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Mv. S. A. Roliwor on some 



n number of ways and Joes not seem to be closely allied. 

 Tlie unusual sliort ovipositor and nintli tergite cause the 

 abdomen to be rounded, not tapering, apically, and gives 

 this new species a distinctive appearance. 



Female. — Length to end of abdomen 8 mm. ; anterior 

 margin of clypeus rounded, medianly depressed, but witli a 

 median protuberance, which at Hist sight gives the impression 

 that there is a small median tooth ; malar space about half" 

 as long as the width of mandibles at the base ; surface of 

 clvpeus with dorsad-ventrad stria? ; face and fionl; reticulate; 

 nii'ldle fovea small, indistiiict ; ocelli in a low triangle, the 

 postocellar line longer than the ocellar line ; vertex and 

 posterior orbits finely aciculate ; anteiniEe distinctly tapering 

 apicidl)', 18-jointcd, the third joint distinctly longer than 

 fourth but not as long as 4 plus 5 ; pedicellum not half as 

 long as third joint ; scape subequal in length with third 

 joint ; proscutum broad, w.ll defined by foveolate notanli, 

 but the median longitudinal furrow is feeble; surface of 

 scutum and prescutum reticulate, with a more sparsely s.ulp- 

 tured area at the anterior middle of prescutum and lateral 

 middle of scutum ; scutelium finely granular anteriorly, 

 smooth and shining posteriorly; sides of pronotum gianular, 

 but with many lony,itudinal raised lines in addition; anterior 

 part of mesepisternum reticulata, the posterior portion smooth, 

 polished ; abdomen finely granular, but the depressed apical 

 margins of the tergites are almost without sculpture ; ninth 

 tergite short, rounded api^-ally, giving the end of the abdomen 

 somewhat tlie same appearance as in Onjssus ; ovipositor 

 broad ; straight above, obtusely pointed apically and tapering 

 from a broad base, not extending much beyond the apical 

 margin of tergites; legs normal ; venation usual, the intra- 

 ladiiis joins the radius about one-fourth the length of the 

 intraradius from the end of the second cubital. Black ; 

 antennaj and legs ferruginous ; wings hyaline, with a faint 

 yellowish tinge ; venation pale brown, stigma daik brown; 

 mandibles and sheath piceous. 



Type-localify. Kuranda, N. Queensland, Australia. 



Described from a single female c<llected May 3-Juiie 2, 

 1913, by K. E. Turner at an altitude of 1100 ft. 



2'ype. British Museum (Natural Historj), 



ZEi>ARGiNJE, subfam. no v. 



Based on the genus Zenarge described below, and bL-longs 

 to the family Argidae, where it may be readily separated 

 Irom either of the subfamilies by the following key : — 



