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Hah. — Queensland: Cairns district. Two females, jungle, 

 August, 1915 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type — I. 5407, South Australian Museum. A female 

 on a tag, antennae and fore wings on a slide. 



Pantolytoidea bifoveata, n. sp. 



Q . Dull-black ; legs wholly bright reddish-yellow ; 

 antennal scape black, pedicel and funicle red, club black. 

 Head rather transverse, as in pseudoclavata . Scutellum at 

 base with two circular foveae. Petiole one-half longer than 

 wide, carinate, its sides straight or nearly so; body of 

 abdomen wider than thorax; about as long as head and 

 thorax united ; faintly depressed at extreme base, with a short 

 median carina and shorter lateral ones ; twice as long as its 

 greatest width : apical segment shorter than two preceding 

 united. Marginal vein quadrate or nearly so, somewhat 

 shorter than the stigmal. Pedicel one-half longer than wide, 

 the funicle joints narrower, first one-half longer than wide, 

 the others shortening, 5-7 distinctly wider than long : club 

 6-jointed, first joint narrower than others, 1-5 much wider 

 than long, the last joint as long as two preceding united. 

 Length, 2 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland. Cairns district, 1,200 feet. One 

 female, jungle, July, 1915 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 5408, South Australian Museum. A female 

 on a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



The two foveae at base of scutellum readily distinguish 

 the species. 



Family DIAPRIIDAE. 



Trichopria giraulti, n. sp. 

 Q . Brownish-black, the petiole, legs, and antennae 

 (except the club) reddish-yellow ; antennal club black. Head 

 normal, subglobose ; with a few scattered setae. Thorax 

 normal ; scutellum at base with one shallow fovea, without a 

 median carina ; metanotum with a subacute triangular raise'd 

 scale medially at base. Petiole one-half longer than wide, 

 carinate, and with distinct pubescence : body of abdomen 

 raised from petiole, stout, pointed conic-ovate, the second 

 segment fully twice as long as following united. Forewings 

 attaining apex of abdomen : moderately broad ; subhyaline ; 

 marginal cilia long, the longest equal to one-fourth greatest 

 wing width : venation terminating in a triangular marginal 

 vein at one-third wing length. Antennae 12-jointed; scape 

 slender: pedicel twice as long as wide, the funicle joints 

 somewhat narrower, the first thrice as long as wide, 2-5 

 almost subequal, about twice as long as wide ; club 5- jointed, 



