AUSTSALIAX IIYMEXOPTKRA CHALCIDOIDKA, VlI.—dlEAVLT. 



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1~. COCCOPHAGUS PERPULCHELLUS new species. 



FtmoU : — Lengtli. ii>ii iiini. 



Brilliant lemon or greeiiisli yellow . the tore hmi;;., with u jet black strijie across tlieni 

 under all of marginal vein and smoky nniler ]iri).\inial tw(] thirds of snbniarKirial vein; legs 

 silvery white, the antenna* silvery tinged with yellow, the first two club joints jet black. Abdo- 

 men, metapleura, propodenm except broadly at meson ;ind pronotum, jet black, the incisions of 

 abdomen showing a little as white. Immediate tip of al)domen and the tip of the valves of 

 the ovipositor, white. Antenna^ filiform but the chdi distinct, shorter than the funicle whose 

 three joints are thrice or more longer than wide. I a little the shortest. Pedicel snbglobular. 

 much shorter than funicle 1. Club joints a little wider, ilistinctly longer than wide. Scutellum 

 apparently with a thin nu'dinn grooved liiu\ Hind wings acute. Ovipositor inserted at distal 

 third. One ring-joint. 



From one female caught in forest, .Vpril L's, l',i|-t. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns). (.Queensland. 



Type: No. J7j/ .'.''.>",". <^)ueensland Musetiui, l'.risbau(\ the teniale or; a slide. 



18. COCCOPHAGUS ABNORMICORNIS new species. 



FiiiKilc: — Length, 11.7(1 luin. 



Purplish black; heail (exi-ept inuili of oc-ciput), scutum (except cephalad rather 

 Ijroadly along meson at cejihalic hjilf), parapsides and si-utellum (except a large round spot 

 on each side at caudal margin) honey yellow-; centrally, .■-cutiim mange yellow. Knees, tibia; 

 ■e.xeept just below knees, tarsi and propoileuiii laterally, alsn honey yellow. Antenna? brownish, 

 the flagellum tapering; ]iedicel subequal to funicle 1!; fiiiiici,' 1 abruptly short, wider than long, 

 2 over twice its length, ,'! longest, subecpial to 1 and - of the club, each of these three joints 

 twice (or more) longer than wide, club 2 narrower; distal club joint narrow, subequal 

 to funicle 2; club not differentiated. Marginal vein distinctly shorter than the submarginal, 

 the stigmal short but with a distinct neck; marginal fringes of fore wing a little longer than 

 usual; a more or less obscure brownish cross-stripe from the whole of the marginal vein. 

 Hind femur compressed. Mandibles bidentate. the second tooth followed by a truncation 

 (or broadly truncate, its lateral apical angle acute). Mesopleurum entire, small. Thorax 

 finely scaly. Abdomen truncate behind. 



From one female caught in forest, August 22, ]iU2. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queenslanii 



Type: No. Hii.29SS, Queensland Museum, itrisbaue, the female ou a tag; head, fore 

 iving and hind leg on a slide. 



19. COCCOPHAGUS SINGULARIS new species. 



Female: — Exactly simdar to the ]ireceduig but the legs are all silvery white, the occiput 

 bears cnily a faint, narrow cross-stripe centrally, the two caudtil s[iots on scutellum are longer 

 and closer together (the yellow space between them is luirrow. this median line distinctly 

 much less than half the width of one of the spots; in ahiioniiieonds. the two spots more round 

 and the mesal space between them is distinctly more than half the width of one of the spots). 

 Marginal vein black, rest of venation |iale. 



From one female caught in forest, M.arch :i], HUf. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), t^ueeuslaud. 



Type: No. Hy 2i)o'J. Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a slide. 



20. COCCOPHAGUS AUREOLA (CJirault). 

 Funicle 1 in the male is longer than in the fenude. Aiilea. p. ISO, line 5 of the 

 description, fnniele read eluV. 



