AUSTKALIAX HYlIEyOPTEEA CIIALCIDOIDEA. I.—GIEAULT. U7 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cuirus), QueenslanJ. 



Type: No. Ry2430, Queeusland Museum, Brisbaue, the specimen on a slide. 

 The female of subflant recorded elsewhere from Gordouvale, October 29. 1912 (window) 

 vas really this species. 



BRACHYGK.\MMAT1';LLA new genus. 



Female: — Allied with and similar to Brachy<ji-uiiiiiia Girault but the antenna) are S-joiuted 

 bearing two distinct ring- joints, the club rather long and conic-ovate. Also the scape is short, 

 the ovipositor much longer being inserted a little out from base, the antenuaj are inserted a 

 little dorsad of the ventral ends of the eyes, the marginal vein though broad or thick is thrice 

 longer than wide, the diseal eiliation of the fore wing is extraordinarily dense and tine, hence 

 normal, there is a short, stout hairless line on fore wing from (caudo-proximad) the end of 

 the minute stigmal vein and the caudal wings bear about seven lines of diseal cilia. The 

 marginal cilia of the fore wing are extraordinarily short and minute, barely visible. Thorax 

 apparently with a distinct median groove for its entire length. Tibial spurs single, absent on 

 cephalic legs. Caudal trochanters with a flattened or cumpiressed dorsal lobe. 



Male: — Not known. 



Type: The following species. 



1. BRACHYGRAMMATELLA NEBULOSA new species. 



Feinali : — Length, 0.70 mm. 



Sooty black, the vertex and scutellum orange yellow, the fore wings ratlier liglitly 

 infuscated out to apex of venation, the marginal vein black; infuscation of fore wing deeper 

 luider marginal vein and more or less across from apex of venation. Knees, tips of tibia? and 

 the tarsi sihery white, ("'olor of scape not seen. Fore wings with a more, or less clear oblique 

 (caudo-distad) hairless line from end of venation forming with the true hairless line a short 

 inverted Y. Marginal vein hispid. Hairless line of fore wing with about four sliort lines of 

 diseal cilia proxiniad of it, as coarse as the rest of the diseal cilia opposite the marginal vein, 

 tl;e main ]iart of the diseal eiliation much finer, none of it coarse or long. Hind femur 

 ciiinpressed, the tibial spvu's short. Fore wings oblately rounded at ajiex, shaped somewhat 

 as in Ufr-iis. Pedicel somewhat longer than wide at ajiex; funicle subqnadrate, somewhat 

 shorter than tlie jiedicel. both joints wider than long, the first a little shorter, the suture between 

 them oblique; club 1 longer than 2, longer than the pedicel. 2 conical, subequal to the pedicel, 

 without a terminal seta. Legs rather short. P'ore wings naked (or nearly) under submarginal 

 win. Mandibles with three minute teetli. I'audal marginal cilia of caudal wing distinctly 

 shorter than the width of those wings. Club about twice the length of the pedicel. 



Described from one female captured by sweeping grass in forest. April S. lOli. 



Hahital: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. HyS^'Sl, Queensland Museum. Brisbane, the specimen on a slide with type 

 of Lalhromerella imfasriafa Girault and several (ithcr i-lialcids. 



MIRUFENS new genus. 



Frmale: — Like Japania Girault but the ovipositor is inserted some distance out from 

 base; wings as in Vfeiis but the stigmal vein is distinctly much longer than the marginal. 

 Ceiihalio tibia armed outwardly (dorsad) with six snuili but distinct teeth-like projections 

 (placed from base to apex). Scutellum with a narrow but distinct median grooved line, a 

 similar line indicated at apex (caudad) of scutum. Mandibles 4-dentate. Caudal fenuir 

 somewhat swollen, the caudal tibia> serrulate dorsad. Scape much shorter than the club. 

 Jlarginal vein nearly thrice longer than wide. 



Male: — Not known. 



Type: The following species. 



