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grooved line extending from the front ocellus to the base of the antennee. 

 The thorax, except sutures anteriorly and in and along the parapsidal 

 furrows, and the scutellum, which are reddish, is black ; the surface is 

 smooth, but still sparsely microscopically punctate ; the metathorax is 

 somewhat rugoso-punctate, with slight indications of irregularly formed 

 carinae at base and laterally. Wings hyaline, the stigma and veins black 

 or mostly black, the costal vein within towards base and the median and 

 submedian veins in both wings are more or less testaceous basally. 

 Abdomen a little shorter than the head and thorax united, sessile, but 

 narrowed towards base, the surface, except the first segment, which is 

 roughened and striate at basal two-thirds, is smooth and polished ; the 

 first and second segments are long, nearly equal in length, the second 

 being somewhat the longer ; the third, fourth and fifth segments are short, 

 nearly equal in length, but all united shorter than the first ; the following 

 segments are more or less retracted ; ovipositor hardly as long as the 

 abdomen, the sheaths black. 



Hab. — Chatham Islands. 

 Described from 2 $ specimens. 



(5) Schaninslandia alfkenli n. sp 



(^. — Length about 4 mm. Head, the thorax, except the pronotum at 

 the sides, and the abdomen black ; mandibles rufous, with black teeth ; 

 palpi white ; first joint of antenuc'e, the tegulae, and the legs, except the 

 hind tibiae outwardly at base and apex and the hind tarsi, brownish yel- 

 low ; hind tibiae outwardly at base and apex and their tarsi dark fuscous, 

 almost black. The head and the thorax are sparsely punctate ; the tneso- 

 notum is rugosely punctate in the depression at termination of the parap- 

 sidal furrows ; the scutellum has a crenate furrow across the base, while 

 the metathorax is distinctly and rather closely punctate, but without even 

 traces of carinae. Wings hyaline. 



Hab. — Chatham Islands. 

 Described from i % specimen. 



(6) Schaninslandia pallidipes n. sp. 



9 .—Length about 3.5 mm. Black and shining, but distinctly, although 

 somewhat sparsely punctate, the prothorax alone ferruginous or testa- 

 ceous ; tegulae and legs, except the last joint of the tarsi, uniformly pale 

 yellowish. The thorax is similar to that of .S". alfkenii, except the meso- 

 notum is sparsely, minutely punctate, without the rugoso|)unctate de- 

 pression posteriorly. Wings hyaline, the large triangular stigma and the 

 veins brown, not black ; otherwise as in alfkenii. Abdomen subpetio- 

 late, the first segment narrower than in ►S". feviorata and punctate for 

 four-fifths its length ; rest of abdomen smooth, shining, the second dor- 

 sal segment having a rufous tinge tcjwards base. The ovipositor in the 

 single specimen is exerted to more than the length of the abdomen, but 



