52 MEMOIRS OF THE QIJ^ENSLAND MUSEVM. 



14. COCCOPHAGUS PICITHORAX new species. 



Female: — Length, O.tiO mm. 



Exactly similar to the following (lautus) but ditfering in having each lateral margin 

 of abdomen black from base to ape-x of jiroximal three fourths. Differs from Encarsia cybele 

 in having much narrower fore wings, the marginal stripe of abdomen less conspicuous and 

 the antennal joints all shorter. 



From one female taken on grass in forest, .\]>ril 4, 1914. 



Ilabiidt: Gordonvale (Cairns). Queensland. 



Ttipc: Xo. IJi/C^O-U. (Queensland iluseum. Brisbane, the female on a slide with type 

 liialKs. 



15. COCCOPHAGUS LAUTUS new species. 



Female: — Length, 0.05 nnn. 



.Tet black, the abdomen brilliant golden yellow, the antenna) and legs a little paler than 

 the abdomen; propodeum suffused with yellowish; lateral margin of parapsides and mesal 

 margins of eyes yellowish. Wings hyaline, the stigmal vein sessile, directed cejihalad. Posterior 

 wings not long nor broad, with a line of discal cilia along each margin and a scattered central 

 line. Fore wings with about twenty lines of fine discal cilia where broadest. Funicle joints- 

 cylindrical, subequal, each about one and two third times longer than wide. 1 a little shorter 

 than the others which are subequal to the distal two club joints, the proximal club joint a 

 little shorter than the others. Club barely wider than the funicle, the flagellum filiform or 

 nearly. Middle tibial spur slender, not especially long. Marginal fringes of hind wing 

 (caudal margin) somewhat longer than the greatest width of the blade, longer tliau any of 

 tiie fringes of the fore wing. Pedicel subequal to funicle 1. 



From one female taken by sweei)ing grass in forest, April 1. 1914. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns). (Queensland. 



Type: No. HiiJ9J,'i, (Queensland Museum. Brisbane, tlie sipecimen on ;i slide with type 

 of LulhromeieUa loiitiieiliata (iirault. 



16. COCCOPHAGUS ARGENTEUS new species. 



Female: — Length, 0.G.5 mm. 



Silvery white, the wings with a more or less obscure dusky long cjval spot in center of 

 blade projecting a little distad of venation, the following parts honey yellow — center of vertex, 

 scntum, parapsides and scutellum. Tlie following jiarts jet black — dorsum of abdomen except- 

 ing for thi'ee round spots in a triangle, one at apex, the other two opposite, at the lateral' 

 margin at distal two thirds; center of occiput ; and tlie club except distal half or more of distal 

 joint. Lateral halves of each funicle joint and the axilla) dusky. Funicle joints subquadrate, 

 smaller than the club joints, subequal to the jiedicel. Ocelli in a triangle, the lateral ones 

 away from the eyes. Scutum and scutellum with scattered seta). Hind wings with about six 

 lines of fine but not dense discal cilia, all disappearing at apex, the caudal marginal fringes- 

 short. Fore wings with a more or less obscure sooty longitudinal area centrally but eaudad. 

 of middle, extending from proximal third of marginal vein some distance distad of venation 

 and coterminous with the discal cilia, the wing naked broadly from ape.x to ven,ation (excepting 

 from the central extension in the sooty area). There is also a more or less naked area just 

 beneath the end of the marginal vein. Stigmal vein sessile; Antennie 9-jointed, with one very 

 short ring-joint. 



From one female taken on a window, .January 1(3, ]914. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns). Queensland. 



Type: Xo. Hyi93G, Queensland .Museum. Brisbane, the female on a slide. 



