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in this respect. Wings in the female with the apical half fus- 

 cous, paler near the tip, and containing two white spots, opposite 

 one another, the upper placed just beyond the stigmal vein, 

 while there is a narrow transverse fuscous band before the mid- 

 dle of the wing, and a more or less evident longitudinal one, ex- 

 tending from near the base along the lower margin of the wing. 

 Head dull, green or purplish, and with large shallow punctures, 

 the lower parts of the face often more shining, the mouth-parts 

 pale. Thorax somewhat shining, distinctly but not brightly 

 metallic, clothed with short black hairs, with indefinite surface 

 sculpture, and excessively fine puncturation ; scutellum above 

 very dull, densely sculptured, the decurved apex smooth and 

 shining. Abdomen black, purplish at base. Length 2-5 mm. 

 HAB : Bundaberg, Queensland ; an internal parasite of a 

 common Jassid. Named for Dr. L. O. Howard, who, some 

 time since, published a very lucid paper on the Encyrtines with 

 branched antennae, and a most interesting account of the bio- 

 logy of the Chalcididae. Koebele's number for this species is 

 2322. 



Echthrodryiiuis gen. nov. 



Head much wider than the anterior part of mesonotum, itr. 

 outline subsemicircular ,the space between the great eyes very 

 narrow, not more (where narrowest) than half as wide as one 

 of these ; the posterior ocelli close to the eye-margins, and much 

 m.ore remote from the anterior one than from one another, the 

 face inflexed. Eyes clothed with very short pale hairs. Man- 

 dibles with two small, but distinct, and more or less acute teeth, 

 and an inner apical truncation with its angle sub-rectangular, 

 but not forming a distinct tooth. Antennae inserted near the 

 mouth, the scrobes elongate and convergent above, the scape 

 simple, the six funicle joints short, and not differing much in 

 length, but the apical ones wider than the basal ; the club with 

 three subequal joints, and as long as the three or four preceding 

 (joints of the funicle ; the pedicel elongate, as long, or longer 

 than, the two first joints of the funicle, but not much thickened. 

 Maxillary palpi short, the second and 'third joint extremely 

 short, the fourth distinctly longer than either of these. Face 

 between the anterior ocellus and the great facial impression 

 nearly smooth, but with some sparse and very faint punctures. 

 jV^esonotum finely punctured and somewhat shining, the scutel- 

 lum excessively densely sculptured except at apex, the axillae 

 meeting inwardly. Wings with a very short marginal fringe, 



