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Hab.— Queensland: Yungaburra, 2,500 ft. Described 

 from one female caught by sweeping in jungle, May 10, 1915 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type.—l. 5144, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



Neopria sordida, n. sp. 



9 . Dull-black, the thorax dull chestnut-brown, also 

 abdominal petiole, the scutum and scutellum dull-black; legs 

 wholly golden-yellow; antennae wholly fuscous. Similar to 

 trifoveata, but pedicel shorter, only a little longer than greatest 

 width ; marginal vein somewhat shorter ; forewings somewhat 

 fuscous, more especially around venation ; thorax rather 

 stouter ; foveae on either side of median one at base of 

 scutellum, not half as large as median one (nearly as large in 

 trifoveata). Length, 1"40 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland : Cairns district. Described from two 

 females caught by sweeping in jungle, 1,200 ft., April 6, 1915 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type.—l. 5145, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



AciDOPRiA, Kieffer. 



This genus was erected by Kieffer in 1913, and contains 

 four species from the Philippines. The species described below 

 comes nearest to monachanta, in that the frons is armed with 

 one thorn only. 



ACIDOPRIA UNIDENTATA, n. Sp. 



9 . Black ; thorax very dark-red ; legs bright orange- 

 yellow, also the antennae, the club black. Head, viewed from 

 above, wider than long ; frons with a single small spine or 

 thorn between the median ocellus and the antennae ; antenna! 

 prominence distinct. Scutum smooth, shining ; without parap- 

 sidal furrows, but with shallow depressions in their stead; 

 scutellum with a single large shallow fovea at base; meta- 

 notum with a raised triangular tooth or scale at base, its 

 caudo-lateral angles acute. Petiole twice as long as wide, with 

 three obtuse carinae dorsad, the body of the abdomen distinctly 

 raised from it, ellipsoidal, no longer than the thorax, rounded 

 behind. Forewings ample: very broad; faintly infuscate; 

 venation terminating slightly beyond basal third : marginal 

 vein triangular, no longer than its sfreatest width ; basal vein 

 faintly indicated. Antennae 12- jointed ; scape squarely cut 

 off at apex, with a small projection at either lateral corner : 

 pedicel two-thirds longer than wide, the first funicle joint 

 narrower, one-half longer than wide ; 2-7 shortening, the 



