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gradually from the base until lost in the margin of wing; hind femora a little 

 thickened; hind tibiae with one spur; apical joint of hind tarsi as long as the 

 metatarsus; tarsal joints 2 and 3 subequal and shorter than the others; claws 

 very short, blunt at apex; pulvilli large; abdomen not longer than the thorax, 

 subspherical, not at all pointed at apex, the ovipositor not exserted. Black, 

 faintly tinged with purplish on the thorax; antenna] club grayish; anterior tibiae- 

 pale in front, black behind; middle and hind tarsi pale except the apical joint 

 which is dark; rest of the legs concolorous with the body; wings mostly hyaline 

 but a faint duskiness behind the marginal vein; venation grayish black. 

 Male. Unknown. 



Type locality. Wellington, New Zealand. 



Type. Cat. No. 24372, U. S. Nat. Mus. 



Described from twenty-nine females received from David 

 Miller and reared by him from galls on Eucalyptus globulus. 

 According to the collector "There is no doubt that the galls are 

 the work of the Chalcid itself and the pest has now become 

 extremely widespread and serious. " Mr. Miller does not 

 indicate on what part of the plant the galls occur. 



Family EURYTOMIDAE. 



Tribe HARMOLITINI. 



Harmolita phyllotachitis, new species. 



(PI. 7, Fig. 2, 2a.) 



This species runs straight in Ashmead's Classification to the 

 genus Harmolita (=Isosoma) but does not fall wholly within 

 that genus as restricted by Phillips and Emery 1 on account of 

 the partly umbilicate punctuation of the thorax. The abdom- 

 inal petiole is also unusually prominent for members of this 

 genus and the antennal funicle is apparently 6-jointed instead 

 of 5-jointed as in typical Harmolita. The agreement in other 

 characters is so close, however, and the habits apparently so 

 similar that it does not seem advisable at this time to erect a 

 new genus for it, especially in view of the fact that differ- 

 ences pointed out are purely relative ones which would probably 

 break down as other species are discovered. 



Female. Length 5.5 mm. An elongate rather slender species. Head 

 broader than thorax, convex in front, concave behind, strongly rugulose-punc- 

 tate but without distinct umbilicate punctures, a narrow median area below 

 antennae and a space below the eye nearly smooth, the area surrounding ocelli 

 more finely sculptured than the face; occiput immargined, ocelli in a low 

 triangle, postocellar and ocellocular lines subequal; viewed from in front the 

 head is slightly broader than long, subcircular in outline; malar space subequal 

 in length to the height of eye; antennal depression moderately deep and 

 rather narrow; antennae 11-jointed, the flagellum scarcely at all clavate; pedicel 



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