438 



gradually shortening, the seventh only a little longer than 

 wide, the eighth dusky, 8 and 9 a little wider than long, the 

 last joint not much longer than preceding. Length, 2'45 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns district. Described from two 

 females caught by sweeping in jungle, 1,200 ft., September 13, 

 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 5157, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide with type antennae 

 of Tricho'pria longiclava. 



AsHMEADOPEiA, Kieffcr. 



This genus does not seem to be distinct from Diapria, 

 Latreille. Kieffer's main determining character of Diapria is 

 "bord anterieur du grand tergite decoupe en angle et releve." 

 What this means exactly I cannot ascertain. Is it that the 

 anterior margin is itself ''decoupe en angle et releve," or that 

 the base of the abdomen in relation to the petiole is such ? 

 The character appears trivial, but at present I must accept 

 Kieffer's genus. On the other hand, Diapria and Ashniead- 

 opria run very close to Trichopria, Ashmead, and it is probable 

 that the two forms of the scutellum are intergraduate. 

 Ashmeadopria contains nearly sixty species from throughout 

 the world. 



Table of species. 



A. Antennae Avithoiit a distinct club; petiole 



without distinct pubescence lacviventris 



B. Antennae with an abrupt 3- or 4-jointed 



club; petiole with distinct pubescence. 



(1) Antennal club 4-jointed acuta 



(2) Antennal club S-jointed. 



(a J Scutellum depressed at base, with- 

 out a well-defined fovea at base ; 

 first club joint distinctly longer 

 than wide j>(//c/i//f/(o/aa3 



(h) Scutellum with a distinct well- 

 defined fovea at base ; first club 

 joint no longer than wide ... ruhrithorox 



Ashmeadopria rubrithorax, n. sp. 



9 • Head and abdomen black ; thorax and petiole bright 

 chestnut-red, the legs and antennae golden-yellow, the club 

 black. Head globular, normal ; eyes not large. Thorax a 

 little convex dorsad ; scutum smooth ; scutellum with one large 

 fovea at base, with a delicate median carina for caudal half.; 

 metanotum with a blunt raised scale at base. Petiole nearly 

 twice as long as wide, densely pubescent : body of abdomen 

 slender, pointed conic-ovate but not produced, without impres- 

 sions at base, the second segment occupying fully three-fourths 



