ArSTFALIAX nYMEXOPTEEA CJI ALCI noiDEA, VIl.—CIHAlLT. 3 



4. EUPELMUS GROTn new species. Female ; male. 

 Length, 0.20 mm., exi-ludiiif^ extrmleil uviimsitor whii'li is wliite :inil not c|iiite as loiij; as 

 the abdomeu. 



Metallic asneoiis green, the aliilomen, a.xillii.i and sinitelUim liiiriiislied purplish coppery. 

 Legs concolorous except the articulations and the tips of tibial which .are yellowish brown, the 

 tarsi whitish. Fore wings with a narrow, rather indistinct browiiisli line across it at base of 

 marginal vein, more obscure centrally. ()\-i]K).sitiu- valves lilack at base. Scajie metallic green; 

 rest of antenna black. Hind tibia with only one spur. .-XnteunaJ 1.3-jointed with one qua -"te 

 ring-joint; funicle 1 longest, subeipuil to jii'dii-rl, over twice the length of the ring-joini. \.m 

 distal funicle joint plainly wider than long. 



Male: — The same but the wings hyaline, the anteiinai and legs yellow, the hind fenuir 

 within with a midlongitudinal, elliptical fusi'cms niarkiiig. The distal funicle joint is milv 

 slightly longer than wide, the anteniur 10-jointed exclmliiig the <duli, the ring joint present. 

 The abdomen as in Aiiastiitiis. 



Habitat: Port Darwin. Xortheru Territory. Parasitic u|ioii the eggs of mantids in 

 forest. 



Types: No. Hy.?S^9, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, one nuile, four females on t.-igs 

 (two pins). 



Dedicated to Hugo Orotius. 



5. EUPELMUS ANTIPODA Ashmead. Female. 

 Length, 13 mm. Mead nicCilli.- green, thcuax bottle blue, mesopleura with a greenislt 

 tinge; abdomen asneous black; ovipositor prominent, yellow for two thirds its length; wings 

 fuscous except at jiroxinuil third which is hyaline; all coxa^ metallic green; sutures of 

 trochanters, tijis of tibia; and tarsi yellowish white; rest of legs ameous black. 



Haiitat: Sydney, New South Wales. Mautid eggs. 



Type: Catalogue No. 4S94, United States National Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S .\. 



Cameron (1911, p]i. (351-6.52) gives Sydney and Darrigo, New South Wales, September. 

 And also "This apjiears to be a variable species as regards colouration: Some sjiecimeus have 

 more of the green tint than others; the blue merges into violaceous, and there may be brassy 

 tints. The male is green with brassy tints, and, on the metanotum, the green merges into 

 violaceous, the antennal scape and four front legs are yellow tinged with fulvous, especially on 

 the femora; the hind legs are coloured as in the female, except that the femora are green for 

 the greater part ; and the tibiae are not so deeply black, while their base may be testaceous. The 

 color of the wings varies, some having the fuscous tint an the ajiical two-thirds much lighter 

 than the others; in the males they may be almost hyaline." 



Which part of the ovipositor is yellow.' 



6. EUPELMUS TESTACEIVENTRIS Camcr.jii. Female. 

 Length, 2 mm.; length of tercbra 5 mm. (?) 



Blue with brassy tints on the base and sides of mesonotum; scape dark green, flagelbmi 

 black; third and following segments of abdomen dorsad and all ventrad yeffowish testaceous; 

 sides of third segment blue, base of 1 yellow, ventral keel black; extruded part of ovipositor 

 about half the length of the abdomen, its proximal third black, the rest yellow-; legs pale straw- 

 yellow; coxsB blue to near apex; apex of tarsi Idai-k. Wings hyaline, the venation straw- 

 yellow. 



Face finely, closely aciculated; malar suture distinct, curved. Pal[ii ]ialc testaceous; 

 scutum closely, iinely, almost transversely striated, the middle lobe clearly separated, longer 

 than wide at base, the apex broadly rounded, the lateral lobes with a distinct transverse furrow 



