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inner margins of tho tarsi; ).(istt'rior tVnnira cjti Idwer side, luistcrior tibial and Ijasal joint 

 of tarsi on ui)per side foliaeeou!-ly dilated, the tiliia; with two distinet spnrs. Aljdomen small 

 and generally distorted after drying, the ovipositor when exserted short and recrurved like that 

 of a Pipunciihix fly. The male differs c/hielly in its idear wings, much less dilated hind logs 

 and the six long branches of the antenna', which are inserted higher uy on tlie head. 



1. NEOCLADIA HOWARDI Perkio.s 



Black with various metallic relU-ctioris, the anteninc with the scape ferrugino\is, the 

 rest more or less obscure, becoming black or dark fuscous towards the tip, as are the branches 

 in the male. Front and middle legs unire or less yellowish lircjwu in the female, the middle 

 tibiSB darker, the base of their tarsi being pale, the ti|is blackish. Posterior legs dark, apex 

 of femora white. In the male the legs <larkcr but both sexes vary in this respect. Wings in 

 female with apical half fuscous, paler m-.ir the tip and i-ontaining two white sjiots, opposite 

 one another, the upper placed just Ijeyond the stigmal \ein, while there is a narrow transverse 

 fuscous band before middle of wing and a mure or less evi<h'iit longitudiual one, extending 

 from near base along lower margin of wing. Head dull, green or jiurplish and with large 

 shallow punctures, the lower jiarts of the fai-e often more sliining. tuouth-i>arts jiale. Thorax 

 somewhat shining, distinctly but not brightly metallic, i-lntlied with short black hairs with 

 indefinite surface sculjiture and excessively line jmncturation ; scutcllum .above very dull, 

 densely sculptured the deciirxcd apex snmotli .ni.l shining. Abdomen black. ].nr])lish at base. 

 Length, 2 5 mm. 



Habitat: Bundaberg, Queensland. .\]i internal parasite of a common jassid. 



Type : yuery. 



I'ARACHEILONEURUS new subgenus. 



Differs from Chcduiuunis in lacking the postmarginal vein. The genotype is Chciloneunis 

 pi rinili-lirr Ciirault. 



<:enus PSYLL.EI'HACU'S Ashmead. 

 1. PSYLLiEPHAGUS METALLICUS (i iirault). 



Ai'ti!ii.-> uiflnlhfiis liii'ault. 



FiiiKih : — Length. l.Llii nun. Small for the tribe. 



Metallic green, the abilomen ilaiki'r. the scutellum more or less coppery, the wings 

 hyaline. Antenna' browu, the scape and jiedicel black. Legs black, the knees white (femora 

 and eoxiE metallic), the tarsi biuwnisli. P.oily ileiisely, iiHHlerately roughly reticulated, the 

 head and mesouotum with scattered, small, thimble punctures; axilla) a little separated. Mandi- 

 bles with three teeth about equal; postnuirgiiial vein about four fifths the length of the 

 stigmal, the nmrginal ]iunctiform. Fnnicle joints only slightly longer than wide, the distal 

 ones subquadrate, the first smallest, not half the size of the pedicel. Club 3-jointed, two thirds 

 the length of the funicle and wider. Ovipositor ]ironiinent. as in Ahltrus. 



Lateral ocelli their own width from the eye margin. Face inflexed. Frcms not es[jecially 

 narrow, Scutellum smoolhcr Ihau scutum and heail. Type reexamined. 



Male: — The same but with metallic bluish on the head and thorax; the antenna; light 

 brown atnl with whorls of rather long hairs, the fnnicle joints more or less excised. 



Described from six males and three females in the collecticms of the Queensland Museum 

 at Brisbane, mounted on cards labelled " Hreil out of Kiicalyi'tus. .j.8.11, Brisbane. H. 

 Hacker" and "Gall Xo. l"i." 



Ihihitat: Brisbane. (Queensland. 



Types: No. Hy.iiiol, (^ueenslainl Museum, Brisbane, one male one fcrnali' on a single 

 card. 



