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small. Thorax dorsad convex ; scutum and scutellum smooth, 

 shining ; parapsidal furrows wanting ; scutellum with one 

 large fovea at base ; metanotum with a raised triangular scale 

 medially at base. Petiole striate, barely twice as long as wide, 

 with scattered pubescence ; body of abdomen raised from 

 petiole, without impressions at base ; gently convex dorsad and 

 ventrad; conic-ovate, pointed at apex; second segment 

 occupying three-fourths of surface. Forewings attaining apex 

 of abdomen ; broad ; sub-hyaline ; marginal cilia rather long : 

 venation terminating at basal third in a triangular marginal, 

 vein: basal vein not indicated. Antennae 12-jointed ; scape 

 slender; pedicel nearly twice as long as wide; funicle joints 

 narrower than pedicel, the first almost thrice as long as wide, 

 2-5 subequal, each a little shorter than first; club gradual, 

 5-jointed, first joint narrower than others, somewhat longer 

 than wide, 2-4 slightly wider than long ; flagellum with short 

 hairs. Length, r-80-2-20 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Bribie Island; New South Wales: 

 Tweed River. Described from one female received from 

 Queensland Museum, and labelled, ''Bribie Island, Moreton 

 Bay, November 3, 1913, H. Hacker" ; and one female taken 

 on foliage of jungle plants, Tweed River, May 13, 1914 (A. P. 

 Dodd). The Queensland specimen is the larger. 



Ti/pe. — I. 5153, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



Trichopria atricorpus, n. sp. 



9 • Black, the antennae concolorous; legs golden-yellow, 

 the hind coxae, all femora, and apical third of hind tibiae 

 dusky. Very similar to nigiicorpus in structure: metanotum 

 with an obscure raised scale at base ; petiole one-third longer 

 than wide ; marginal vein no longer than greatest width. 

 Pedicel one-half longer than greatest width, the first funicle 

 joint only slightly narrower, twice as long as gi'eatest width, 

 2-4 subequal, each little shorter than first, next six joints 

 slightly gradually widening, not forming a distinct club, the 

 joints more or less oval, all longer than wide, the penultimate 

 somewhat larger than preceding. Length, 1*60 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns district. Described from two 

 females caught by sweeping in jungle, April 3, 1915 (A. P. 

 Dodd). 



Type. — I. 5154, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



Trichopria acuminata, n. sp. 

 9 . Chestnut-red, the abdomen suffused with black ; legs 

 golden-yellow, antennae red, the penultimate joint fuscous. 



