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HOPLOGRYON PULCHRITHORAX, Sp. nOV. 



9 . Like rufithorax, Dodd, but the posterior third of 

 the mesonotum is bright-yellow; only the base of the second 

 abdominal segment is striate ; the third segment is smooth, 

 and the antennal- joints are somewhat different. In rufithorax 

 the pedicel is slightly longer than wide, the first funicle- joint 

 as wide and slightly longer than pedicel, one-half longer than 

 wide, second slightly shorter and narrower than first; in this 

 species the pedicel is nearly twice as long as wide, first funicle- 

 joint as wide and a little longer than pedicel, fully twice as 

 long as wide, second slightly shorter, but no narrower. 

 Length, 1*25 mm. 



Hah. — North Queensland: Kuranda. Described from one 

 female caught by sweeping in heart of jungle, September 12, 

 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 1994, South Australian Museum. A female on 

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



punctata, Dodd 



varicornis, Dodd 

 bicolor, Dodd 



Table of the Australian Species of Hoplogryon, Ashmead. 



I. First abdominal segment as long as 

 wide, or scarcely wider than long. 



A. Females. Thorax wholly black. 



(1) First abdominal segment black ; 



antennal scape alone yellow 



(2) First abdominal segment ferru- 



ginous; antennal scape and 

 pedicel black, next five joints 

 golden-yellow 



B. Male. Thorax bright reddish- 



brown, the centre of the meso- 

 notum and scutellum black 

 II. First abdominal segment much 

 wider than long. Females. 



A. Mesonotum and scutellum reticu- 



lately rugulose. 



(1) Mesonotum and scutellum black ; 



rest of thorax dark reddish- 

 brown ; proximal half of third 

 abdominal segment striate ... 



(2) Thorax bright reddish-brown; 



mesonotum and scutellum 

 darker, but not black ; third 

 abdominal segment with longi- 

 tudinal punctuation 



(3) Third abdominal segment 



smooth, colour much as in 

 rufithorax 



B. Mesonotum finely polygonally 



sculptured. 

 (1) Dusky-black ; the first abdominal 

 segment reddish ; antennae 

 wholly black 



rugulosa, Dodd 



rufithorax, Dodd 

 pulchrithorax, Dodd 



sordida, Dodd 



