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XESYKPOPHACir 



new iii'ims. 



1. NESYRPOPHAGUS FLAVITHORAX new species, (ienotype. 



Fcmah-: — Lciiytli, n.ii.") iimi. Kntlier stmit. With the habitus of Enci/rius. 



Orange yellow, tlic wiiiys hyaline, the uiitnin:!- wliite, legs pale yellow; head ami aliilomeiT 

 (lark puriilish; club and dorsal pedii'al, dusky. Scape slender; ]iedicel somewhat less tbar 

 twice longer than wide at apex, a little lougev than t'unide ] which is longest and slightly 

 longer than wide; funicles 2 ami .i subqnadrate; reuiaining funicle joints somewhat wider 

 than long. Club about a half the length of the funicle or a little more. Vertex moderate in 

 width; cheeks subequal to the eyes m length. .Marginal vein twice longer than broad, a little 

 longer than the stigmal, the ]iostniarginal short, somewhat hjuger than wide, the venation pale; 

 oblique hairless line distinct, \\ith about four rows of I'oaiscr discal cilia proximad of it. 

 Axillie joined but separated by a short, distinit carina. Thorax finely scaly, with numerous, 

 small setigerous punctures. l'ro]Miihnini naked, i'abescence not conspicuous but quite evident 

 on scutum and scutelhim. .Mandibles with tlnvc short teeth. King-joint present. Abdomen 

 short, triangular, depressed. Hind tibial s[inr siTigle. Scutellum purplish mesad just before 

 tip. Frons moderate. 



From one female caught in forest. DecemVier 19, IPll. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (C'airns), Queensland. 



Type: No. HySO-iO, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the siiecimen on a tag; head, a 

 fore wing and a hind tibia on a slide. 



Later, two females, same ]ilace. 



The cheeks are nearly as long as the eyes. 



2. NESYRPHOPHAGUS UNGUTTATUS new species. 



Female: — Length, l.lil mm. 



Very similar indeed to the ]ireceding but ditt'cring in th.-it the axilhe are not separated 

 merely by a carina but are distinctly apart for some distance, rather widely separated. The 

 purple spot on scutellum before ape.x is more distinct. Also, the head is metallic seneous. The 

 marginal vein is a little shorter, the postniarginal lotiger, somewhat over half the length of 

 the stigmal. Vertex with small thimble punctures, a row of them along the eye. .\lso funicle 

 1 is distinctly longer than wide. 



From two females caught December 2. liUli in jungle (.\. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Kuranda, Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy3041, Queensland ^Mnseuni. P.risliaiu'. the specimen on a tag; Iiead. 

 antenna and a fore wing on a slide. 



Differs from Syrpnpluunis Ashmead in having the scaiie hmg and slender, the funicle 

 joints short and the club about half the length of the funicle. 



ECHTHRDBACt'ELLA new genus. 

 1. ECHTHROBACCELLA ARGENTINOTATA new species. Oenotype. 



Female: — Length. l.."i(l nun., exc-ludiiii; (.x ipMsitcn' which is cxtrude<l distinctly a short 

 distance. Frons prominent. A'aricolored. 



Black. The following parts silvery white: Head except center of occiput and twi- 

 stri]ics across cheeks beneath the eyes, the ventral one near ventral margin of head, both 

 running to the black of the occijint and barely visible from ce])halic asjiect ; apex of pedicel,, 

 scape (except dorsal edge broadly from l>ase nearly to ti]i and ventrad narrowly all along), 

 pronotum excc]it its entni' face, pro- and mesopleunnn, pre|iectns, legs (except ventral edge 

 centrally (jf (ejihalii fcnnir, .a minute dusky sjiot dorsad just below knee on cephalic tibiic. 

 middle knee and .a dot just below it laterad ami same on hind legs but the spot behiw 



