Vol. XXV] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 461 



A New Species of the Remarkable Hymenopterous 



Genus Smicromorpha with Correction 



of the Generic Description. 



By A. A. GIRAULT, Xelson (Cairns), Queensland, Australia. 



The genus Smicromorpha Girault is the type of a new tribe 

 in the family Chalcididae and was described from two broken 

 specimens. Lately, a pair of a second species were captured 

 from jungle in North Queensland, and these allowed the recog- 

 nition of the sexes which formerly had been identified by ana- 

 logical likenesses of the eyes to those of many male and female 

 Diptera. It turns out, however, that the analogical likeness 

 does not hold as may have been expected, since it is the female 

 with the large eyes and the male with normal ones. The orig- 

 inal description then should be corrected, the terms male and 

 female turned about. The two sexes are alike except that the 

 male has only /-jointed antennae, the club solid, the funicle 4- 

 jointed, no ring-joint, the antennae setiform as in the female. 

 But also, besides the much larger eyes in the female (resem- 

 bling those of many male Diptera), the abdomen is stouter 

 distad, the ovipositor distinct but not exserted. The mandi- 

 bles are alike in both sexes but very peculiar in shape, having 

 two teeth, the first long, acute, subfalcate, the second a half 

 shorter, rather broad, obtusely rounded at apex and separated 

 from the first by a long, narrow sinus. 



The second species of the genus is described herewith. 



Smicromorpha cadaverosa new species. 



9 . Length 5.00 mm. Like the type species, hut with a more distinct 

 pattern on the thorax (no pattern or practically none in the female 

 type species) : all of each parapside except margins, cephalic portion 

 of each axilla, cephalic half of scutum except along margins and 

 meson, caudal third of scutum except along meson and margins, form- 

 ing two elongated oblique spots, one on each side, and a minute dot 

 in the center of propodeum, dnrso-latcrad. dusky black ; the spot on 

 the fore wing is more distinct than in the type species. Otherwise, the 

 same. First funicle joint tapering from apex to base. 



$ . The same, but the hind coxae shorter and stouter, dusky black, 

 the dot on propodeum absent. (The dark reddish scutum described 

 for the male of the type species is no doubt due to fading and there 

 is no real pattern.) 



