12 MKMOIItf; OF Tin-: QVEENSLAXD MVSErM. 



broad yellow band somewhat proximad of middle. Punicle 1 a little longer than wide but 

 much smaller thau 8 wliicli is quadrate; 2 elongate, longest, five or more times longer than 

 wide, 3 and 4 subequal, each a little shorter than 2, longer than the pedicel; following joints 

 gradually shortening but 7 still longer than wide. Teeth on middle tarsi black, ovipositor 

 horizontal. Abdomen longer than the rest of body, straight, segments 2 and 3 deeply notched 

 at meson of caudal margin, segment 4 slightly so; abdomen scaly reticulate, the head and 

 thorax uniformly more densely so. Axilla' distinctly but not very widely separated. Scutellum 

 longitudinally, finely, lineolated. 



Fi-om one female taken by sweeping jungle, February 13, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Babinda, Queensland. 



Type: No. BtjC-Sii?. Queensland iluseum. Brisbane, the specimen on a tag; head and 

 hind legs on a slide. 



30. EUPELMUS LONGICAUDA new species 



7''<;n!a/c'."— ^Length, 1 nun., excluding ovipositor which is exserted for a length equal to 

 that of the abdomen. 



Dark metallic green, the wings hyaline, the legs pale yellow, the coxa? eoucolorous at 

 base; funicle 1 sutfused with white, wider than long, 2 quadrate, 3 longest, slightly longer 

 than wide, 8 wider than long. Postmarginal vein slightly longer than the stigma!. Proximal 

 fourth and somewhat over distal third of extruded portion of ovipositor concolorous, the 

 remainder white, the distal dark subequal to the white. Scape concolorous. Axilla? slightly 

 separated. Thorax and abdomen finely scaly. Fore femur slender. 



From one female caught on mainland, December 24, 1911. 



Hahiiai: Double Island (Cairns), Queensland. 



Ti/pt : Xo. BySSSS, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag; head, fore and 

 hind legs on a slide. 



31. EUPELMUS CHAUCERI new species. 



Female: — Length, 4..5U nun., exi-ludiiig ovipositor which is extruded for nearly half 

 the length of the abdomen. 



A'ery robust. Dark metallic blue, the wings hyaline, the scape, knees, distal half of 

 cephalic tibise, middle legs except coxse and the caudal tibise, rich reddish brown, the knees 

 darker. Tarsi and tip of caudal tibia; yellowish. A little over the distal three fourths of 

 the extruded portion of the ovipositor valves yellowish white, the short proximal part blue. 

 Differs from babindaensii in being very much more robust, the hyaline wings and in coloration. 

 Pedicel slightly longer than funicle 3 which is longest, somewhat longer than wide, 2 and 4 

 nearly as long as 3, 1 a little wider than long; last two funicle joints subequal, each a little 

 wider than long and thrice the size of i ; club short, ovate. Abdomen conic-ovate, produced 

 beneath. Hind tibial spur single; middle tarsi beneath with black teeth. Postmarginal vein, 

 slightly longer than the stigmal. Segments 2 and 3 of abdomen deeply incised at meson of 

 caudal margin, 4 much less so, 5 only slightly so; abdomen densely scaly. AxilUn distinctly 

 a little separated mesad. Thorax and head densely scaly. Scrobes deep, triangular, their 

 margins obtuse; a thick ridge between antenna; and separating the scrobes at base. Pubescence 

 not conspicuous. 



From one female taken in forest. May 8, 1014. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: Xo. HySSSi, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, tlie female on a tag with the type 

 of babindaciisi«. 



32. EUPELMUS NELSONENSIS new species. 

 Fenuilr: — Length, 3..jii nini.. excluding extruded valves of ovipositor which are a tliirdi 

 the length of abdomen, wliite, a little dusky just before ti]), proximal sixth black. 



