.irsTi;.lLIAX inMK.\OPTI-:i;.l CHALCIDomirj. VU.—CIRAVLT. f)3 



soiiiewliat Iciiigt-r tli.-iii wide. L' siilx>inK!l to 4 and .j. siilKiiiadrati', (i a little wiilcr than lono. 

 Frons narrow; cdioeks nearly as lonfj as the eyes. A line of tine setiie alciny the facial margin 

 of eat'li eye. Hind tibial spur single. 



From three females caught liy sweejiing orange trees in a neglected garden, August 1.5, 

 1914. 



Huhitat : (iordonvale (Cairns), (Queensland. 



Type: No. HiiSniH. (Queensland Museum. Brisbane, tud females on a tag; head, for& 

 wing ami a hind tibia on a slide. 



9. ENCYRTUS PARUS new species. 



Similar to inuidli but the face nitie-xed, the scutum as purple as the seutellum, the 

 ]>edicel and first tliree fnnicle joints i>nrplish, the pedicel somewhat longer than funiele 1 

 which is snbquadrate; the axillie joined, with a short carina between them. 



Described from one female captured by sweejiing in the dry bed of Cape Kiver. forest, 

 September 1:0, 1914. 



Habitat: Cajieville ( Pentland ). (,)ueensland. 



Type: Xo. Hti.UUJl. fjueeiisland Museum. I'.risliane, the sjiecimen in alcohol (head 

 severed) with tyjie of Atitiiosonia ttiif/itt tat iin s. 



l'Ai;AI'IkT<;\(>!>IS('rs new genus. 



1. PARAPHiENODISCUS VERUS new species. Genotype. 



Female: — Length, ].L'."i nun. Eoliust. Differs from I'ha nodisciis in that the sca]ie is 

 foliaceously dilated. 



Reddish yellow, the abdomen ]iale hcuuy yellow, .also the heail, legs and antenna e.xcept 

 the club which is black (but whitish at extreme apex). Fore wings stained brownish from base 

 to end of venation, from thence distad less so. Head lenticular, the frons nuiderately broad, the 

 cheeks over half the length of the eyes. Mandibles with three equal teeth. Funiele joints 1 

 and 2 snbquadrate, the others shortening each a little, the distal one dusky cm one side. Last 

 joint of maxillary palpi black. Hind tibial spur single. Margiiuil vein somewhat over twice 

 longer than wide, slightly shorter than the stigmal, the I'ostnnirginal not ipiite half the length 

 of the nuirginal. Hairless line on fore wing with about 10 lines of much coarser cilia proximad 

 of it. Costal cell rather broad, its cephalic margin convex. Scajie distinctly but only 

 moderately dilated; pedicel subequal in length to fnnicle 1; club about half the length of the 

 fnnicle. Body flattened, very iinely scaly, the thorax \vith many scattered, minute setigerous 

 punctures. Axilla' separated a little. Abdomen subglabrous. Seutellum with a thin plate 

 allium! the distal edges (plate-like rim). 



From one female caught in forest, April 9, 19 bi. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns). (Queensland. 



Tji/ie: Xo. Hy S00£', Queensland Musmun, Brisbane, the spi'cimen on a tag; head, hind 

 tibia and [lart of fore wing on a slide. 



2. PARAPHffiNODISCUS WUNDTI Cirault. iie,e Encyrlns. 



.-EXASOMVI I-:LLA new genus. 

 1. fflNASOMYIELLA COLERIDGEI new species. (Jenotype. 

 Female: — Length, 1.2.J mm. Frons over six times the diameter of cephalic ocellus, 

 moderate, about twice wider than with Kiteyrtiis (lilherti and aristoti lea. Dilation of scape very 

 convex. Marginal vein a little longer than wide. Club conic. 



Honey yellow, immaculate except that the scape has a conspicuous, longer than wide black 

 area from ventral margin between base and middle; wings proxinuid lightly stained yellowish; 

 venation jiale. Frons moderate. Mandibles with three acute teeth. Scajie dusky along ventral- 



