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ang-les of the thorax. Abdomen with a series of short longi- 

 tudinal costae or wrinkles at the base, and pubescent at the sides 

 near these, the four apical segments with short grey pubescence, 

 the large segment preceding them being smooth and glal)rous. 

 Length ig mm. (PI. XI, fig. i and 4.) 



Hab : Queensland ; common. From one batch of eggs, Koe 

 bele (No. 2293) bred 48 parasites and 7 young hoppers. As in 

 the other species, only one parasite emerges from each egg. 



Apliajionicnis nigcr, sp. nov. 



Black, the legs and antennae for the most paft yellow or ferru- 

 ginous, the club of the laltter infuscate in the female, the tip of 

 the abdomen ferruginous, as well as the apical margins, very 

 narrowly, of the second and following segments. 



Thorax dull, appearing coriaceous from the dense minute 

 sculpture, consisting of fine punctures and rugulosity of the sur- 

 face, and clo>thed with very fine gray pubescence. Abdomen at 

 the base with the usual row of costae and externally to these 

 pubescent, and with very delicate microscopic rugulosity, the 

 second segment smooith, shining and glabrous, the terminal ones 

 slightly pubescent. Length I5 mm. 



Hab : TUmdaberg, Queensland ; male and female bred from 

 eggs of a Fulgorid on Melaleuca by Mr. Koebele. The speci- 

 mens are unnumbered and the eggs are those of a species of 

 Plafybraehys or some allied form. 



ApJiaiioments rufescens, sp. nov. 



Black, the abdomen ferruginous except at the apex and on 

 the lateral margins, which are more or less dark ; antennae and 

 legs testaceous or yellowish, the club of the former more or less 

 dark in the female, while in the male the dark color of the abdo- 

 men is extended further towards the base. 



Head, and thorax above, subopaque or at least not very shin- 

 ing, with microscopic sculpiture, and clothed with fine gray pube- 

 scence, the pleura for the most part smooth and much more 

 shining, the propodeum about the insertion of the abdomen 

 more or less pale colored, or piceous. Abdomen with longitu- 

 dinal cositae at the base and pubescent on either side of these ; 

 the following great segment glabrous and impunctate. Length 

 ^ mm. (Plate XI, fig. 6.) 



Hab :Cairns, Queensland ; bred from egg-masses of Fulgorids. 



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