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or more the length of the stigmal, the postmarginal long, nearly 

 twice longer than the stigmal. Parapsidal furrows complete. 

 Ovipositor longer than the body. Scutellum flat. 



d . Not known. 



Type. — The following species. 



Idaenoides channingi, new sp. 



9 . Deep metallic blue-green, finely polygonally reticu- 

 lated ; wings hyaline ; scape and legs straw-yellow, the pedicel 

 brown ; valves of ovipositor and flagellum black. Scape long 

 and slender. Length, 1*65 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Cairns (A. M. Lea). 



Type. — I. 1336, South Australian Museum. Four speci- 

 m.ens on one card and a slide bearing head and antennae. 



Respectfully dedicated to William Ellery Channing, for 

 liis efforts directed against war. 



CLEONYMIN^. 



Aphotismus, new gen. 



9 . Agreeing with Photismus, Walker, but the abdomen 

 with a very short petiole, its body compressed appearing sub- 

 linear from dorsal aspect and large and round from lateral 

 aspect, the ovipositor hidden. Head from cephalic aspect sub- 

 rectangular, a little wdder than long, the antennae inserted 

 slightly above the ventral ends of the eyes, 13-jointed with one 

 ring-joint and a 3-jointed club. Pronotum transverse, parap- 

 sidal furrows complete, the scutellum simple, with a cross- 

 groove, the median carina weak, the spiracle small, round. 

 Marginal, stigmal, and postmarginal veins about equal, the 

 first and last a little longer, the forewing with a longitudinal, 

 subcrescentic, fuscous band extending from apex of submar- 

 ginal to apex of stigmal. Mandibles bidentate but the second 

 tooth broad, its apex concavely emarginate. Posterior femora 

 much swollen and with a large triangular tooth beneath near 

 apex whose distal margin is minutely serrulate; cephalic 

 femora also swollen but simple. Hind tibiae with two spurs. 



(S . The same. 



The shape of the abdomen is characteristic. 



Type. — The following species. 



Aphotismus niger, new sp. 



9 . Shining-black, the tibiae and tarsi lemon-yellow, also 

 the distal third of cephalic femora ; antennae concolorous, the 

 funicle-joints transverse, the first only twice the size of the 

 ring-joint, the others wider, all shorter than the pedicel ; 



