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Distinguished by the 11-jointed antennae and the five^ 

 foveae at base of scutellum ; related to Xeopria, Dodd. Type. 

 — The following species. 



POLYDIAPRIA ATRICEPS, n. Sp. 



9. Bright-reddish or chestnut-brown, the head black;: 

 legs golden-yellow: scape red, the pedicel and funicle joints- 

 suff used-red, the club black. Forewings long and broad : a 

 little infuscat€. Pedicel one-half longer than wide, the first 

 funicle joint narrower, one-half longer than wide ; 2-6 shorten- 

 ing, the sixth very transverse, somewhat widened ; club joints- 

 very much wider than funicle, 1 and 2 wider than long. 

 Length, I'TS mm. 



Hab. — Queensland : Cairns district. Described from 

 three females caught by sweeping in jungle, April, 1915 (A. P. 

 Dodd). Later a female was captured in jungle, Yungaburra,, 

 2,500 ft.. May 10, 1915. 



Type. — I. 5141, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



This species bears a very decided resemblance to y eopricv 

 trifoveata, Dodd. 



SOLENOPSIELLA, n. g. 



9 . Differs from Solenopsia, Wasmann, in having the- 

 head lengthened, from dorsal as}>ect somewhat longer than 

 wdde : the petiole is without a hump or excision as in the 

 FormicaricJae : and the antennal club is 3-jointed. Type.-^ 

 The following species. 



SOLENOPSIELLA DISTINCTA, n. Sp. 



9 . Head and abdomen black, the thorax bright-reddish 

 or chestnut-brown : legs and antennae (except the club, which 

 is black) golden-yellow. Head, viewed from above, somewhat 

 longer than wide, with scattered long setae ; eyes rather small,, 

 smaller than their distance from the occipital margin ; ocelli 

 small, close together: antennal prominence very distinct. 

 Thorax slightly narrower than the head, its dorsal surface- 

 almost flat : smooth, with a few^ long scattered setae : scutum 

 as long as greatest width ; scutellum distinctly wider than long,, 

 with one large fovea at base, without a median carina: meta- 

 notum of moderate length, its posterior margin concave, the 

 latero-caudal angles acute. Body of abdomen oval, a little 

 longer and distinctly wider than the thorax : gently convex 

 above and below ; broadly rounded behind : somewhat raised 

 from the petiole : second segment occupying almost all of 

 surface. Petiole stout, one-half longer than wide ; covered, 

 except caudad, with dense, whitish pubescence. Wings entirely 

 wanting. Antennae 11-jointed: scape long and slender; 



