ArSTHALIAX HYMEXOrrEltA CUALCIDOIDEA . I.—GIRAULT. 143 



iiiesou. Also the margiual vein is not disliuctly longer tlmu wide, only slightly so. Thorax 

 not seen nor hind wings. 



Habitat: C'ooktown, Queensland. .Tmigle. 



Typs: No. HySJ?". Queeiislrind Musmini. HvislninM. one female on a slide in fragments. 



5. NEOBRACHISTA NOVIFASCIATA new species. 

 A}itea. Hist suj jdenieiit. |>. 101. Length, 1 nun. Second stripe of abdoiiien a little 

 distad of middle, the first a little out from base. Funiele 1 nut ijuite half tlie length of 2 

 (in the genotype only a fourth the length). June. Type on a slide. 



Gexus XI::()ilK-\('HISTKLL.\ i.iirault. 



1. NEOBRACHISTELLA MAXIMA Ciirault. 

 One female, sweeping grass in forest, Luirdouvale (Cairns), Queensland, April 10, 1914. 

 ^^ holly blaek, the vertex orange yellow, the thorax scaly reticulate, the so-called third riug- 

 joint is twice the size of the others (as regards width) nearly but somewhat longer. Scape 

 short. Mandibles tridentate. The median groove of thorax is confirmed. 



CiENts i'KXTK<_i]:iIK[.l,A (iirault. 

 1. CENTROBIELLA MAGNA Girault. 



One male, forest, Gordonvale, Queensland. April 12, 1914. The antenna; and legs arc 

 dusky blaek; the curved line of cilia back from the stigmal vein includes about si.x setai. Fore 

 wings with about seventeen lines of regular discal cilia, the caudal wings with a j'air of 

 conspicuous lines cephalad and a very faint line caudad. 



Also one female, the same jjlace, May 4, 1914, by sweejiiug in the forest. It agrees with 

 the male. The ovipositor is extruded for half the length of the abdomen. Caudal wings with 

 three lines of discal cilia, the third faint. Thorax densely scaly-shagreened. Pedicel and chdj 

 dusky black. 



In this geiuis. apparently, the funicle is '_' Jointed as in Xi ohnii'liUU IJc. that is, the first 

 joint very short and more or less hidden. 



Gents (JLIGOSITA llaliday. 



1. OLIGOSITA SCURRA new species. 



Female: — Length. 0.7U mm. 



Differs from nmencaiia in having the funicle Joint distinctly longer than wide, the body 

 golden yellow, immaculate but the distal two club Joints Idack; the discal cilia visible (low 

 jiower) only near apex. Funicle Joint distinctly longer than club 1 which is not much longer 

 than wide, the middle club joint nearly twice its (the first's) length, longest of the flagellum, 

 the third joint a little shorter than the second. Pedicel a little shorter than the funicle. Fore 

 wings a little wider than their longest marginal cilia. Differs fruni adcni in having the funicle 

 longer than the proximal club joint, the proximal tarsal Joiuts Iniig and the club blackish on 

 more than the distal half. 



Male: — Not known. 



Described from one female captured by sw.'epiiig in forest. Sejitember Hi, 1913 (\. P. 

 Dodd). 



Habilat : Kuranda. Queensland. 



Type: No. Hi/Si-H, Queensland Muscimi. llii^biiue. the al)iive on a slide. 



2. OLIGOSITA AMERICANA AUSTRALIS new variety. 

 Oligosita amcricana CJirault, ayiten, I, pp. 76, Sl3. 

 Differs from amerieaiia in having the proximal tarsal Juint longer and more slender, the 



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