonia hij 

 P. D. Minitague in 1914. By ROWLAND E. TUHNKK, 

 F.Z.S., F.E.y. 



'JiiE small colledtion on wliich this ]">aper is founfled was 

 made by the hite P. D. Montaigne in New Caledonia in -the 

 year 1914. The ty|)es are in the British Museum. A few 

 oi: tiie species show a reIationt>hi|) to the Queensland fauna, 

 but absolutely no connection with New Zealand. Of the 

 twenty-eight species noticed, three are undoubtedly recent 

 importations ; it is remarkable that none of these have so far 

 been recorded from Australia. Oidy two other Jljmenojjtera 

 were included in Mv. ^lontagiic's collection, both ot thetn 

 belonging to the Chalcididic, each represented by a single 

 specimen, one in poor condition, the other belonging to the 

 genus Podayrion. 



Family Evaniidae. 



Evania Uvipeliolatay sp. n. 



cJ . Niger, rugose punctatus, sparbo albopilosus ; tibiis tarsisque 

 auticis brunueis ; alis sordide h}aliiii8, stigmate vcuisque fusco- 

 ferrugineis ; petiolo nitido. 

 Long. 4 mm. 



cJ . Face opaque, very linely and closely })unctured and 

 clothed with short white pubescence, with a strong longitu- 

 dinal carina ; cheeks a little shorter than the second j dnt ot" 



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