THE INSECTS OF MACQUARIE ISLAND—TILLYARD—BRUES—LEA. 17 
A few specimens of a small wingless species of this family were present in the 
Collection, in tube No. C. 2*, to which was attached the following Collector’s note :— 
“Small carib-like (sic) beetle, found under stones near sea-coast and in sites of Penguin 
rookeries. North End, Macquarie Island. 16.8.12, In 70 per cent. alcohol.” 
Some of these tiny insects were sent by me to Professor W. M. Wheeler of Harvard 
University, who handed them over to his colleague Professor C. T. Brues. The latter 
determined them as belonging to a new wingless genus of Diapriidw, which he has 
called Antarctopria n.g., the species being described under the name Antarctopria 
latigaster n. sp. The descriptions of both genus and species are given in Appendix A. 
Genus: ANTARCTOPRIA n.g. Brues. 
ANTARCTOPRIA LATIGASTER n.sp. Brues. 
(Text-figs. 9, 10, and 22.) 
(Description of genus and species in Appendix A, pp. 27, 28.) 
Ty pes.—Holotype in Australian Museum, Sydney, in tube No. Co. 2. Para- 
types also placed in tube No. Co. 2 at bottom, separated from type by.a strong plug 
of cotton wool. Other paratypes in Coll. Bussey Institute, Forest Hills, Mass., U.S.A., 
and in Coll, Tillyard. 
The following additional notes on this species are of interest :— 
The antennal comb, which, as Professor Brues informs me, has not been used for 
taxonomic purposes in this family, is of very interesting structure. I have shown it 
a. b. 
Fig. 9.—Antarctopria latigaster n.sp. Brues, Female, 
(a) Fore leg, showing antennal comb (x 108). (b) Antenna. (x 52.) 
* It is clear, I think, that the letters accompanying the numerals on the tube-labels were originally intended to 
indicate the Orders of Insects contained inside; thus C =: Collembola, Co = Coleoptera. But the Diptera and Lepidoptera 
are also placed in tubes marked Co,, as well as this little Hymenopteron, which the collector mistook for a Carabid.—R.J.T. 
*66922—C 
