AVSTSALIAN nTMKNOPTEKA Cn ALClltiil DF.A. VIl.—CIUAll.T. .115 



not loiigiT than wide; nlilii|ni' luiirloss line [iivsi'iit. the iii:ii}jiii;U I'rinjios veiv short, th<! iliscal 

 filiation tine and dense, rmiioileum transverse at niesou, widening laterad. Anteimie 12-jointed, 

 a very short ring-joint being present. Cheelvs not nuu-h more than lialf tlie length of the eyes. 

 Hind tibial spur single. Abdojnen a little shorter than I he tliorax. (Icpressed, Iriangnlar, the 

 ovipositor just tipping it. 



Male: — The same lint tlie frons is broad, the lateral ocelli a little separated from the 

 eyes while the antenna' are liliform. wholly colored like the legs and the chib is solid. Scape 

 not as distinctly swollen; fnnicle joints subgl(d>nlar and much longer than the pedicel excepting 

 funicle 1 which is mneh longer than wide. Funicle joints bristly, the bristles not very long. 



From one male, five females reared from eggcases of a native cockroach from the jungle 

 and in company with Eutrichoaomrlhi hldttnpliniiti (iiranit, February, lltlf (A. 1'. Dodd). 

 Habitnt : Babinda, Queensland. 



Tjipcs: No. BySOin. Queensland Museum, lirisbanc, oiu' nuile, five females on .-i tag, 

 one fenuile, one male and female head on a slide with type of liiiliichosomclla lihillopliniin. 



Of the above eggcases, two were jiarasitized, the parasites issuing from l)oth ends by 

 way of two perfectly circular holes, oni' at each end and on (jpposite siiles of the dorsal ridge 

 of the eggease. The eggcases are rather small, of a greyish color, the l)r]ttom and bottom sides 

 and a longitudinal stripe soniewhtit below the dorsal edge ablire\iated at each end and 

 interrupted once beyond or before the middle, dark reddish brown. 



Subsequently a female was found in a botth' hibelh-d " ( ionloiivale. sweeping grass, 

 forest, April 10, 3912.'' In this specimen the cephalic knees were d\isky. 



NEOCUI'IDOSOMVIA new genns. 

 Fe/tuile: — Differs from CopidoxDwijni Girault in that the head (ceph;ilic aspect) is 

 rounded and a little wider than long, not ovate and plainly longer than wide. Al.so, the frons 

 is twice broader and the scrobes normal, forming a dei'p triaTigle, the fai-e inflexed. The 

 antenna has a short ring-joint. Axilla; slightly separated. Abdomen as long as the thorax, the 

 ovipositor not exserted. Second segment of abdomen occupying only a fourth of the surface. 

 Outer two teeth of mandibles distinctly longer than the inner. Otherwise as described for 

 Copidostomyia. 



1. NEOCOPIDOSOMYIA VIRIDISCUTELLUM icw species. (Jenotype. 

 Female: — Length, l.llo nun. L'obust. 



Purplish black, the scutelhun dark nietallii' green, the fore wing lightly enibr(]wned from 

 the bend of the submarginal vein to apex or nearly so; distal half of tibi;c and the tarsi 

 yellowish brown. Antenna; concolorous, scajie a little compressed, excised ventrad at ti]); 

 pedicel one and a fourth times longer than wide at apex, subequal to funicle 1 which is 

 distinctly longer than wide, the longest, l! a little longer than wide, 5 and ti distinctly wider 

 than long, ('lub obliquely truncate, not more than half the length of the fnnicde. Cephalic 

 ocellus about twice its diameter from either I'ye. Head densely finely scaly, the vertex with 

 obscure, small ]iunctures. Scutum sculptureil like the vertex but the srutellum densely 

 punctulate. .Vbdomeu scaly like the scutum but witliout the punctures. Pubescence incon- 

 spicuous. A darker sjiot against the marginal and proximal two thirds of stigmal veins. 

 Marginal vein somewhat less than twice longer than wide. Oblique hairless line narrow. 

 Mesopleura finely, longitudinally scaly and lineil. Hind tibial spur single. 



Prom four females on a card labelled ".Apr. :.'4, 190.">. V. P. l>odd.'' 

 Habitat: Townsville, Queensland. 



Types: No. Tly .3008, Queensland Museum, Prisbaiie. four fi'males on a card: head, 

 jiortion of fore wing and a hind tibia on a slide. 



Later, another card with seven females, one male was found bearing the same data and 

 :i flower-like case of what appeared to be a fulgorid. the host. The male was broken but as 

 far as could be seen resembled the female except thai the frotis vvas liroader and the funicle 

 more hairy. 



