AUBTBALIA\ UYMENOrTKUA CIl A LCIDOl VKA, IX.—GIUALLT. 211 



1. TRIGONODEROPSIS SILVENSIS now species. Feinalr. 



Length, 1.50 mm. 



Bright metallic greenish blue, tlie knees, til)i;B and tarsi ycllowisli lirouii, the tarsi 

 paler, the first eight joints of the antenna dusky, the rest l)hick ; scutellum flistail of transverse 

 suture and the postseutelluni polished. Scutum finely, transversely lineolated, longitudinallv 

 so distad, the seutellum finely, polygoually scaly, also tlu' a.\illa'. The abdomen polished. 



Hahilat: Babiuda, Queensland. Jungle (."iOD feet), October 2s, Hill, 



Type: No. Hii.>205. Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the feuuile on a tag; lu-ad, the 

 caudal legs and a fore leg on a slide. 



TU.M1C()B1KLL.\ 



new "renns 



Fiiiutk: — Head small, triangular, the anieunie inserled at the mouth border, filiform, 

 S-jointed without a ring-joint, the ehib solid; scape long and slender, the club also long, 

 cylindrical but a little less than two thirds the length of the scaiie; funicle joints alxnit twice 

 longer than wide, a little less than half the length of the club. Mandibles 4 dentate. I'edieel 

 somewhat longer than funiele 1. Hind femur short, compressed, unarnu'd; hind tibial spurs 

 double, short and stout. Cephalic femur very slightly enlarged, simple. Marginal vein short 

 I as in the Eurytomida>), only about four times longer than wide, much less than a third the 

 length of tlu' submarginal, sube(jual to the stignial, the ]iostmarginal vein practically obsolete. 

 Bronotum distinct, transverse; scutum wider than long, the parapsidal furrows moderately 

 delicate, complete. Scutellum simi)Ie but its distal margin indented. Axillfe widely separated. 

 Bostseutelhim a transverse row of foveie. Propodeum transverse-linear, broadening a little 

 laterad, foveate, mesad prolonged into a thick petiole-like projection to which is attached 

 the abdomen. The latter thus ai)pears to be stoutly petiolate. Second segment of abdomen 

 (which is ovate) occupying fully somewhat over two thirds the surface, its caudal margin 

 straight. Ovipositor just tip[»ing abdomen ;it ajiex. Fore wings with short nuirginal fringes, 

 the discal ciliation normal. Mesepisternum large, indented. A short tuft of hairs from base 

 of abdomen on each side of meson. 



1. TOMICOBIELLA SUBCYANEA new species. 



Female: — Length, 1.30 nun. Tolerably stout. 



Very dark metallic blue-black, the wings hyaline, the legs brown exiejit cephalic coxa 

 and femur which are concolorous; rest of cephalic leg white. Antennae brown, the distal third 

 of club black. Funicles 3 and i somewhat the longest of the funicle; 1, 2 and 5 subeciual. 

 Club a little wider than the slender funicle. thrice longer than its width. Second abdominal 

 segment, axilla? and caudal margin of prouolum glabnnis. Thorax scaly reticuhited and with 

 scattered thimble punctures which bear solit.ary, long lilack setai. " Petiole" with a few 

 longitudinal rugaj, one of which is media)i, the snrt;ice ilen^ely sculptured. .Vxilla" with two 

 rather large fovea? caudad. Abdomen dark lilue. 



Described from one feumie captnreil in jungle, Feluuary PI, 1!M-1 i.\. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Babiuda, Queensland. 



Ti/iic: No. HySWG, (Queensland Museum, Brisl)ane, luie female on a tag: head and 

 hind tibia? on a slide with tyjie ai)iiendages of Chrij.wrluiromiiia cyaiii ieor[)ii.-i. 



(;i:N-rs PLATV(!KRi;llPS Thomson. 



1. PLATYGERRHUS AUSTRALIENSIS Oirault. Female. 



Length, 4. PI uDii. 



Bright metallic green with a-ueous tinges (especmlly axiihe, centres of scutum .and 

 scutelhim), i)olygoually punctate, the |>ropodeum smooth am! shining witli a strong nu'dniii 

 c'.arina and more m- less bluish; the spiracle round, .-i liiu' .if fovc■a^ h'a.ling from its tip nn>sad. 



