AUSTBALIAX HTMEXOPTEBA CHALCIDOIUEA, VIL—GIHAVLT. 107 



Type: No. HySOSS, Queeiislanj Museum, Brisljaiie, the speiinicu on a tag; bead, .a liiuil 

 tibia and a fore wing on a slide. 



Tliis species differs from the genotyiie nuiinly in coloration liut also the ocelli are in a 

 slightly curved line and are somewhat larger. Compared with type of alhidava. Also, in the 

 latter, the axillae are separated and without a carina between them. Both species bear scattered 

 liubescence from pin-jiunctures on scutum and scutelluni. 



ZAOMENCYETUS new genus. 

 1. ZAOMENCYRTUS LEPmOPTEROPHAGUS new species, (ienotype. 



Fcmuh': — Length, O.Oii mm. 



Dark metallic purple, the wings hyaline but with a little slain at the marginal vein; 

 base of abdomen across orange yellow. Legs yellow, washed in |ilaces with metallic. Antenna! 

 strongly capitate, the club as long as the funicle. large, obliquely truncate from one side. 

 Pedicel stout, longer than any of the funicle joints yet not much longer than wide; funicle 

 joints enlarging di.stad, 6 widest and longest, somewhat wider than long, 1 and 2 subequal, 

 much smaller than 6; antenn» ID-jointed, no visible ring-joint, the club only 2-jointed, the 

 distal joint much the longest, the proximal joint much wider than long; club obtusely pointed. 

 Marginal vein slightly longer than wide, the postmarginal somewhat shorter, half the length of 

 the stigmal. Wings broad, with the usual hairless line. Mandibles as in Coccidencyrtiix 

 hicoloriconiis as is also the liody and hc-id. the cheeks as long as the eyes, the head (cephalic 

 aspect) somewhat longer than wide. Abdomen shaped as in the species named. Scape long, 

 slender. Head scaly reticulate. Lateral ocelli their own diameter from the eye margins. 

 Scrobes forming a long, rounded triangle. Frons rather broad. Scutum sculptured like the 

 head but with additional minute, scattered setigerous punctures. AxilUe extraordinarily finely, 

 transversely lined. Scutelhun finely, longitudinally lineolated, scaly at apex. Axilla; a little 

 separated. Abdomen scaly, iletapleuruin bare. Segment 3 of abdomen long, occupying half 

 or more of the surface. Mandibles slender. 



Very similar in form and most structures to Coccidenryrtns hicolorimrnis. 



From many females labelled "Nat. Mus. -Victori.-i. b'eared from supposed moth pupa 

 on Eucalyptus tree near base. May. il.5. ' ' 



Habitat: Melbourne, Victoria. 



Tiipes: in the National ^luseum. MellnMirne. two females i>n a tag, two heads on a slide. 



ZOOENCYETUS new species. 



1. ZOOENCYRTUS ACUTIVENTRIS ...w species. Cenotype. 



Female: — 1.30 mm. 



Dark metallic green, the scutelhun and abdnmen except at base, purplish, the legs straw- 

 yellow. Tip of scape white. The distal half of that jiart of the blade of the fore wing distad 

 of apex of the stigmal vein, distinctly dusky, the dusky area covering the a]iex of the wing and 

 conically projected a little past apex of stigmal vein, the projection a little oblitpied caudad. 

 Mandibles not esjiecially long, with three subequal acute teeth. Scape dilated but not greatly, 

 not extending beyond the venter — the antenna; inserted a little above the ventral ends of the eyes 

 yet a little below the middle of the face, the pedicel somewhat over twice longer than wide, a 

 little longer than funicle 1 which is a little the longest of the funicle; funicle (1 somewhat longer 

 than wide. Club somewhat over a third the length of the funicle; ring-joint present. Marginal 

 vein about four times longer than wiile. the stigmal three-fourths the length of the marginal, 

 the postmarginal a little shorter than the stigmal; marginal fringes and the oblique hairless line 

 present. Axillm just meeting inwardly, the head and thorax finely, densely scaly, the abdomen 

 a little less distinctly so, pointed conic-ovate, somewhat longer than the thorax, the ovipositor 

 not exserted. Seutellum densely scaly punctate. Frons moderately broad ; cheeks as long as or a 



