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AUSTRALIAN 

 HYMENOPTERA CHALCIDOIDEA-VIU.* 



The Family Miscogastei Ida? with Descriptions of New Genera and Species. 



By a. a. Girault. 



The forms iht luit si'ciii luiiiicnius in the .Viist i;ili:ni t;inii.T 



Fa.mii.v .MISCOdASTHIMD.K. 



Sui;f.\.m ILY TK 1 1) ^■M 1 N/E. 

 Tribe TKIIl^^\ll^■I. 



(iExu.s (iASTR.VNCISTKCS Westuodd. 



1. GASTRANCISTRUS MENiETES (VVtilk.T). 

 Mi.sroi/aster tiitixvtcs Walker; male, 1839, p[i, L'O i;l. 



2. GASTRANCISTRUS ROBERTSONI new species. 

 7<YHi«7t'.-— Leii}.||i, 1 nini. ex.-iiiiliiig the eviiiesiler, the latter extrmled tor a sixth the 

 leijutli of the abdomen. 



Metallie purple, llie uiiiHS iLvaiiiie; middle tibia; pallid dusky; tarsi whifi'. Thorax 



scaly, tlie propodeiim if delic-itely so. Fimicle joints all a litte wider than long, 2 ipiadrate, 



shorter than the jiedii-el. Hind win^; with almut eight lines of discal cilia. Much like 

 Tetracamiwides of A. P. Dodd of tlie iliihipliidav .\nteuna3 ]2-.iointed, the fimicle 5-jointed, 

 two short ring-joints; fliey are inserted ni'arly .-if I he nniuth border, ventrad of the ends of 

 the eyes; head obhmg as in SimiIoiiii'ui, tlie abdomen sliort yet conic-o\ate and ]irodnced beneath 

 at apex, the ovipositiir distinctly extruded a slLiirt disl:ini-e. Marginal vein a little shorter than 

 tlie sniimarginal and only two and a half tinn-s the ii'iiyth of the r.ilher hmg stigmal, the 

 liostmarginal slightly hmger than the stigm.-il. Snbmargin.al vein ilistiLictly liroken. Mandibles 

 4-dentate, the teeth long, the onter distinctly the l()n^e^t, ^l^•n(ler. l';ira]isidal fnridws distinct. 

 curving off laterad before reaching the transversi' pniniitinn. I'mpodennL witli .-i niedi.in c.-irina 

 only. Al)domen sessile. Scntellnni siniple. Piopndeal spiraile minute, round, a! cephalic 

 margin. 



Described from one female captured by s\\ie|iinu dii t(iiesl s-ind riilges ni'ar coast, 

 Tweed River, May 9, liHf (.\. 1>. Dodd). 



Habitat: Chindera, Xew South Wales. 



Type: No. HiiJlG.l. (jneensland .Museum, Itrisliane. tlu' speilnuui (ju a fag; he:id. pair 

 of wings and a hind tibia on a slide. 



Res|iectfully dedicated to V. W. Kobertson. 



'Contribution No. .Tl. from the Entomolo.i?ical Laboratory. Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations. 

 Buudaberg, Queen.sland. 



