ACSTL-ATJAX II YM EXOPTJiN.l CIIAUI iKlini-A. ril.—OIKAr LT. 101 



RHOPALENCVKTOIDKA new geuus. 

 Fiiiuih : — HiiHs (ill :iiy table) to Encjirtiis but ditl'ers in liaviii;; the ovipiisitur distiiu-tlv 

 twtnuloil for some lengtli. tlie iiostiiiaitjinal vein Koniewliat Innger tliaii tlie sli<;nial, tlie latter 

 soniowliat lonfjer tliaii tlie marginal. Also, the fmns is a little broader. I'ronotnni transverse- 

 linear. Dilatiini of si-ajie not gr(>at but ilistini-t and toliai'eous. Mandilnihir teeHi short, acute, 

 equal. Diti'ers from .TiiuisifHa in having the eves no longer than thi' malar spaee, the longer 

 marginal vein and so forth. 



1. RHOPALENCYRTOIDEA PURPUREICORPUS n. nv speeies. Genotype. 



Feinah-: — Length. (I.s:^ mm., exchi.ling ovipositor nlii'-li is extrndi'd for a length e(|ual 

 to four iifths that of the alidomen. 



Dark met.allir |airide. the wings hyaline, the \enatioii black; middle knees and tibia' 

 yellowish white (excejit the dusky dist.al .jnint cd' tarsi). Head and thorax densely scaly, the 

 axillae with a carina between them, naiiow. Sciiielluiii extending to base of abdomen, the 

 latter triangular, not quite as long as the thorax, linely scaly. I'edicel a little hmger than 

 any of the funicle joints which are all short. i|iiaib'ate but gradually enlarging distad. Club 

 somewhat over half the length of the funicle and distinctly wider. Cheeks long, as long as 

 the eyes or a little longer, the face intlexed. Hind tibal sjnir single, the middle spur large 

 and stout, a little longer than joint 1 ot middle t.arsus wlii.li is the longest of all tarsal joints. 

 Frons nearly of moderate width. Cephalic femur coin|nessed. Hairless line of fore wing with 

 about six lines of coarser cilia proximad of it. Marginal vein not quite twice longer than wide 

 (one and a half times longer than wide). Club conic ovate. Fore wings with tine dense discal 

 cilia. 



From one female specimen caught June 2S, 11114 (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Ghilders, South Queensland. 



Type: Xo. HjiSOlS, C^ueensland Museum. Brisbane, tlio specimen on a tag; lie:id. a 

 fore wing and a middle :ind hind tibia on a slide. 



2. RHOPALENCYRTOIDEA CLARIPENNIS new .speeie.s. 



Finuile: — Length. 'J.'M> mm., exidnding i>vipositor. 



Black-purjde. the scutum green, the wings hyaline, the extruded valves of ovi[iositor 

 coucolorous; venation and antenna^ black, alsn the legs excejit trochanters, knees, tips of tibiai 

 (sometimes distal half of middle tibiaO and the tarsi uhiidi are reddish brown. Head and 

 thorax very finely minutely densely scaly and with numerous obscure pin-pnnetnres over the 

 surfaces. Axillie separated a short distance, trausveisely scaly. Pubescence not conspicuous. 

 Mandibles with the two outer teeth subequal and longer than the inner. Scape distinctly dilated 

 ventrad toward apex but not greatly so; pedicel short, a little longer than wide and barely 

 longer than funicle 1 which is barely longer than wide; funicle joints alike but the ilistal three 

 shortening a little, 6 a little wider than long. Club a little wider, hardly as long as the three 

 preceding joints united. Wings long, extending nearly to tip of o\ ipnsitur valves; marginal vein 

 a little over twice longer than wide, the postmarginal a little longer than it, the stigmal a little 

 longer than the postmarginal. r)blique hairless line narrow, incomplete; discal cilia dense and 

 fine; a little staining between stigmal and postmarginal veins; marginal fringes exceedingly 

 short. Hind tibia" a little dilated at apex, the spur as long as thi' basal Jnint of the tarsus which 

 bears yellowish comblike teeth as in many eupelmines. Hind femur compressed. Abdomen conic- 

 ovate, acute, flat above, keeled beneath, a little longer than the thorax (excluding ovipositor) the 

 valves of ovipositor distinctly exserted for a length eiinal lo somewhat over a third of ilie 

 abdomen's length. Alidomen glossy, sculptured like the thorax but even finer and the punctures 

 are absent. Vertex tolerably wide between the eyes, the ocelli in an equilateral triangle, the 

 lateral ones just separated from the eyes. Head sculptured like the scutum, the face inflexed 



