ArSTBALIAX HYMEXOPTJi]!.! CUAIJIDOlTtEA. VlI.—GIRArLT. 85 



otherwise hyaline, tlie veiiMfion libck, thi- liladc [nvm'. lh.> i)c]strii;ir},'iiial vein a fourth sliorter 

 than the stigmal the latter somewliat Imiuer tliaii the iiiarKiiial. Thinl tooth of mandible 

 shorter than the outer two which are equal ami not loni;. Marginal vein a little longer than 

 wide; from the stigmal an oblique hairless line wliich is incomplete and bounded proximad 

 by five short lines of eilia. Knees and tarsi yellowisli brown. Axilla; meeting inwardly, with 

 a carina between them. Thorax densely scaly. Tegula- large, reddish brown. Antenua; black, 

 ]2-.ioiuted, joints 1 and 2 of funicle subcqual, each about twice longer tlian wide, longer than 

 the pedicel, the distal or sixth funicle .ioiut a little wider than long; one very short ring-joint. 

 Pronotum transverse. Scutum downy from numerous obscure setigerous punctures. Frons 

 moderate, ('heeks a little over half the length of the eyi's. Abdcnnen aliout as long as the rest 

 <if boily. ciiuic-ovate. 



From one fenuile taken by sweeping niisrclianeous M'getation, left bank of Pioneer 

 Siver, October 19, 1911. 



Hiihitat: Mackay, Queensland. 



Tjiiir: Xo. Hi/^'cliKS, Queensland Museum. TSrisbane, the sperimeu on a tag; head, a fore 

 wing and a hind leg on a slide. 



The club is not half the length of flu' fnniile. Scape rather stout. Iliud tibial spurs 

 double. Mandibles broad. 



6. CERCHYSIUS OVIDUCTUS new .species. 



FciiKih : — Length. n.T."; mnr.. cxclndiug the ovipositor which is extruded for two thirds 

 the length of the abdomen. 



.Metallic pur]ile. tlii" wings livaline. Knees, tips of tibia', tarsi and distal third of 

 middle tibi;e yellowish. Scutum and scutelUim densely, finely polygoimlly scaly and with 

 scattered, obscure, small sctigerous punctures. AxilUe distinctly separated for some distance. 

 Seutellum metallic green at a[iex, a little shorter than the scutum. Valves of ovipositor black. 

 Marginal vein a little longer than wide, the stigmal twice longer than it, the postmarginal 

 subequal to the stigmal. Oblique hairless line ju'esent, with three or four scattered, short lines 

 of cilia pr{)ximad of it, these cilia ilistiiu'tly coarser than the very fine ciliation of the main 

 part of the lilade. Margimil cilia cjf tore wing very short. Abdomen Hat, triangular, not 

 as long as the thorax. Two outer teeth of nuindibles a little longer than the inner, all acute, 

 not long. Cheeks sube(iual in length to the eyes, the frons moderate. Head (cephalic aspect) 

 rounded, the frons (lateral asjjcct) not prominent. Antenua^ inserted at the clypeus, quite as 

 figured for Clwlci/ri/iiix Perkins but the club is somewhat over half the length of the funicle, 

 the first joint of the latter <pmdrate, the seccmd a little longer than wide, the next four subequal 

 in length but eaidi very slightly broader in succession and sonunvhat longer than wide. Pedicel 

 :\ iitth^ longer than fuuicles 1 ami 2 coiultiued. 



Mali.: — The same but the antenuic filiform. 9-.joiuted, the club soliil and distinctly 

 louger than any of the preceding joints except the scape; pedicel short, barely longer than 

 wide; funicle joints all distinctly longer than wide, 2 and 3 longest, each nearly twice louger 

 than wide. Flagelhun clothed with moderately long, sid't hairs. 



Described from a pair cajitured by swee]iing in the forest. Uei-ember L'4, 1911. 



Habitat: Double Islaml ((/aims). Queenslaml. 



Tjii>€s: No. HiiJ'JS:. (^uecnslaiul Museum. Brisliane. the pair on a tag, the he;uls on a 

 slide. 



In lii.spiilisciiliiiii and </h.W; (i/i.s-. the axilhe are rather broadly joined and with a carina 

 between them. The species iiu.stralix differs from liispUliscutiim mainly in having a fuscous 

 baud ou the foie wing, that wing in the l.-itfer species hyaline; but also the marginal vein is a 

 little longer in i:-i:,l);ilis. The hairless line in both species is guarded proxinmd by short lines 

 ■of discal cilia, five in <iii.stntlis. three in liifpiilisriilitm and the line is huiger in the former. 



