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tridentate ; propodeum very short, transverse but medially 

 produced broadly beyond the insertion of the hind coxae, as in 

 Lelaps; abdomen short, ovate, its petiole short and stout, the 

 second segment occupying three-fourths of the surface, the 

 ovipositor strong, exserted for over half the length of the 

 abdomen ; posterior femora swollen from both sides ; wings 

 fasciate, the marginal vein a little over twice the length of the 

 stigmal, which is a third longer than the postmarginal. No 

 carinas on metathorax. Club large, ovate, the funicle- joints 

 ^ider than long. 



<S . Unknown. 



Type. — The following species. 



ASAPHOMORPHELLA ROUSSEAUI, new sp. 



9 . Honey-yellow, the distal two-thirds of abdomen and 

 middle of posterior tibiae dusky or fuscous ; scape concolorous, 

 the flagellum dark, the club black. Forewing with a large sub- 

 spherical smoky area across it from the stigmal vein and a 

 transverse smoky stripe at the bend of the submarginal vein, 

 where there is also a dense clump of black bristles ; space 

 between the two stripes nonciliate or nearly. Club subequal 

 to the combined lengths of the three preceding joints. Length, 

 1"70 mm. 



Hah. — South Australia: Port Lincoln (A. M. Lea). 



Type. — I. 1342, South Australian Museum. One specimen 

 on a slide. 



Respectfully dedicated to Jean Jacques Rosseau for his 

 extract from the ''Project of Perpetual Peace," by the Abbe 

 Saint-Pierre. 



SPHEGIGASTERINI. 

 EuRYDiNOTELLA, ncw gen. 



9 . Like Eurydinota, Foerster, but the antennae with 

 three ring- joints, the joints of the funicle all longer than wide, 

 the second longest, the first somewhat shorter than the pedicel. 

 Propodeum without a median carina, with a distinct neck and 

 lateral carinae. Mandibles 3- and 4-dentate. Abdomen with 

 the caudal margin of the second segment straight, that segment 

 occupying over a third of the surface and subequal to the 

 long third segment. Head and thorax densely punctate, in- 

 cluding the propodeum, which is moderately broad. Postmar- 

 ginal vein slightly longer than the stigmal. Wings hyaline. 

 Parapsidal furrows nearly half complete. Petiole of abdomen 

 nearly as long as the posterior coxae. 



d . Not known. 



Type. — The species described herewith. 



