AUSTEALIAN lIYilENOPTEHA (11 ALCIDOlDliA, VIL—CIEAVLT. Ifll 



white. Hairless Hue of fore wing with about r> or (i lines of coarser cilia proximad of it. 

 Thorax finely scaly. Fore \Ying pyriform, not especially broad, the marginal fringes short. 



From line male taken by sweeping forest, .hniuary S, lili:',. 



Ilahitiil: Capeville (Pentland), (^liieenslaiul. 



Tiipi-: Xo. Ilii.n.'.S. (^neenslan.l Mnsenni. Ilrisbanc', the s|ieciinen (Hi a slide. 



I'SEUDECTROMA new genus. 

 Fciiiah': — Sliiirt and slender, the abihinien conic-ovate, :i little longer than the rest of 

 the body, the ovipositor and its valves ]iliiiidy extrtided for a third of the abdomen's length. 

 Distal four tarsal .joints very short; first tarsal .joint of cephalic legs half shorter than the 

 same of other legs. Scutum wider tlian long; tlie axilUe barely separated. Fore wings densely 

 ciliate discally, with an oblique hairless line from the stigma! vein, the marginal vein quadrate, 

 the stigmal slinrt and broad, longer than the marginal, the postmarginal very .short; fringes of 

 margin short. Head somewhat wider than long. Mandibles narrow, with two equal acute 

 teeth. A spiracle on each lateral margin ol' abdomen a little be.yond middle and which bear* 

 long seta; from pores. .\ntenn;e '.I jointed; five funicle, two i-bib .joints, the first shorter, the 

 articulation not very distinct, no ring-joint, the fiagellnni clavafe but not compressed, the 

 funiele joints all very much wider than long. ~i nuich the widest, 1 narrowest; pedicel obconic, 

 two thirds or more the length of the funii-le. Sca]ie somewiiat i-oinpressed. Antennfe inserted 

 at the base of the mandibles. Head a little wider than long Middle iibial spur norin.al fin- 

 the family. Frons broml. 



1. PSEUDECTROMA AURICORPUS new species, (ienotype. 



Fcmiilc: — Length, U.ii.") mm. 



(iolden yellow, the wings subhyaline; ab<l(nneii with tlin'e narrow dusky stri|)es across, 

 the first complete, at proximal third, the second and third abbreviated laterad, on distal thii-<l; 

 also between the spiracles a dusky crescent (just caudad of first cross-stripe). Propodeum 

 suffused with dusky. A'alves of ovipositor black, ('lub ovate, large, longer than the funicle. 

 Fore wing with indefinite infuscation along the oblique hairless line. Hind wing acute, the 

 ]iart distad of venation very shint, .■ibont ten liiu's of fine discal i-ili.i. 



Described from one female cajitiired liy sweeping sei-oiid forest growth and in grass, 

 .Tannary S, 1111 4. 



Iliibitiit: fJordonvale (I'airns). (Queensland. 



Tifpf: No. ]lii;!l?^. ((tueensland Museum. Hrisbatu'. the IVutale on .-i slide 



SCKLI()KNc:YRTUS new genu.s. 



Frn'tilt : — I'^irm slemler, dejo'cssed. the abilomen nuich like that of the gemis rhaiuinis ot' 

 the PidftotriiimiiJi'i! but tiroad at basi-. H(^ad deju'essed, circular, the f.ace dire<*ted dorsad as 

 in the scelionid genus Arddophvijiis, the antenme inserted at the base of the acute bidentate 

 mandibles, 10-jointed, the club 2-jointed, no ring-joint. Middle tibial sjiurs not stout, small. 

 Fore wings slender, with an oblique hairless line frcnn the stigmal vein, the marginal vein 

 imnctiforin, the stigmal short but distinct, twice the length of the very short |iostniarginal. 

 -Abdomen long, obtusely conical, the ovipositor very short, inserted iK>ar the tip, the abdomen 

 longer than the rest of the body. .VxilUv not widely separated. P.ody finely sculptured. Frons 

 wide. Cheeks a little over half the length of the eyes. 



1. SCELIOENCYRTUS NIGRICLAVUS new species, (ienotype. 

 Fimah: — Length, 1.10 mm. 



Honey yellow, the wings hyaline, the anteTina; dusky yellowish, the idub jet black. Pore 

 wings densely finely ciliate, the marginal fringes longer than usmd, a fifth the greatest wing width. 

 Scape (excluding bidla) shorter than the club, the latter ov;ife. wider than the funicle. Pedicid 

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