AUSTEALIAX HTMEKOPTEHA CHALCIDOIDEA, IX.—GIEACLT. 207 



Antenna with the base of flagelimn annulate, the knees jiaU', the basal chnul in lure winjjs 

 narrowed at base, the ajiical nnuidly grailnally widened from the base; the upper part 

 of ovipositor longer than the preceding three segments, nearly two thirds uf the length 

 of the lower part annaliconm. 



Ahnost similar as regards coloration and sculpture to -1. ai:nuli<-nntix. The antennal 

 scape is metallic green, the basal joint of flagelluin dark purple; the upjier i)art of the 

 antennal depression dark purple. Parapsidal furrows shallow. Metanoturn strongly, irregu- 

 larly striated, the striic more or less oblitpie, not ]>rojecting in front at the ape.x. The apex 

 of scutellum strongly, regularly ereuulated behind the keel. 



It is probable that Arcaiiida may be the same as Thuuina.'ium West., but there are 

 ajipurently some structural differences. " 



TOMICOBOilOKI'HA new genns. 



Head as viewed from above wider than the thorax, the iicci]iital margin concaved, the 

 \-ertex transverse; \ieweil from in front triangular, the antenna; inserted far down near tlu; 

 mouth, the eyes small and situated at the dorso lateral angles of the triangle (cephalic 

 aspect) ; mandibles tridentate. .^ntenniB short, somewhat compressed, the scape foliaceously 

 dilated, the club solid, enlarged somewhat as in the myniarid genus Fohincma but shorter, the 

 five funiele joints all wider than long, the single ring-joint very short, flat, usually hidden, 

 the antenuEB 9-jointed. Cephalic femur only moderately swollen, not toothed, the hind femora 

 swollen more than the front ones. Parapsidal furr(]\\s coniiilete; scutellum simjile. Abdomen 

 from above fiat, ovate, not conically produced and alumt as long as the thorax, the second 

 segment very long, occupying three fourths of the surface. Marginal vein very short, about a 

 fourth the length of the submarginal, the stigmal two thirds of the marginal's length; the post- 

 marginal absent or nearly. Abdomen with a very short, stout petiole. Fore wings ]ialterned. 

 Ovipositor not exserted. Intermediate tibial sjmr long, the hind ones short and stout, rlouble. 

 Abdomen with a brush-like short tuft of hairs at base, one on each side. 



1. TOMICOBOMORPHA STELLATA new species. Female. Genotype. 



Length, 1.60 mm. 



Shining black, the antenniv concolorous, also the legs, the tarsi ]>ale. Fore wing with 

 a large brownish, rather irregular strijie across it between the bend of the submarginal vein 

 and a point somewhat distad of the a]iex of the stigmal, this stripe or area complete, its 

 proximal margin oblique. Thorax very finely, not densely, reticulated. Second and fifth 

 funiele joints longest, tlie latter widest. Tlie apical margin of fore wing for a sliort distance 

 cephalad is also brown or fuscous. 



Habitat: Kuranda, Queensland. .Tuugle, May 19, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type: No. IIySW7, (Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag; the legs and 

 the head on a slide. 



Ge.ntus TOMnCERA Howard. 



1. TOMOCERA GLABRIVENTRIS new species. Female. 



Length, 2.10 mm. 



Differing from the genotyjie of Tomifohomorphu in having the scape long anil slender 

 and the front femora more swollen than tlie hind ones. Also, a fine cross-suture on the 

 scutellum. 



Dark metallic green, the abdomen very dark purple, the legs reddish excepting the 

 hind femur above and the middle and hind tiliia'; scape and head reddish, rest of antenna 

 black; pedicel much longer than any of the funiele joints, of which 1 is subquadrate, the 



