AVSTHALI.IX IIYMEXOrrKi;.! (HAI.CIDOIDEA. IX.^C.IUAULT. 21,", 



(first three fimicle joints blackish). Caurhil tilii:il s|.iirs white. Peclir-el distini-tly iorifjer than 

 any funiele joint, a little longer than wide :ii :i|„.x. ciul. a little over lialt tlie h>n)ith of the 

 fuuiele. Frons liroad. Scutum transversely lirieolated ; rest of tliorax s.-aly liut the |iro|j(j- 

 deum punctate. Head finely scaly lined. First two segments of abdomen glabrous, the others 

 showing scaly seiilpture, especially from cejilialic margins. Propodeum glabrous in a line 

 mesad from tlie s]jiraele to the postsi-utellum. the hitti>r with rimnn^d margins. Wings norniallv 

 ciliate. 



Described from two females ca).tnred l,y sweeping m\ forest uplajids. Cl.-nence Kiver, 

 May 30, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Uabitat: Maclean, New South Wales. 



Tupc: No. HySJOiK Queensland .\lnsenni. I'.nslianr. lud femah's im a tag; head ami 

 a jjair of caudal legs on a slide. 



l'.\l;.\T(IMIi':)l;l.\ ne» i;. rius. 



Like the preceding but the fnuis pKinnnenI, tlie M'vtex fl:it, the scutellum bears it 

 curved, shallow cross-groove just before apex, the pr(i|i(idiiini bears a rnerlian carina, the 

 scutellum a shallow lateral groove; segments L' and :: .if tli.' ;ibdornen togetlna- occupying 

 somewhat less than a third of the surfare; ji.ar.-ipsidal fvirrous suliolisolete, the pronolum 

 transverse-quadrate. Stigmal vein as long as the )iostniarginal. Scape stuut. iini rintic-eablv 

 dilated. Caudal fenuir not stout. Postmarginal vein som -what shorter than the marginal; 

 cheeks longer than the eyes. Caudal tibiie i-onipressed tiiwniil apex. 



1. PARATOMICOBIA FLAVIOS new species. Feniah-. Genotype. 



Length, 2.50 mm. Dark metallic green, the oral area yellowish, the legs, propodenni 

 and abdomen coppery blue, the knees and tips of tibia' reddish brown, the tarsi white, thi> 

 caudal tarsi black (also the spurs). Tips ot (•.■iiidal tibiai idiu'olorons. Distal three funiele 

 joints and the club reddish brown. Fore wing with the apex moderately, broadly infuscated 

 and that portion between the bend of the snlini;irgin;il \ein and a]iex of venation. Under 

 and against the marginal vein, a large, pyrifnrni. hyaline ai(':i turned sideways and with 

 the narrow end just a little proxiniad iif the jiuiitiiiii iif ]ii:iiuin:il ;ind stigmal veins; this 

 area extends half way across the wing; a narrow, snbhy.Llirie area at ciiudal margin opjiosite 

 the ]>yriform area. Apical and central intnsciited .■neas narrowly connected along i^ach 

 margin. Infuscated areas generally euterniinoiis with the diseal eilia. Median carina of 

 propodeum forking at base distinctly, tlie prnpmli'iini punctate and with lateral carina' 

 indicated distad. Abdomen showing a sc-ily s:'nl|itiire after segment 1. Thcu-ax polygonally 

 scaly, the sctitnm scaly punctate and with shiut, whitish pubescence', rnuis moderately broad. 



Desi'ribed from one female captured by sweeping fc.rest iiphnids. ('l.-ireiiee Ri\er, May 

 .■50, 1914 (A. 1'. Dodd). 



Habilut : Maclean, New Suuth Wiih's. 



Tiiik: Nil. Uii.SjVK Queensland Mnseiiin. Urislmne. th.' speeinien nn a tag; hea<l, 

 liind legs ;ind m fiire wing on .a ^l!de. 



(iENUS |-:i'l ^TtlM.V Westwnod. 



1. EPISTENIA NIGRIiENEA new species. 



Female: — Length, l.So nun. 



Dark metallic green, the wings hyaline, the .•ilidomeii oppeiy, blue at base; legs and 

 antenna' com'olor.uis, the knees and tijis of tibia' brownish, lli<' tarsi white. Head .and thorax 

 umbilicately punctate, the propodeum snbglalirous, with .-i mw id' piiiieiiues along the ce|)halic 

 and caudal margins, a short, strong median cnriria. a r.itlier sni.-ill. nnind oval spiracle and a 

 broad sulcus just laterad of the latter. .\bdouien with the ineisinns between the si'gnu'nts. 



