AUSTEJLIAX lIYilEXOrTEHA CUAWIVOWEA, m.—GinAVLT. 47 



aiul the fuiiii-le joints are shorter. Wings hyaline. Hind wings sliort ami liroad but acute at 

 apex, where broadest with about 8 linos of discal cilia. Third tooth of mandilile suliobsolete. 



From one female taken by sweeping iu forest, January 4, liU^. 



Habitat: Capeville (Pentland), Queensland. 



Type: No. HyJiiJl, (Queensland Museum, Brisliane, tlie female on a slide. 



8. APHELINUS LITERATUS new species. 



A living female of tliis S[KH-ies reared fnmi a Cltioiianpis on cockatoo apple, November 

 ]0, 1913 and immersed in balsam sliowed to perfection its indescribable beauty and odd 

 markings. Along each side of the abdomen are eight large globular to quadrate silvery spots 

 and what appear to be the spiracles showing centrally within these as black dots; an ovate 

 spot of same on base of abdomen on each side of meson; on propodenm a triangle filling the 

 meson with a transverse cuneate dash on each side; on postscutellum a square centrally distad 

 and a larger triangle on each side; on scutellum an inverted tati of tlie lower case filling meson 

 and on each side of it a lower ease gamma followed laterad by a round dot (on axilla). Tlie 

 scutum bears an Viisiloii capital with its arms extended and reaching to base, the arms extend- 

 ing around caudal and lateral margins, Tlie vertex has a pattern. The gammas on the 

 scutellum are unsymmetrical being unlike. A row of black dots beneath the row of spots. 

 lateral aspect of abdomen. Figure S on fore wing not complete. 



Differs from incxplicaiilis Girault in having the thoracic and vertex markings (the 

 vertex bears a peculiar pattern) and in the fore wings, the figure S being incomplete, the 

 caudal circle not complete<l liy the caudal line whose apex is drawn out thinly around the 

 caudo-distal wing margin. Otherwise, the same. The pattern of silvery on vertex includes 

 three straight lines running caudad which separate tlie lateral ocelli from each other and 

 from the respective eye margins. 



From three females reared as indicated above. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy29J-l, Queensland Museum, IVrisbane, one of the females on a slide. 



9. APHELINUS NOX (Jirault. 



'' Two females, sweeping iniscellaiieous vegetation in an o]ien field near town. Mackay,. 

 Queensland, October 19, 1911 (A.A.G.). Tlie two fuuicle joints are short, transverse, each 

 much shorter than the first club joint '' (A. 1'. Dodd). 



In the table of species, aiil((i. ]i. Is.'^, all the types were seen except that of fimi-ipeiiiiin;. 

 line 2.5 (one line before lnii:cl'<li). Uinur read liiniicr. 



Gexus COCCOI'IIACrS Westwood, 



Synonym: Pro.ipidtdfa Ashmead. 



The sjiecies of l^rofipaltcUa intergrade and it is impossible to distinguish the genera in 

 the ease of many species; even the stigmal vein is not constant. For extreme TroitpattcUa 

 forms compare abnormiconiis and allies. These form a distinct genus but there may be inter- 

 variations. The species may or may not have a ring-joint, 



1. COCCOPHAGUS ANTIOPA (Oirault). 



I'rospaltvUd aiitiopa (iirault. 



General color golden yellow, the abdomen, jiropodeuin, ijronotum and cephalic two 



thirds of scutum dusky. Funicle joints elongate, 1 over twice the length of the pedicel. 



shortest, .3 two and a half times longer than wide, longest, subequal to club 1. Tv]ie 



re-examined. 



