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the longth of the stigmal vein, aliout a third of the greatest wing width. Discal bristle absent. 

 Tliorax transversely, finely lined. (Caudal wings somewhat wider than their longest marginal 

 cilia, about two thirds the width of the fore wing. Three ring joints. Mandibles bidentate. 



From one female taken by sweeping forest on sand-ridges near coast, May 9, 1911 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Chindera, New South Wales. 



Type: No. Hy B969, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a slide. 



Dedicated to Ludwig von Beethoven. 



In this genus I have met with a striking case of parallelism but unfortunately the 

 record was lost. However, a species captured in virgin jungle at Gordonvale, Queensland 

 agreed in every detail with the description of a West Indian or South American species and it 

 is liardly likely that the two can be the same s[)eeies but rather similar forms developed from 

 the same parent stem. Cases of this kind in other genera of this and other families are not 

 extremely rare. For example, JpheUiius ftiseiiiciniis Howard, an extremely common species in 

 the cultivated orchards of North America, is dujjlieated by specimens reared from native coccids 

 in the forests or bush of North Queensland. It is not likely that the Queensland specimens are 

 really correctly identified as fuse) pen iiis. There may be differences not yet seen but these 

 differences do not seem really a necessity. The species may have been introduced into North 

 America, not improbable in this particular case. Parallel development of species groups in 

 genera is still more marked and cases of this are common. 



SuBF.\MiLY ENCYRTIN^E. 



Trim AMIRIXI. 



Male and Female: — Mandibles absent; postmarginal vein absent, the marginal vein 

 pimctiform, the stigmal well developed; posterior tibias with two spurs. Otherwise like the 

 Miriui. Costal cell wide, its margin convex. 



Gexu.s AMIRA Girault. 



Female: — Head from cephalic aspect rounded, the frons narrow, the antennaj inserted 

 near the clypeus, the scrobes separate, converging above, the head punctured, the inmctures 

 minute. Lateral ocelli nearly touching the eyes, the latter convergent. Thorax punctured 

 like the head. Abdomen fiat, sliort, from above triangular, no longer than the thorax; the 

 hypopygium small, the ovijiositor not exserted. Wings hyaline, the venation not quite attaining 

 the costa, the long submarginal vein approaching the costa gradually, then turning oft' to form 

 the stigmal. Axillaa meeting inwardly. Second abdominal segment short, barely longer than 

 the following three segments. Antenmc 12jointed, capitate, the scape somewhat convexed 

 beneath, the pedicel long, nearly half the length of the funicle, about thrice longer than wide 

 at apex, the distal funicle joints much wider than long, the first joint of the funicle subquadrate; 

 one very short ring-joint, the club .3-jointed. Fore wings with a short hairless line from middle 

 of stigmal vein; the same not much oblicjued. Frons arched or convex, the scrobes not very 

 long. 



Male: About the same but totally different in color and the pedicel much longer, as 

 long as the funicle. 



1. AMIRA FABREI (iirault. Female ; male. Genotype. 



Female: — Length, ■; mm. Robust. 



Shining black, the wings hyaline, the intermediate tibia; toward tip and tarsi brown. 

 Head and thorax besides the pin-punctures, densely finely scaly, the abdomen also densely scaly. 

 Discal ciliation of fore wing dense. Seutellum densely longitudinally lineolated or nearly. 



Male: — Length, l.SO mm. 



Like the female but all the sides and venter of thorax and the legs, the head and 

 antenna;, the seutellum except a spot along the meson at apex, the axilUt and the sides of 



