82 MEUOinS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



PH^NODISCOIDES new genus. 



1. PHffiNODISCOIDES AUSTRALIENSIS new species. Genotype. 



Female: — Length, l.UO mm. 



Bluish black, the legs yellowish brown, the co.xip jjale. the hind femora jiale proximad, 

 washed with bluish along distal two thirds; a.\illie meeting inwardly, reddish brown. Wings 

 sooty, with a dirty appearance, ilcar as far out as the bend of the submarginal vein. Antennae 

 12-jointed with a very short ring-joint, the S-jointed club and the distal funiele joint white, the 

 rest black except the yellow-brown scape; first two funiele joints longest, subequal, each a little 

 longer than the pedicel, cylindrical. Teeth of mandibles subequal, strong but not very long. 

 Postmarginal and stigmal veins equal, each about a third shorter than the marginal. An obscure, 

 oblique hairless line from the base of the stigmal vein. Propodeum with a median carina, 

 opaque, not sculptured, the thorax finely reticulated but the scutellum smoother distad. Head 

 impunctate or nearly, with an obtuse ridge between the antenna>. Frons moderate. Palpi white. 

 Funiele 1 nearly thrice longer than w'ide. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. Forest, April 27, 1913. 



Type: No. IIii?f)79, Queensland Museum. Brisbane, the above specimen on a tag, the 

 head on a slide. 



t'ERCHYSfKLLA new genus. 



Seemingly closely allied with ('<'rcliiixiiis Westwood. the mandibles long and slender, the 

 two outer (lateral) teeth long and subc(|ual, each over twice the size of the third but the 

 postmarginal vein is hardly develo]ied, very much shorter than either the marginal or stigmal 

 veins which are not very unequal, the marginal vein about thrice longer than wide, the stigmal 

 a little longer than it. . Also, the mesonotum is densely coriaceous, the scutellum glabrous, the 

 axilla; shining but finely reticulated, meeting inwardly. Funiele joints distad of 1 a little 

 wider than long, the club wider than the funiele and about half its length. Head rounded, the 

 frons moderately broad, the face inilexed, the cheeks two thirds the length of the eyes. Hind 

 tibia with two spurs. Fore wings with an oblique hairless line. Valves of the ovipositor slightly 

 exserted. Antenna) 12-jointed, one very short ring-joint. 



1. CERCHYSIELLA NIGRA new specie.s. Female. Genotype 



Length : 1.60 mm. 



Black, lustrous, tlie wings hy.aliiie; distal half of tibiie and the tarsi reddish brown on the 

 intermediate legs, the tarsi and ti|is of tibia> in other legs pale yellowish. Pedicel a half 

 longer than thick at apex, longer than the first funiele joint which is a little longer than wide. 

 Funiele 6 wider than long the joints wiilcning a little distad. Tliird mandibular tooth acute, 

 not truncate as in nigrella. 



Jfahilat : Oordonvale '(Cairns). Queensland. .Fungle. ^lay 25. 1913. 



TyiJc: No. EyCnSO. Queensland Museum, Brisbane. 



2. CERCHYSIELLA NIGRELLA Girault. Female. 



Length, 1.60 mm. 



The same as nigra, but the mamlililes iire somewhat stouter and tlie third tooth not so 

 well developed being in fact very short and trumate against the side of the middle tooth; the 

 first funiele joint is distinctly longer tlian wide, tliree-fourths the length of the pedicel (in 

 nigra funiele 1 is nearly quadrate and nut ninre tlian half the length of the pedicel). The 

 funiele joints are all stouter. Hind tibia with two s|iurs. The two outer teetli of mandibles are 

 longer .-ind stouter than in the genotype. .-\|iex of distal club joint white. 



llahitut: Halifax (Inghiun) Queensland. February 2.5, 1913. 



Tiipe: No. Hy'lOSt. Queensland Museum. Brisbane. 



