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with a few scattered punctures: scutum without depressions,, 

 the parapsidal furrows one-third complete from caudad, as 

 deep grooves : foveae at base of scutellum circular, the lateral 

 pair much longer ; metanotum without a scale at base. Petiole 

 fullv twice as long as wide, with several carinae dorsad : bodv 



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of abdomen long-ellipsoidal, thrice as long as greatest width, 

 the second segment occupying fully three-fourths of surface. 

 Forewings long and broad ; a little infuscate : marginal vein 

 barely twice as long as wide, the basal rather delicate. Pedicel 

 one-half longer than wide, the funicle joints scarcely narrower, 

 first twice as long as wide, the fifth a little wider than long, 

 slightly widened : club 6- jointed, joints 1-5 distinctly wider 

 than long, the last joint no longer than preceding. Lengthy 

 2-90 mm. 



Ilah. — Queensland: Cairns district. Described from 

 several females caught by sweeping in coastal jungles. 



Type. — I. 5135, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, forewings and antennae on a slide. 



HOPLOPRIELLA SIMULANS, n. Sp. 



9 . Very similar to concolorirnrnh, but the tegulae are 

 black : the parapsidal furrows are deep and complete ; the- 

 petiole is barely one-half longer than wide : body of abdomen 

 not long, about twice as long as greatest width, the second 

 segment occupying a little more than two-thirds of surface r 

 marginal vein not one-half longer than width at base ; apical 

 antennal joint rather long, distinctly longer than the preced- 

 ino;. Lenoth, 2*30 mm. 



77 <://>.— Queensland : Cairns district. Described from one 

 female caught bv sweeping in jungle, 1,200 ft., April 3, 1915- 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



Tyj)e. — I, 5136, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



HOPLOPRIELLA TRICARINATA, n. Sp. 



9 . Black, the tegulae and legs bright reddish-yellow,, 

 the femora dusky in centre: apical half of scape, and next 

 seven joints, bright-red. Head with scattered moderate-sized 

 punctures, also the scutum and scutellum : parapsidal furrows 

 deep and complete, the median lobe with a shallow depression 

 on either side of meson cephalad, reaching for half its length, 

 the lateral lobes plainly depressed : foveae at base of scutellum 

 large, oval, the lateral pair much longer: metanotum with a 

 raised triangular scale at base. Petiole over twice as long as 

 wide, with three strong carinae dorsad : body of abdomen 

 somewhat over twice as long as greatest width, the second 

 segment occupying almost all of surface. Forewings long an(J 



