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duced abdomen. Resemhling Tetrastichus Haliday but the abdo- 

 men much longer. 



Type — The following species. 



1. Neomplialoides cinctiventris new species. 



Female — Length 3.75 mm. General color dark metallic green, 

 the propodeum brigliter, the mesotliorax with much bronze, the 

 abdomen darker, above at base with a broad orange band which 

 ventrad spreads further distad and involves the produced i)art of 

 the venter; legs wholly light lemon yellow as are also the ventral 

 lialf of the occiput and the face ventrad of the insertions of the 

 antennae; also the cheeks. Scape and pedicel brownish, the 

 former with more or less black dorsad; remainder of antenna 

 black. Tegulae and venation more or less lemon yellowish, the 

 wings hyaline. Proximal joint of antennal cluli only about two- 

 thirds the length of the distal funicle joint and about a fourtli 

 longer than the second club joint, the distal clu') joint very sliort, 

 terminating in a short, spur-like seta. Scape long, reaching to 

 the ocelli. Vertex yellowish along the eye margin, dorsal aspect. 



(From 2 specimens, 2-3-inch objective, 1-inch optic, Bausch and 

 Lomb.) 



Male — Unknown. 



Described from two female specimens received for study from 

 Mr. C. French, Jr., Acting Government Entomologist, Melbourne, 

 Victoria, lalielled "Parasitic on homopterus gall on Eucahqitus, 

 Cook's River, Sydney. " 



Habitat — Australia — Sydney, New South Wales. 



Types — No. Hy 1197, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above 

 specimens on tags (2 pins) plus a slide bearing a head. 



Tribe OMPHALINI 

 Selitrichodes new genus 



Female — Head rounded ovate, the antennae inserted distinctly 

 below the middle of the face, much below the ventral ends of the 

 eyes, eight-jointed-scape, pedicel, two ring-joints, three funicle 

 joints and a solid clul); scape somewhat swollen, the three funicle 



