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veins very short j second segment of abdomen occupying half of the surface, the eighth a third 
of its length and next longest, conical, the petiole stout, distinct, broad and wider than long. 
Propodeum with a pair of median carina) which gradually diverge distad, the lateral carinas 
also present, long and complete, the spiracle minute, round. Petiole with a sulcus on each side 
of meson. Propodeum with a short neck. 
Male : — Not known. 
Type: The following species. 
1. PEDIOBGMYIA DARWINI new species. 
Female: — Length, 1.65 mm. 
Black with a purplish tinge the wings hyaline; legs reddish brown, the coxeo concolorous 
with body, also the cephalic femur; scape yellowish brown, rest of antenna concolorous, the 
first fun id e joint subelongate, as long as the club, bevelled off at tip, the other two a little 
shorter than the pedicel. Thorax with raised polygonal reticulation except the smooth 
propodeum. Abdomen densely scaly. 
Prom one female captured by sweeping in a jungle pocket, August 31, 1913. Dedicated 
to Charles Darwin. 
Habitat: Nelson (Cairns), Queensland. 
Type: No .Hyl659, Queensland Museum, the above specimen on a tag, the head on a 
slide. 
PEDIOBOPSTS new genus. 
Female : — Like Eriglyptus Crawford but the ring- joint is present, the club 3- jointed, 
the funicle 2-jointed, the form like the Omphalini, the propodeum short, noncarinate. Parapsidal 
furrows entirely wanting, no trace of them. Abdomen sessile, stout, broad, a little longer 
than the thorax, the segments not very unequal, rather short. Scutellum simple. Stigmal vein 
moderate, not short nor sessile, longer than the short postmarginal. Reticulately punctate. 
Antennae inserted a little below the middle of the face. 
Male : — Not known. 
Type: The following species. 
1. PEDIOBOPSIS SPENCERI new species. 
Female: — Length, 1.30 mm. 
Dark purplish, opaque, the abdomen shining aeneous purplish, the wings hyaline ; legs and 
scape reddish brown but the coxae concolorous; rest of antenna subfuscous, both funicle joints 
subequal, distinctly longer than wide, slightly shorter than the pedicel; club joints longer 
than wide, the middle one longest, the third conical and terminating in a stout short spine. 
Scutellum large, with a finer sculpture than the scutum. Tarsi pale. 
Described from one female captured by sweeping in jungle, July 26, 1913. Dedicated to 
Herbert Spencer. 
Habitat: Meerawa (Cairns), Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 1660, Queensland Museum, the above specimen on a tag, an antenna on 
a slide. 
