AUSTSALIAX HYMEXOPTKKA (11 ALVIDOUlEA. VU.-^V.IIUVLT. 



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DIAGNOSIS OF TlIK Al'STKALIAX SPECIES OF COCCOFHAGVS WESTWOOD. 

 (Compiled from types exi-cpt iinritiitii.) 

 Submarginal voin of fore wiiif; distinctly longer tli.-ui the marginal (more or less a half longer) ; 

 flagellum tapering frcjm base, fuuiele ] al>rii|itly shortened. Species purplish black 

 marked v.itli yellow. 

 Head, scutum except cephali.- margin ami ratlL.T broadly along meson at cephalic half, 

 parapsides and scutellum (except a large round spot on each side at caudal margin), 

 honey yellow; knees, tibise except just below knee, tarsi and propodenm laterad. 

 also honey yellow. Funicle 1 wider than long. 2 snlie(|ual to the pedicel. An 

 obscure brownish cross-stripe from marginal vein . . ahnormicornis Girault. 



The same but the legs all white (see description) .. .. singularis Girault. 



The same as ubiionnicornis but funicle 1 plainly huiger than wide, the pedicel elongate, 

 subequal to funicle li, the fore wings distinctly infuscated from base to apex of 

 venation, the marginal vein over a half the length of the submarginal. Black on 

 meson of scutum extending farther distad . . . . . . rciiiihts Girault. 



Submarginal vein of fore wing obviously more or lei-s suliei|u:il to the marginal; flagellum 

 subfiliform or regularly clubbed. 

 Stigmal vein round, sessile or subse^sile. nearly at right angles to apex of marginal 

 (appearing casually like a dro]i of water on the under surface of a plane surface); 

 neck of stigmal vein if present, a constriction, tlie knob globular and forming the 

 principal part of the vein. 

 Golden or orange yellow species. 



Bright golden yellow, the abdomen with a triangle of three large round black 

 spots on distal half, the ai)ical spot at ajiex of abdomen; wings hyaline, 

 broad; distal two funicle .joints quadrate, each shorter than 1, the clul) 

 distinct, short; stigmal vein sessile . . . . . . Iriguttatus Girault. 



Pale honey yellow, the valves of ovij)Ositor distinctly extruded. Thorax with two 



black spots one on each axilla. Wings hyaline, moderately broad, 



the stigmal vein with a short neck, obliipie. Club well defined. Funicle 



joints short; meson of pronotum broadly dusky .. liifiuttdtus Girault. 



Yellow and black species, often nmrked with silvery white. 



(Jrange yellow, the abdomen and caudal coxa black; funicle .joints increasing in 

 length distad, 3 nearly twice longer than wide, 1 subeciual to pedicel, 

 longer than wide. Fore wings hyaline, densely ciliate, the stigmal vein 

 sessile. Mandil>les biilentate. tlie second tooth broadly truncate. Club 

 defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . auricaimt Girault. 



Orange yellow; lower face, pronotum, pro|io<l('um and immediate base of abdomen, 

 dusky; alulomen black with a broad baud of silvery white across it near 

 base. Legs white. Fore wings with a light brownish doss-stripe; stigmal 

 vein with a short neck. Funicle 2 hmgi'st, club defined. Ovipositor inserted 

 distad of middle . . . . . . urgent if asi'ia Girault. 



■Silvery white; center of vertex, scutum, parajisides and scutellum. honey yellow; 

 dorsum of alidomeu (exce|>t three large, round spots in a triangle, one at 

 apex, others at distal two thirds at uuirgin), center of occiput and club 

 (except distal half of .joint 3) black. Lateral half of each funicle .joint 

 and the axilla; dusky. Funicle joints subquadratc. Fore wings with an 

 isolated infuscated area, naked distad. Stigmal vein subsessile. Club 

 distinct. (Jvipositor inserted distad of middle . . aiiicnteus Girault. 



Golden yellow, the cephalic two thirds of axilhe, jiropodeum, a broad stripe across 

 abdomen near middle and pronotum black, the wings hyaline. See 

 description. Male poe' Girault.* 



* A nomcu nudum, the description lost. The .specimen is in the Queensland Mu.seum on a slido 

 and is from Northern Queensland (Gordonvale) . 



