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plane; pronotum arcuate; the scutum about a third wider than long; 

 the axillae nearly meeting medially ; the scutellum triangular, with apex 

 slightly rounded, but slightly elevated and convex, its sides abruptly de- 

 clivous ; propodeum short or transversely linear. Abdomen as long as 

 the thorax, triangular in dorsal view, acute at apex, with the dorsum 

 deeply concave, and the sides strongly compressed ; ovipositor issumg 

 from apex, the sheaths not visible, the fifth ventrite reaching to apex ; 

 the vibrissal plates situated at the basal fifth. 



Wings not long and rather wide ; the marginal cilia short, the discal 

 ciliation uniform and moderately thick ; speculum much narrowed above 

 and meeting the stigmal vein ; submarginal vein much thickened just 

 before its apex and very slender before the thickening; marginal vein a 

 trifle longer than thick, the stigmal somewhat more than twice as long 

 as the marginal and moderately enlarged at apex, the postmarginal taper- 

 ing and nearly as long as the marginal. Hind wings narrow, with the 

 costal cell absent. 



Legs slender, of moderate length, showing no particular peculiarities, 

 the middle tibiae longer than their femora, very slender at base and 

 moderately thickened at apex, the spur slender and almost as long as 

 the first joint of the tarsi; hind tibiae thicker than the middle pair, 

 tapering towards the base, the apical spur short and slender. 



Sculpture opaque and alutaceous on the frontovertex with very fine 

 scattered punctures ; very finely reticulate on the mesonotum, mesopleura 

 and abdomen with microscopic setiferous punctures on the former. Pu- 

 bescence fine and inconspicuous throughout. 



Male : Very similar to the female differing chiefly in the antennae 

 and abdomen. The former slightly longer and much less clavate ; the 

 pedicel but slightly longer than thick and a little shorter than the first 

 two funicle joints combined; flagellum but slightly increasing in thick- 

 ness towards apex with a very fine, minute pubescence as in the female ; 

 first four funicle joints as wide as the pedicel, as long as wide and equal 

 to each other throughout ; the next two joints increasing distinctly in 

 size but remaining very nearly quadrate ; club solid, ovate, acute at apex, 

 but slightly wider than the funicle and a little longer than the two pre- 

 ceding joints combined. Abdomen very small, not over one-half as long 

 as the thorax, much depressed and sub-triangular with the base and 

 sides equal, the basal corners and apex bluntly rounded. 



Grenotvpe: Pauridia peregrina n. sp. 



This genus is considerably like Blepyrus Howar^l (which i^; 

 not a Mirine but an Ectromatine genus) in general form and 

 appearance although qnite distinct in the structure of the head, 

 antennae and venation. In Ashmead's tables it runs to Ana- 

 gyrus Howard which, however, it does not closely resemble. 



