the Faiu'i'ij Ma.saritUv. 710 



Key to the S^jecies of .Mjtaparagia. 



A. First abdominal segment stroiifrly constricted 



at apex, and tirst recurrent norvuro inter- 

 stitial with first transverse cubital nervuro. . muculatu, M.- Waldo. 



B. First abdominal segment without constriction, 



both recurrent nervures received by second 

 cubital cell. 



a. Clypeus and mandibles totally yellow .... dodli, sp. n. 



b. Clypeus black, with two small yellow spots 



at base; mandibles ferruginous picti/ron<t, Smith. 



Paragia, Shuck. 



Parajia hirsuta, sp. ii. 



J . Xigcr : clypco (lateribus apiceque oxceptis), macula intor- 

 antennali, maudibulis basi, oculis margiue iiiterno linea brevi, 

 macula postoculari, pronoto angulis, mesopleuris, mesonoto, 

 scutelloque lateribus maculis flavis ; tegiilis ferrugineis ; abdo- 

 mine nigro, scgmento secuudo dorsali irrcgulariter, segmeato 

 tertio et dorsali et. ventrali apice, segmeutoque quango dorsali 

 apice angiiste flavo-fasciatis ; segnientis quinto sextoque apice 

 forrugiueo fasciatis, segmento septimo omnino fcrrugiueo ; pedi- 

 bus nigi'is ; tibiis tarsisi][ue ferrugineis, fcmoribiis intermedii3 

 apice flavo variegatis ; alls hyalinis, margine costali iiifuscato. 



The yellow fascia on abilomiual tcrgite 2 Is near the base 

 of the segment. 



Clypeus subtiiangular, truncate ; head as broad as thorax 

 at teguljB; mesonotal furrows arcuate, widening and apj)roxi- 

 mating posteriorly ; scutellum prominent, subquadrate, 

 covering postscutellum ; median segment truncate, lateral 

 angles subtuberculate. Abdomen with the tirst segment 

 considerably narrower than the second ; a deep constriction is 

 visible from a hiteral view. Whole insect covered with 

 long fulvous pubescence, least noticeable on abdominal seg- 

 ments 2 and 3. Punctured, head (except clypeus), thorax, 

 and first abdominal segment coarsely, the punctures on 

 mesonotum running into striae ; clypeus and abdominal seg- 

 ments 2-7 finely. 



Length 1^ mm. 



Hah. Cairns, N. Queensland (F. P. Dodd) ; I <$ . 



This species comes nearest to P. dcceptor, Sm., of which 

 species the unique type is a female, but lias the markings 

 yellow, not reddish orange. The punctures on the mesonotutu 

 of P. deceptor do not run into striae. 



Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. viii. 50 



