THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 427 



A NEW SPECIES OF ELASMID^ OF THE GENUS 

 EURYISCHIA HOWARD FROM AUSTRALIA, 

 AN D A N E W POD A GRIONELLA . 



HY A. A. GIRAULT, NELSON, N.Q., AUSTRALIA 



The following species has, in my own mind, served to confirm 

 the position of Euryischia Howard in the family Elasmidae. It 

 was captured with the sweeping net January 6th, 1913, from 

 foliage and grass along the Cape Riv^or, Caoeville, Pentland, 

 Queensland. 



Genus Euryischia Howard. 

 1. — Euryischia sumneri, new species. 



Female. — Length 2mm. 



Black-blue, the distal third or more of the fore wing distinctly 

 embrowned (from about distal fourth of marginal vein to the apex) ; 

 postmarginal vein somewhat longer than the long stigmal, and over 

 half the length of the marginal. Cephalic tibiae and tarsi brownish, 

 also the tegulae; caudal coxae normal for the family, but the caudal 

 femora enlarged and compressed. Scutellum finely alutaceous, the 

 scutum the same but clothed with dense, black, stifif bristles. 

 Antennae yellowish, club 3-jointed, funicle 3-jointed, the distal 

 joint wider than long; the first subquadrate, the club ovate, larger 

 than the funicle; no ring-joint. Both mandibles tridentate, the 

 inner tooth broad and truncate, shorter. Pedicel longer than any 

 of the funicle joints. Forewings proximad with several very long 

 bristles from the blade. Posterior tibial spurs white. 



(From one specimen, 2/^-inch objective, 1-inch optic, Bausch 

 and Lomb.) 



Male. — Not known. 



Habitat. — Australia — Capeville (Pentland), Queensland. 

 • Type. — In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above 

 specimen on a tag plus a slide bearing the head. 



Dedicated with much respect to Charles Sumner for his 

 orations on war. 



Genus Podagrionella Girault. 

 1. — Podagrionella pentland en sis, new species. 



Female. — Length 5.10 mm., exclusive of ovipositor. 



Very similar to the type of the genus, but the antennal club 

 darkens at tip, the flagellum reddish brown, the pedicel darker. 



December. 191.T 



