INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 95 



serted distad of the middle of the abdomen. Middle tibial 

 spur nearly as long as the first two joints of the tarsi united. 



Seventeen females on a slide, "Fiorinia on Acacia. Parra- 

 matta, New South Wales, December 14, 1899, A. Koebele." 

 i Habitat: As just given. 



Type: Cat. No. 20671, U. S. Nat. Mus., the described spec- 

 imens. 



Cerchysius occidentalis, new species. 



Female. — Length, 1.50 mm., excluding the ovipositor. 

 Agrees with the description of oviductus but the fore wings 

 bear a small yellow stain against the stigmal vein ; of the 

 legs only the tarsi, knees very narrowly, tips of middle tibiae 

 (and of the valves of the ovipositor) are dull yellowish. 

 Axillae joined and with a minute carina between them. Mar- 

 ginal vein nearly twice longer than wide, subequal to the post- 

 marginal which is a third shorter than the stigmal ; about seven 

 lines of coarser cilia proximad of the hairless line. Funicle 2 

 a little wider than long, 6 distinctly so, twice wider than 1 

 and somewhat longer than it. Hind tibial spur single. 



Four females in the U. S. National Museum (G. Compere). 



Habitat: Perth, West Australia. 



Types: Cat. No. 20673, U. S. Nat. Mus., two of the above 

 on tags plus a slide bearing a head, a hind leg, and a fore wing. 

 Cotypes : Queensland Museum, two females on two tags. 



A male found later bore antennae like those of oviductus 

 male. Female vertex scaly, with several rows of fine punc- 

 tures on each side ; scrobes forming a semicircle. 



Cerchysius bellulus (Girault). 



Copidosoma australiensis Girault. 



Cerchysius australis (Girault). 

 Copidosoma australis Girault. 



Genus CHEILONEUROIDES Girault 



The genotype appears identical with that of Diversinervis. 

 Three females from Lecanium olece, Brisbane, Queensland, 

 April 2, 1900 (G. Compere). The abdomen was metallic 



