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bend of tlie submarginal vein is a straight dcjeppr bioivn streak beset with still' bristles and 

 a narrow, curved hyaline line at caudal three fourths divides the first cross-stripe longitudinally. 

 The distal stripe aud streaks are blackish. Marginal vein black, about thrice longer than wide, 

 subequal to the stignial, the postmarginal colorless, shorter. Axilla; separated by a short 

 carina. Thorax finely scaly and with scattered, minute setigerous punctures. Pubescence not 

 conspicuous. Face inttexed, the frons narrow, about two aud a half times as wide as the 

 diameter of an ocellus. Mandibles w'ith three subequal teeth. 



From one female caught by sweeping in forest. December 19. I'Ml. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns'), Queensland. 



Ti/pc: No. H\j3996, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the siiecimcn on a tag; head and an 

 injured fore wing on a slide. 



2. ENCYRTUS NEWCOMBI new species. 

 Female: — Length, 1..50 mm. 



Exactly similar to (jUhcrti but the abdomen concolorous, the first four funicle ioints 

 Idackish, also the pedicel. Hind tibial spurs double (not seen in the other species). 

 From one female caught Febru.arv Hi. Ifli:! on a window (If. Hacker). 

 Habitat: Brisbane, Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy2997, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a slide. 

 Dedicated to Simon Newcomb, astronomer. 



3. ENCYRTUS SPINOZAI new species. 



Female: — Length, 1.1.5 mm. 



Dull honey yellow, immaculate; funicles 1, 4 and '> silvery white; club black. Pedicel 

 distinctly longer than any of the funicle joints of which the first is somewhat longer than 

 wide, the following joints subquadrafe. Club wider than the funicle. Fore wings marked as 

 in the pireceding species but the apical infuscation is distinctly not connected with the 

 M-shaped streaks proximad of it, its proximal margin practically straight; moreover, the 

 middle jjiece of the M-shaped marking is isolated nearly. The infuscation under the venation 

 is uniform, not accented. Postnuirginal vein barely longer than wide, Frons a little narrower 

 than in yilbcrti. Thorax finely sheened. Axilla^ barely separated. 



Prom one female caught sweeping in jungle, A]iril 2, 1918. 



Habitat: Mulgrave River (Gordimvale near Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. Uii2:>9S, Queensland Museum. Brisbane, the female on a lag; head and t'lue 

 wings on a slide. 



4. ENCYRTUS ARISTOTELEA luns species. 



Female: — Length. ].'_10 mm. 



Very similar to iieireintihi but snuicwliat less inlmst. the first four autcniuil joints .an? 

 pale yellow, the postmarginal vein is somewhat less than half the length of the stigm.al (fully 

 two thirds in newcombi). Antenme as in i/ilhvrli. Otiiiuwisc the same as iicireomhi. AxilUe 

 broadly joined, with a carina between them. Similai to iiilhirti but the abdomen wholly 

 concolorous. Hind tibial spur single. 



From one female caught by swccjiing edges of jiingle, .lanuary :'., IIMI (.\. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. HyS999. Queensland Museum. Brisbane, the speciim-u on a tag; head, hind 

 tibia and fore ^^ing on a slitle with ty]ie (filberti. 



6. ENCYRTUS TRIGUTTATUS new species. 



Female: — Length. 1.50 mm. 



Similar to f/ilberli but the abdomen bears at a|iex aliove a distincj rovmd purjile spot 

 and two fainter purple sjiots one on each lateral imirgiu just out fidui base. Also, tlie body is 

 somewhat more robust and the scutum bears nmre c(nispicuous blackish pubescence. Differs 



