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next five joints dark red-brown, the apical four pale honey- 

 yellow. Head, viewed from above, subquadrate, distinctly 

 wider than long ; eyes large, bare ; ocelli absent ; with numerous 

 small setigerous punctures. Thorax slightly narrower than 

 the head ; scutum and scutellum glabrous, with a very few 

 small scattered punctures ; parapsidal furrows wanting : 

 scutellum much wider than long, without foveae at bas€ ; 

 metanotum of moderate length. Petiole of abdomen as wide as 

 long ; body of abdomen oval, distinctly wider than thorax, with 

 a short median impression at base. Antennae 13- jointed ; scape 

 rather long and slender ; pedicel no longer than wide, the first 

 funicle joint slightly longer, the second much longer, nearly 

 twice as long as first, remaining joints (except the last) 

 moniliform, slightly incrassate, all a little wider than long. 

 Wings entirely wanting. Length, 1'70 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Mount Tambourine. One male, 

 labelled "Rotten leaves, A. M. Lea." 



Type. — I. 5111, South Australian Museum. A male on a 

 tag, antennae on a slide. 



Wingless male forms are very rare among the Micro- 

 Hymenoptera. This species probably does not belong to 

 Faramesius, on account of its entire scutellum, but it agrees 

 very well otherwise with that genus. 



Paramesius angusticornis, n. sp. 



9- Thorax and petiole dull-brown, the head and 

 abdomen black ; legs golden-yellow ; antennae fuscous, the 

 scape more or less yellow. Form slender; head subglobose ; 

 scutum without parapsidal furrows ; scutellum with one large 

 fovea at base; metanotum with a raised medial scale. Petiole 

 thrice as long as wide; body of abdomen oval, the second 

 segment occupying almost all of surface, with a long median 

 impression at base. Forewings reaching beyond apex of 

 abdomen ; not very broad ; somewhat darkly infuscate ; 

 marginal cilia long ; venation terminating somewhat before 

 middle of wing ; marginal vein scarcely longer than the rather 

 long stigmal, the basal thick and distinct. Scape slender; 

 pedicel twice as long as wide ; the funicle joints narrower, the 

 first about thrice as long as wide, the sixth fully twice as long 

 as wide; club gradual, 5-jointed, first joint narrower than 

 others, 2-4 all somewhat longer than wide. Length, 1*50 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns district. Described from one 

 female caught by sweeping in coastal jungle, June 6, 1915 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 5112, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



