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joints subquadrate and subequal, each about half the size of the 

 ]iedicel, the okib long-ovate, about equal to the scape, slightly 

 longer than the funicle. Parapsidal furrows distinct, complete; 

 scutellum with a narrow longitudinal groove on each side of the 

 meson ; abdomen equal to the length of the head and thorax com- 

 bined, ovate, depressed, the ovipositor barely projecting beyond 

 its tip. Wings ample, normally ciliate, the marginal fringes 

 short, the marginal vein long, a fourth longer than the sulimar- 

 ginal, the postmarginal a mere spur-like projection beyond the 

 origin of the stigmal which is distinct, with a neck and uncus. 

 Tarsi four-jointed, the tibial spurs single. Mandibles dentate. 



Male — Not known. 



Type — The following species. 



1. Selitrichodes fasciativentris new species 



Female — Length, 1.20 mm. 



Lemon yellow, the abdomen dorsad with two transverse black 

 stripes across it, both bands interrupted at the meson; a third 

 stripe indicated proximad (across the base) by a black spot at 

 the edge on each side ; the two stripes are across the distal half 

 of the proximal half of the abdomen. Legs, antennae and vena- 

 tion (more pallid) concolorous, the wings hyaline. A more or 

 less obscure dusky spot near the tegula. Eyes and ocelli red. 



(From four specimens, the same magnification). 



Male — Not known. 



Described from four females remounted on a slide in xylol- 

 balsam from a card, received from the Acting Government Ento- 

 mologist of Victoria and labelled ' ' Chalcids parasitic on unknown 

 galls on Eucalyptus, N. S. W." 



Habitat — Australia, New South Wales. 



Types — The above females on a single slide. No. Hy 1198, 

 Queensland Museum. Brisbane. 



