Al'STVAlJJX UlMhWOJ'Thnj C II A I.C 1 1>< 1 1 D K A . W—GIHAl'L'r. WW 



Tiii'diaii cuiiti:!. its spir.'U-le larac ami ik'miIv riimnl. Alidniiu'ii sliiirt ami stout, no lon;,'oi- tiiaii 

 till' thorax, its socoml s.^gnient OPCii|iyiiiy lialf of tlic suifacr. Siaitrllinn loiifjcr tliari llir 

 jiroiKicleimi. Tostiriov 1il)iic aiijiaroritly witli hut one a|'ical sjuv. Tlir male is the same, l)iil 

 iibdonion more ilejaessed ami i-ylindrii-; aiitcuna' rutiroly diU'cnuit, tlu' sfapc nuK'b shorter, 

 dilated ventraily, ].edieel not mucli longer tli:in thiek. tlie liny joint like a riuj;; first funiil.' 

 Joint \ery tr,'Uisverse and lanipUate, t'oHowiny fi\e joints inrH:isint; iu lenytli, eaidi lii'ariiit; a 

 lony. cm veil, eylindrieal ramus from its disto Literal ni.arein. joint '1 \u\ lonj^er than tiie 

 diameter of its ramns and jiraetieally fm-mini; a continuation of it. .joint ?• sliyhtly lonyer 

 than wide; joint li much lonjjer tlian wide; the rami lon>;er proximad, the shortest and 

 distal one distinctly longer than any sinj^le joint of aiiteuua. I'roximal joint of club elongate 

 obconic. forming half of the club ami huiger than the distal luui.-le joint; the other two cdub 

 joints snbe(inal. l-''unicle and rami with sjiar^e. rjither loiii;. fine hairs. ^lale aiifentaL' 

 12 -jointed. 



1. MELANOSOMELLA FLAVIPES (iirault. F.-Tnale. male. Genotype, 

 l^en.i^th. 'A nun. 



I'dack and shining; face, gena^ legs (excejit coxa', the t:irsi more brownish i. sc-ipe 

 (excejit at tip where it is blackish), nmrgins of eyes dorsad and <'.-iuilad more or less obscurely. 

 lemon yellow; black of the \erte-X at meson projects obtusely into the yellow of face. s:ime 

 distance directly tephaloventrad of cephalic ocellus. 'Pegul.-i bri.unish. Fcn-e wings with a 

 distinct lirownish band nearly across it from the apex of snbmarginal vein; this strijie is 

 interrupted. Venation black, .\ntennal flagellum brownish, subfuscous. Face «ith thimlile 

 ]iunctures. Remainder of body apparently simjilc and shining more or less. The fuscous stripe 

 on the wing of the !nale is subobsolete. 



Habitat : New Soiith Wales. Galls on Eucah/iylvs. 



Tiipc!': No. HyllOo, Queensland Museum, Urisbane, :i |iair ou two tags, the antenna- 

 on a slide. 



DIAGNOSIS OF THF: AUSTR.\LTAN GENKKA of I'ERILA^IPID.E. 



Females. 

 Abdomen sessile. Parapsidal furrows normal. 



.\ntennje inserted ventrad of the miildle of flu* face, near the clypens. Scntellinii tin-. 

 Axillw separated. 

 Antenna! l.'J-jointed with three ring joints, the club I'.-jointed: jiostnuuginal vein 

 somewhat longer than the marginal, sufietpuil to the stigmal. Noninetallic; 

 impunctate .. Ccr,LOCTBni!V].\ (Iirault (Type: C. xcxfasciala Girault). " 



.\ntenna.' iL'-jointed with thiee ring joints, the club 'J jointed ; jiostmarginal vein 

 subeijual to the stigmal and somewhat shoiier lli;ni the marginal. Metallic, 

 impunctate. Scntelluiii with :i punctate cross-furrow before apex 



FL'C'JiLniYi!iiMYi.\ (Type: E. aerea Girault). 



Antenna; inserted on or near the middle of the face; scutellum usually convex. Axillse 

 sometimes not separated. 

 Scutellum long, projecting caudad to miildle of the abdomen but not [iroduced at 

 apex; scape fiat and broad. 

 Antenna; ]3-joinfed with one ring-joini ; postnnirginal vein longer than the 

 marginal. Metallic; punctate .. 



ErPERiLAMPOiRES Gir;inlt (Type: E. scnleJlatiis Girault). 



