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either latero-posterior angle; scutum with complete parapsidal 

 furrows, without a median carina; scutellum with deep lateral 

 grooves, approaching each other at base, widely apart 

 posteriorly; propodeum long, with a distinct median carina 

 and no others, the spiracle large, just mesad of which is a 

 short sulcus. Forewings ample; hyaline; submarginal vein 

 unbroken, the marginal and postmarginal veins very long, 

 the former much the longer. Antennae inserted on a level 

 with ventral end of eyes ; 9-jointed, with two ring joints 

 and a solid club; ring joints short; pedicel one-half as long 

 as .funicle 1, which is distinctly longer than the others, all 

 longer than wide : club no longer than funicle 1. 



Hab. — Queensland : Cairns district (one female on leaves 

 of sugarcane, March, 1915, A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — A female on a tag, head and antennae on a slide. 



Closely related to malandaensis , Girault, and variegata, 

 Girault ; differing from the former in details of colour of the 

 thorax and the broad band near base of abdomen, from the 

 latter in having the propodeum wholly black ; also apparently 

 differing from both those species in having the legs 

 varicoloured. 



