106 MEiWISS OF TEE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



at base and the caudal margin and neck of jironotum, metallic purple. Pace washed with- 

 metallic purple. Fore wings uniformly embrowned from about the middle of the submarginal 

 vein distad to apes. Funiele purjilish; funicle 6 at tip and the club silvery white. Extruded 

 valves of ovipositor which are no longer than a fourth the length of abdomen, purple. Abdomen 

 \entrad at distal fourth jiurple. Jlesopleurum purple. 



Head lenticular, the antennaj inserted in the middle or only a little below, the scrobes 

 absent or nearly, the frons moderately broad, the ocelli in a straight line, not near the eyes, 

 the latter long, over twice the length of the cheeks. Mandibles with two lateral teeth acute, 

 subequal, the inner distinctly shorter, truncate but not very broad. Marginal vein about twice 

 longer than wide, the stigmal and postmarginal veins subequal, each somewhat shorter. Oblique 

 hairless line present, narrow, rather obscure. Funicle joints elongate, 1 and 2 subequal, about 

 five times longer than wide, each over twice the length of the pedicel, 6 a little longer than 

 the pedicel, a little over twice longer than wide. Club joints not very distinct. Scape stout, 

 long, iletapleura purple. Head and thorax feebly reticulated and with short black pubescence 

 from minute setigerous punctures. Propodeum with three sharp ridges at meson, all separate. 

 Fore wing densely ciliated discally, the marginal fringes short. Axilla* just not meeting acutely. 

 Propodeal spiracle small, round, cephalad, a long lateral carina (near lateral margin) leading 

 straight from the latero-caudal corner. Club of antenna rather long, somewhat wider than 

 the funicle. Hind tibial spur single, distinct. Scutum somewhat longer than the scutellum. 

 Hairless line of fore wing with very many lines of cilia proximad of it. 



From one female caught in jungle, June 10, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Hahitat: Upper Mulgrave Kiver (Gordonvale), Queensland. 



Type: No. By 3027, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag; head, hind 

 tibia and fore wing on a slide. 



This genus runs to Htxadadia Ashmead but differs in the \enation. 



The club is not as long as the preceding three joints taken together. Scape not extending 

 beyond the vertex. Antenna; inserted much above the ventral ends of the eyes. 



2. HEXENCYRTUS FUMOSIPENNIS new species. 



Female: — Length, 1.90 mm. 



Agrees with Hei-acladia Ashmead but the scajie is compressed yet long but not extending- 

 any distance beyond the ocelli; also the marginal vein is distinctly somewhat longer than the 

 other two veins and about thrice longer than wide; postmarginal vein a little shorter than the 

 stigmal. Mandibles with the two outer teeth acute, the second longer, the third tooth shortest 

 and concavely truncate and rather broad. Funicle joints elongate, the pedicel only one and a 

 half times longer than wide at apex. Frons broad, convex; cheeks less than a third the length 

 of tlie long eyes. AxilUe separated by a short carina. Valves of ovipositor exserted for a 

 fifth the length of the abdomen. Hind tibial spur single, stout. Club 3-jointed. 



Dark metallic blue, the neck of pronotuui, ]iroideurum, axilla> and base of abdomen' 

 narrowly, orange yellow. Legs and scape yellowish lirown; flagelluin black except club and 

 distal third of funicle 6 which are silvery white. Fore wings deeply fuscous from base to apex. 

 the hind wings dusky. Scape and flagelluni hispid (excluding club). Funicles 1 and 2 subequal. 

 twice the length of the pedicel, about five times longer than wide, 3 and i subequal, 6 twice 

 longer than wide; club only a little wider, about ;i third the length of the funiele. Oblique 

 hairless line w-ith many fine lines of cilia i>roxinu\d of it. Head and thorax finely reticulated, 

 the thorax with numerous minute setigerous punctures. Propodeum with three well separated 

 median carina? and a narrow carina just laterad of the minute spiracle and which curves around 

 it to run along (mesad) the cephalic margin; just mesad of this carina and infolded by its 

 two arms (the lateral and cei)halic) the propodeum bears fine longitudinal striae; betwee" 

 these and meson, glabrous. Hairless line of fore wing closed caudad. 



From one female caught by sweeping in jungle, March 1, 1914. 



Udbilat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Qiu'cnsbnid. 



