AriiTB.tLLlX irYMIiXorTKKA CHALCIDOIDEA, TI1.—GU!AVLT. 139 



1. the fiuiicle joints sliditi'iiini; distml. tin' distal two siili(|iia(lrat('. Sc-ajio morlin-atciy wiilely 

 dilated at apex. Uiie very short viriy joint preseut. Antenna! eoni-olorons, moderately 

 jiubeseent. Frons witli some bronze. 



Hahitiit : Brisbane, Queensland. Associated witli a jisyllid. 



Tape: No. Ily:>079. Queensland Miisenni, Brisbane, a female on a card, the head on a 



slide. 



This s]>ecies resembles the North .\nierican Anuiiiinis iiiihiliii,'iijiis (iiraul 



2. COCCIDOXENUS CHANNINGI (Cirault). Female. 



Aiiiioiinis i-liiiiiiiiiiiii (Jiranlt. 



Len^tli. 2.1^0 mm. excluding o\ ipositoi-. 



Bright metallic blue-yreen, the winys wljolly hyaline; jiostmarniual vein as long as the 

 stigmal, the marginal a little longer than wide. Legs and tegulse yellow. Valves of ovipositor 

 black. Head and thorax densely reticnlateil. the mesonotnm with numerous thimble punctures. 

 Posterior tibial with an obscure, roundisli spot aiioxc near eai-li enil. Posterior eoxEO concolor- 

 ous. Antenme IS-jointed, with one very sliort ring-joint, tlie scajje compressed distad, joints 

 2 and 3 of funicle longest, subequal to the pedicel, 1 slightly shorter, 6 a little wider 

 than long; club wider than funicle, short, ovate, 3-jointed; antennai dark, sutfused slightly 

 with brownish. Ovipositor exserted for half the length of the abdomen. 



Habitat: South Australia: Port Lincoln. 



Type: 1.1471, South Australian JLiseum. One sjiecimen and a slide with tlie head. 



3. COCCIDOXENUS PENNI (Girault). Female, 



A II a [I II nix pcnni Girault. 



Length, 2 mm. excluding ovipositor. 



Dark metallic green, the scutellum nuire ov li'ss coppery; wings liyalinc, tlic (lostnuirginal 

 vein distinctly not more than a half the length of the stigmal; legs dark brown; antennai as 

 in chaiiiiiiigi but the club is more or less distinctly lirownish, the scape less compressed distad, 

 the second ami third funiide joints mit distinctly longer than wide, a little wider than long, 

 somewhat shorter than the sliorter pidirel. the funicle widening distad. Axillie blue, barely 

 separated. Ovipositor exserted for a lengtli eipial to a fifth that of the abdomen. 



Habitat: South Australia: Port Limsdn. 



Type: 1.147.'. Soutli .Vustralian Mns^-um. ( )nc' siiei'inuui and a slide with the head. 



4. COCCIDOXENUS EMERSONI (Girault), Female. 

 .inai/yni.^ tnitrsotii (Tirault. 



Length, L.5n mm. 



Like peniii in mandibular structure. Bright bluish green, the scutellum with aeneous 

 tinges; legs bright yellowish brown, the cephalic fenuir and the middle of cephalic tibia 

 metallic greenish, the jiosterior fenuir (hisky ]>ruxiiiiad. Fore wings with a distim-t yellowish 

 stain under the stigmal and niargin:il veins, otherwise hyaline, .^ntennio concolorous with the 

 legs but the scape metallic. Postmarginal win no longer than half the length of the stigmal. 

 the nuirginal snbpunctifmin. He;ol ami tlmrax with a minute scaly sculptiue. Ovipositor not 

 extruded. 



Habitat: New South Wales: Sydney. 



Type: I. 147 I. South .Australian .Museum. One spe<-inn'n and a slide with the head, 



5. COCCIDOXENUS WORCESTERI new species, Fimale. 



Length, 1.32 mm. 



Like chanmiuji but bright metallic green, the ovipositor not exserted, tlie ])ostnuarginal 

 vein a fourth shorter than the stigmal, the sculpture of the head a little rougher than th;it of 

 the scutum, the caudal tibia without a black spot, the legs bright lemon yellow exceirt caudal 



