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stiff black hair. Centre of vertex bordered by wide and deep 
furrows, in front by a narrow oblique one; the front is deeply 
depressed, narrowly above, widely below. Apex of clypeus 
transverse. Labrum large, rounded in front. Mandibles pale 
yellow, rufous at the apex. The apical segments of the ab- 
domen are narrowly edged with black at the apex; they are 
darker coloured than the basal and have a faint but distinct, 
violaceous tint. Legs covered with white hair; the apex of 
the hinder tibiz black. 
Selandria iridipennis, sp. nov. 
Dark blue, the labrum, the coxx, trochanters and the base 
of the tibie broadly white; the front wings fuscous, with a 
violaceous tint and highly iridescent; the stigma and nervures 
black ; the hinder wings clear hyaline, 2 and ¢. 
Length 9 mm. 
Hab. Kuching. | 
Antenne thickly covered with stiff black hair. Front and 
vertex closely and distinctly punctured, the vertex not raised ; 
the lateral furrows shallow, indistinct; on the centre of the 
front is a large wide fovea almost transverse in front, rounded 
behind, and having a smaller round fovea on either side. 
Clypeus closely and distinctly punctured. Labrum smooth. 
Base of mandibles closely punctured. Legs thickly covered 
with white hair; the claws bifid. ‘The Ist transverse cubital 
nervure is widely interrupted in the middle. 
CYNIPID®. 
Mesocynips, gen. Nov. 
Abdomen sessile, large, ovate, its middle as wide as the 
thorax, its basal 4 seyments of equal width, the apical 2 longer. 
Antenr 2 stout, 13-jointed; they are placed near the top of the 
head. Eyes ovate, widely separated from the base of the 
mandibles, the malar space being longer than their length. 
Clypeus depressed, separated from the face, obliquely narrowed 
towards the apex, which is transverse. Mandibles stout, broad, 
bidentate, the teeth broadly rounded. Vertex stoutly, longi- 
R. A. Soc., No. 39, 1903. 
