AUSTRALIAX HYMEyorTEIlA cn ALCIDOWEA. V! f.—dlHAiLT. i:U 



bear numerous piu-punetures on tlie fi-ous. the r;iudal niart;iii of pronofuni is very uarroulv 

 purplish and the axilla! are slightly separated, fringed witli lashes along caudal margin. 

 Funiele 1 barely shorter than the pedii-el. lufuscation of wings dark. Head lenticular. 

 Scape above at tip and the pedicel purple. 



Prom one female caught in a gardeji, .August 1, 19U (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Harvey's Creek (Cairns), t|)ueeiishind. 



Type: No. 11 ii J057 , Queensland ;Musinuii, Hrisiiane, the specimen on a tag. 



EXCYKTOMVI.V new genus. 



Fcmiih/: — Resembles Ottipluiltniiirins of tlie l':ctn]niini. I'onu small, rather slender, 

 the head (cephalic aspect) rounded, the frons nio<lerately broad, the antenna? inserted distinctly 

 below the middle, 10-,iointed, the club ?.-jointe.l. large and ovate, the divisions faint, the region 

 longer than the funiele whose joints, except the first, are transverse; one short ring-.joint. 

 Pedicel normal, but much longer than any of the funiele .joints. Scape moderately dilated, 

 rather short. Scutellum simple; axilhu nu'eting or nearly, transverse-cuneate. Middle tibial 

 spur slender, long. Hind tibial spurs single, small. Abdomen as long as the thorax, the 

 ovipositor short, inserted at distal third, not exserted. Metajdeurnm Ijare, Legs slender. 

 Marginal vein short, twice longer than wide, the stigmal somewhat shorter, the postmarginal 

 half the length of the marginal. Oblique hairless line narrow. Mandibles truncate. Cheeks 

 somewhat shorter than the eyes. Wings with short marginal fringes. 



1. ENCYRTOMYIA ALBIFLAGELLUM new species. f:enot,\-pe. 



FcmaJi: — LengTli. ii.."iii nun. 



Dark metallic green, the wings hyaline. Funiele, club, knees, tibia; (except proximal 

 half of cephalic tibia and middle tibias at base) and tarsi pure white, rest of legs and antenme 

 concolorous; tip of jiedicel and scape jiale. Scutum scalv but with scattered minute setigerous 

 punctures; scutelluni apparently very finely longitiulinally lineolated. Head very finely 

 sculptured. Funiele i wider than long, twice the length of 3 which is subequal to 2, 1 a little 

 longer than wide, shorter than the pedicel, the ring-joint very minute. Discal ciliation proximad 

 of hairless line sparse (four short lines) and coarser than the main ciliation; hind wings 

 densely ciliate discally. 



From one female taken in jungle, June 7, 1914. 



Ildhitiit : (lordonvale (Cairns). Queensland. 



Type: Xo. Hy -lO-'iS, Queensland iluseum. P>risbane. tlie specimen on a slide. 



2. ENCYRTOMYIA SECUNDUS now species. 



Female: — Length, 0.75 mm. 



Differs from Omiihaleiicyrtu.'< traUani Cirault in being Mack, or nearly and the inter- 

 mediate femora are concolorous centrally, the cephalic legs like the hind legs. Also the antenna 

 differs in that funiele 1 is subquadrate and the following joints all transverse and subequal, 

 ring-like. The scape is metallic except at tip. the pedicel wholly metallic; rest of antenn;e 

 white. Mandibles truncate, unarmed. Oblique hairless line present. 



From three females caught sweeping miscellaneous trees (some ornamental, some 

 jungle) along a tramway and along the banks of the Herbert Eiver, February 2(3, 1913. 



Habitat: Halifax (Ingham), Queensland. 



Types: No. HySOJiO, Queensland Museum. Brisbane, two specinu'ns on a tag. one in 

 fragments on a slide. 



