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13-jointed ; scape normal : last six joints forming an ill-defined 

 club. Parapsidal fuiTOws deep and distinct : lateral lobes of 

 scutum depressed, tlie median one smooth; scutellum with five 

 foveae at its base, the outer two large, circular, the inner 

 three elongate, narrow ; also there is a large oval fovea on 

 either side, and the caudal margii! is foveate ; metanotum with 

 a raised scale at base. Petiole nearly thrice as long as wide, 

 carinate ; body of abdomen not raised from it, with a short 

 impression at base, long-oval, gradually coming to a point 

 toward apex. Forewings ample; venation terminating about 

 middle of wing ; marginal vein about thrice as long as wide ; 

 stigmal vein very short; basal and median veins obsolete. 



The genus is distinguished by the number of foveae at 

 base of scutellum. Type. — The following species. 



Propentapria multifoveata, n. sp. 



9 . Black, the legs and tegulae blood-red ; antennae 

 black. Forewings somewhat infuscate ; long and broad. Head 

 and scutum with a few setigerous pin-punctures. Petiole with 

 four carinae dorsad. Pedicel and funicle joints narrowed at 

 base; pedicel twice as long as greatest width, the first funicle 

 joint as long and slightly narrower ; 2-5 shortening, the fifth 

 one-third longer than wide, club not plainly wider than funicle, 

 the first joint longer than wide, the fifth wider than long, last 

 joint twice as long as wide. Length, 3*10 mm. 



Kah. — Queensland : Kuranda. Described from one female 

 caught by sweeping in jungle, April 4, 1915 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 5139, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



Leaiopria, n. g. 



9 . Head transverse, the vertex and frons gently 

 rounded ; eyes moderate, situated rather low down on sides 

 of face ; ocelli present ; maxillary palpi not long and slender, 

 apparently abnormal, and consisting of not more than two 

 joints ; antennal prominence not conspicuous ; mandibles very 

 large, perpendicular, widely separated, when closed not meet- 

 ing, falcate, consisting of two teeth, the outer one long, the 

 inner one short. Thorax a little convex dorsad ; parapsidal 

 furrows complete, widely separated ; scutellum almost circular, 

 separated from the scutum by a deep groove ; metanotum 

 rugose, with a raised median carina. Tegulae large, the wings 

 represented merely by short bristles. Petiole very short, 

 transverse; body of abdomen raised from petiole, without 

 impressions at base ; convex above, scarcely so beneath ; com- 

 posed of several segments, the second occupying two-thirds of 



