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LOXOTKOPA BICOLOR, n. Sp. 



9 . Head and abdomen black ; thorax deep chestnut-red, 

 the legs and funicle joints of antennae brighter reddish, the 

 pedicel nearly black, the club black. Head distinctly wider 

 than long (dorsal aspect) ; scutellum with one large, deep 

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

 over twice as long as wide, carinate ; non-pubescent, when 

 viewed from the side somewhat convex dorsad ; body of 

 abdomen not long, broadly rounded caudad, the second 

 segment occupying almost all of surface. All femora distinctly 

 swollen. Pedicel one-half longer than wide, the funicle joints 

 -somewhat narrower, the first twice as long as wide, the second 

 a third longer than wide, the seventh very transverse ; first 

 -club joint as long as wide, a little longer than second. Length, 

 2 '45 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland : Cairns district. Described from one 

 iemale caught by sweeping in jungle, 1,200 ft., April 5, 1915 

 <A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 5152, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



Trichopria, Ashmead. 

 Under this heading Kieffer has placed 100 species, so 

 that the genus is a large one. Only five Australian species 

 have been found. 



Table of species. 



A. Colour of body wholly black; legs more or 



less dusky, the antennae mostly so. 



(1) Petiole of abdomen one-third longer 



than wide ; antenn-ae without a club, 

 the penultimate joint somewhat wider 

 than preceding atricorpus 



(2) Petiole of abdomen about twice as long 



as wide ; antennae with an ill-defined 

 club of 4 or 5 joints, the penultimate 

 joint no wider than preceding nigricorpus 



B. Colour of body mostly chestnut; legs wholly 



clear yellowish, the antennae mostly so. 



(1) Scutellum with two foveae at base ... affinis 



(2) Scutellum with one fovea at base. 



Apical antennal joint a little longer 



than preceding acuminata 



Apical antennal joint twice as long 



as preceding longiclava 



Trichopria nigricorpus, n. sp. 



9 . Black ; coxae golden-yellow, also the tarsi ; the 



femora and tibiae dusky ; antennal scape yellow, dusky at 



apex, the funicle joints suffused dusky, the club black. Head 



transverse-quadrate (dorsal aspect) ; eyes rather small ; ocelli 



