AUSTMALIAX HTMEXOPTTCBA CHILCIDOIDEA. ril.—GfEAVLT. 63 



From one female caiij;lit by swee|iiny in fuiest. A|iiil l(i, 1!I14 (A. V. Dodd). 

 Habitat: Cloncurry, (.^ueenslaiul. 



Type: No. Uy39o6. Qiieenslaiul Musoiiin, Brisbane, the female cjn slide with type 

 Coccophayvs peri>u\ch(llus Girault. 



Dedicated to Lelaud Ossian Howard. 



GENU.S PLASTOCHARELLA Girault. 

 Antea, p. 195, line .". of tlie description, the second iritli read icitliDiit. 



1. PLASTOCHARELLA FUSCIPENNIS tJirault. 

 Length, 1.05 mm. I nfusc.it ion „t' fore winy drrpcr under the niaryin.al vein. The type 

 was taken, February Hi. llll.'l from a window and is on a slide. 



2. PLASTOCHARELLA INCONSPICUA new .species. 



Female: — Length. IK'tt) nun. 



Brownish black, the wings liglitly stained from base of marginal vein to apex, naked 

 proximad from the same |ioiiit. Pedicel elongate, longci' than the funicle, the three joints 

 of the latter subquadrate but 1 a little longer than tlu' other two which are slightly wider 

 than long. Club longer than the rather short scape which is only somiwvhat longer tlian the 

 pedicel. Median groove on thorax not seen, yulmuugiual vein distinctly longer than the 

 marginal. Legs dusky l>lack. 



Much smaller than fiisriiicniiis and uniform in color, the nuirgiiial vein shorter (some- 

 what longer than the submarginal in the giuiotypi'), n(arly the proximal half of fore wing 

 Is naked and clear, the club is distinctly longer than tlie funicle and the jiedice! is long. The 

 marginal fringes of fore wing are twice limger than is the case with the genotype where they 

 are very short. In fuscipciiiiis the pedicel is plainly shorter than the funicle. 



From one female cauglit by sweeping in forest, .lanuavy Hi, l!li:',. 



Haiitat : Magnetic Island (Townsville). Queensland. 



Type: No. Bi/Jll.tT. (Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specujien on a slirle with type 

 appendages of Aiiastatii.': iiisiihtnti Girault. 



3. PLASTOCHARELLA MAXIMA new .species. 



Female: — Length, 1.85 mm., excluding the shortly cxsrrted o\ipositor. 



Jet black, tip of abdomen, the legs except hind coxa: and a broad band around the base, 

 of the abdomen, silvery white; lower ]iart of face (suft'used), caudal half of scutum, much of 

 parapsides and the narrow median groove of thorax, dull yellow. Wings infuscated as in 

 fuscipetinis. Mandibles tridentate. Funicle ■". distinctly the longest, 2 shortest, a little longer 

 than wide, 1 distinctly longer than wide but not mudi longer than - yet wider; club longer 

 than the funicle. Thorax very finely lined. Strigils distinct, tarsi as in the Elasmidio; middle 

 tibial spur not especiallly stout; hind tibial spurs double. Abdomen slender, conic-ovate, 

 longer than rest of the body. Antenna! inserted down near the mouth, the scape long and 

 slender. Venation much as in CocrojilHif/iiK- the stignuil vein minut;e. Fore wings distinctly 

 Ijroader than with fuscipennis; in l)oth species, they arc snbhyaline proximad of the marginal 

 vein. Mesopleurum rather flat, divided by a suture transversely as nsu:'l in Chalcids. 



This is an enormous member of thi' subfamily. 



From one female caught in jungle. Decenibm- '11, I91.T (A. I', liodd). 



Habitat: Harvey's Creek (Cairns), t^ueensl.-md. 



Type: No. Hy2958, Queensland Museum. Brisbane, the specimen on a tag; head on a 

 slide. 



In fuscipennis, the club is subeipuil in length t.i the f inicl". 



