Ar.STNAlJ.IX lIYMEMIPTKiri CH AI.CI DOIDKA. V 11 —Gl UAVLT. 97 



silvery wliite toward tips of tibiy ami |iriixiiiiail mi leiiicira ami tla^ kiii'cs ami tarsi; inter- 

 mediate legs Avith a narrow blaek band al«i\|. and below knees. Meso[jle\inuii eaudad washed 

 with purple. Caudal fourth of srutnui iiictalb.- bluish .and there idothed witli dense silvery 

 white pubescence. Scutum and smitidUini \ery tiuely, deusely, longitudinally lineolated but 

 metallic part of scutum transversely so. A.xilhe barely sejiarated. Distal two thirds or more 

 of first .ioint of hind t.arsus black. Fore u ings embrowned from the iirst bend of the sub- 

 marginal vein to apex, deeper under the marginal vein and quite as in species of Chciloiicurus 

 except that the white spot .iust distad of venation includes the whole area suliteuded by the 

 postmarginal and stigmal veins. ()blii|ne hairless line liroad. not well delimited by setip. 

 Marginal vein about two and a third times longer than wide, i'edicel much longer than any 

 of the funicle .joints, nearly twice longer than wide .-it apex; fiinirlc> slender proximad, widening 

 a little distad, the joints all subcjuadrate but ."i and (i wider tli.-iii I he others. Distal part of 

 submarginal vein as usual curving but the .-nrvi' is rather long and miicuri'. 



From two females i-aught on tlu^ fi.li.ige ,,f Anili/iil'ii yniwing in gardens in the town. 

 October 23, 1911. 



Habitat: Townsville. Queensland. 



Type: No. Ht/JOln. (^neensl.and .Mnsmm. Urisbane. mie female on :i tag: head, wing 

 and hind tibife on a slide. 



I'.XKAl'incrs m'w uenus. 

 1. PARAPHYCUS ABNORMISCAPUS new speeies. (lenotype. 



!''( iiiair: — Length. 1.'-'." mm., exi-hiding (i\ ipositor whieh is distinctly but shortly extruded. 



Deep orange yellow, the head excejit vertex, the pronotnm excejjt lateral margin, propleura, 

 mesopleura, legs, metaidenr.a .and abdomen very pale yellow, contr.asting; face of ])ronotum. 

 cephalic margin of scutum and doisum of abdomen exi-ept along each margin where there are 

 pale yellowhsh marginal spots, lilaek. A large obsrure ronmlcil area in center of scutum on 

 each side of the meson and a distinct, large arrow sli.ipeil spdt in center of the scutelluiu 

 (covering most of it, the apex blunt and at base of scntellnm. the spot leaving the distal 

 margin yellow) jiurjile. A spot lielow knee and mie across tiji of middle tiliia and a spot 

 centrally on lateral caudal fenuir. one just below knee and one a little dist.ail of middle on 

 caudal tibia, dusky black. Wings hyaline. Upper half of occiput black. Antennai colored 

 like the legs. Extruded valves of ovipositiu' ilusky, whitish at extreme ba.se and apex. Marginal 

 vein punctiform, the postmarginal distinct, somewhat longer than the marginal, the stigmal 

 long, curved, about thrice the length of the jiostuuirginal. Mandibles with three equal, small, 

 acute teeth. Axilla; separated by a short carina, Frons broad, face intiexed, the cheeks 

 somewhat shorter than the eyes. I'edicel and scape dusky the latter stout, obconic, the pedicel 

 globular, the funicle joints subequal, ea-h a little longer than wide, a little over half the 

 length of the scape (excluding the bulla). Club slemler, nearly h.-ilf the length of the funicle. 

 longer than the scape (even if the bulla is included). Marginal fringes of fore wing very 

 short, the hairless line guarded by two lines of cilia proximad and tliree or four inconspicuous 

 lines of cilia under, and parallel with, the subnuirginal vein. Main discal ciliatiou of the fore 

 wing fine, dense. Thorax densely, very finely scaly. Propodeum with several transverse 

 blaek spots on each side. Distal margin of scutellum pale yellow. Antennie with a very thin 

 ring-joint, the flagellum longitudinally striate, llin.l tibial spurs double, verv nne(|iial. S,-ap' 

 shajied like an ordinary pedicel. 



From one female caught in forest. A|ail 1.'.. liMl (A. 1". HoddV 



Habitat: Cloncurry. (^ueenslaml. 



Type: No. Hy-lnll. (.(ueensland Museum. Urisbane. tlie specimen cm a lag. 

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