110 MJiMOlUS OF THE (JUJiENSLJND MUSEUM. 



PTEROMALEXt'VRTUS new geiuis. 



Femtitc: — Charai'terized remarkaljly as follows: Mandibles with four distinct, short 

 teeth which are smaller niesad; antennie with one large ringjoiut as in some Pteromalid*, th& 

 funicle 5-joinfed. the scape much dilated foliaceoiisly and only somewhat longer than w'ide, the 

 club conical, ;i-jointed and not-as long as the funicle and only a little wider, the joints of the 

 funicle short; hind femur and tibia distinctly compressed and rather broad. Marginal vein 

 thickened, subquadrate. a very little longer than wide, the stigmal somewhat longer than it, the 

 postmarginal somewhat shorter than the marginal. Hind tibial spur single. Axillse joined, 

 with a slight carina between them. Abdomen narrower and longer than the thorax, conical, the 

 ovipositor distinctly extruded a short distance. Pronotiim transverse. Face intlexed. Frous 

 moderately narrow, narrowing cephalo-ventrad. Cheeks as long as the eyes or a little longer. 

 Middle legs slender, the s]nir large. Fore wings broad. 



1. PTEROMALENCYRTUS QUADRmENTATUS new .species, (icnotype. 



Female: — Length, l.o9 mm. including ovipositor. 



Metallic purjde, the wings hyaline the venation brown; tarsi white. Thorax densely 

 polygonally scaly, the axilla; less distinctly so. Scutum with rather sparse pubescence, th& 

 seutellum inclined ventro-caudad, nearly reaching base of abdomen, subequal in length to the 

 scutum. Funicle joints subequal, each somewhat wider than long, each distinctly shorter than 

 the pedicel which is stout, a little longer than wide. Club somewhat over half the length of the 

 funicle, longer than the body of the scape. Hairless line of fore wing with three lines of cilia 

 jiroximad of it. Marginal and discal cilia of fore wing fine. 



From one female caught in forest, November 2, 1912. 



Habitat : Ayr, Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy 304(1, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the speiimcu on a tag; head, fore 

 wing, hind tibia- and middle leg with slide type of ^ndsoiiiyietlii eoleiUhiei Girault. 



rARAC.^NOCERCUS new genus. 

 Female: Runs to Bcreeyntus Howard but the frons is moderate, the marginal vein 

 thickened, quadrate, the jiostmarginal absent, the stigmal a little longer than the marginal. 

 The axilla- are distinctly se])arated for some little distance. Club a little shorter than the 

 funicle, not enlarged, long. Mandibles rather slender, with three acute teeth at apex. Mandibles 

 not elongate. Hind tibial spur d(mble. Abdomen triangular, as long as the thorax. Pronotum 

 fransverse. Legs slender. 



1. PARACfflNOCERCUS PERSEVERANS new species. 



Female: — Length, U.85 mm. 



Dark a-neous, the seutellum purjile, the abdomen dark coppery, the wings hyaline, tips 

 of tibisB, tarsi and middle knees white, also trochanters; venation black, the stigmal vein 

 i-olorless. Hairless line of fore wing with only three and a half lines of discal cilia proximad 

 of it. Scape slender, as long as the fuuii-lc, tlie pedicel somewhat longer than wide at apex, 

 longer than any of the funicle joints, the first of the latter distinctly shortest, somewhat wider 

 than long, 2 quadrate, the following joints each slightly longer than the one preceding it. 

 Club joints distinctly longer and larger than the funicle joints, the middle joint a little the- 

 longest of the three, longer than wide, wider than the funicle. Fore wings very broad. Cheeks 

 nearly as long as the eyes. Seutellum longitudinallj' striate, the scutum densely polygonally 

 scaly, the axilla* less distinctly so, the seutellum so at apex. Seutellum extending to base of 

 abdomen, not quite as long as the scutum. 



From one female taken in jungle, .luue 27, 1914 (A. I'. Hodil). 



Ilabilal : Childers, Southern Queensland. 



Typi : Xo. HySOiy, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag: head, fore- 

 iring and hind tibia with slide type of S coeopidosomyia viruliscutellum (Jirault. 



