AUSTBALIAN HYMENOPTEKA CUALCIDOIDEA, X.~GIl!ALLr. 027 



fine circular stria;, glabrous ventrad of the antemiip; lnt(.r:il ocelli very distant from the 

 eye margius; scrobicular cavity with its lateral marglMs noiicarinate; a tubercle at latero- 

 cephalic aspect of pronotum. Scutellum between and behind the axilla; (at tlie meson) sunken. 

 Abdominal petiole longitudinally striate. Cephalic part of thora.x dorsad (cei.liahid of the 

 middle of the scutum) coarsely reticulate as is also much of tlie scutellum. B;iso of propodeum 

 with deep transverse fovea-, the region with lateral grooves. Caudal half of scutum practically 

 smooth. 



Habitat: Townsville. Queensland. Reared from ants. -Inly, 1902. 



Types: No. ny li:>:j, Queensland iluseuin, Brisbane, three females on a card, a head 

 in a slide. 



2. EPIMETAGEA MAGNIFICA (Ou-ault). Fmiah-. 

 Aslilhiild )iiiiiiiiilii-(i (4irault. 



Length, 3.fl.5 mm. Eobust. 



Brilliant metallic asneous-green, the abdomen sluuiug, the s;'utum tr.ausversely striate 

 the scutellum longitudinally so, both more or less irregularly; scutellum with a weak median 

 carina. Wings hyaline. Petiole roughened. Venation brown. Legs straw yellow brown, the 

 coxae and most of the femora concolorous; also ant('nn;e bnl the s.-ape and pedicel lirowiiish. 

 Club joint next longest of the tlagellum. 



Habitat: National Park, New South Wales. 



Type: No. I.12S7, South Australian .Museum, a female on a card, the head on a slide. 



3. EPIMETAGEA PURPUREICORPUS new name. Female. 



Astlibifta purjniin (rirault. 



Length, 3.75 mm. 



Metallic purplish, the abdomen nuich darker; knees, tarsi and tibia? straw yellow, the 

 first three antennal joints brownish; wings hyaline, the venation brown. Femora and co.X£e 

 concolorous. Sculptured as in miujiiifica. Joints of funicle after the first cnp-shaped or nearly, 

 erected on thick peduncles; first funicle joint cyliudrical, long. Abdomen ascending. Mandibles 

 dentated as in the preceding (i.e., regarding number of teeth). 



Habitat: Cairns, Queensland. 



Type: No. /. 13SS, South Australian Museum, the specimen on a tag, the head on a slide. 



4. EPIMETAGEA iENEA (Girault). Mah'. 



A.'itilbida aiirii (liraidt. 



Length, 4.7.j mm. 



Dark aeneous green, the head and scutum with purjilish; abdomen beneath mesad and 

 the legs, except eoxse, yellowish bro\vn, the scajie ami pedicel pale: petiole of abdomen and 

 COX8B blackish. Fore wings with a sooty blotch under the stigmal vein (continued attenuatingly 

 proximad) and another opposite to the first (continued proximad more distinctly). Thorax 

 rugose and transversely lined, the scutellum with the lines longitudinal, the base of the 

 prong-like jirocess about twice longer than its 'least width, longitudinally striate. Hind outer 

 angle of each parapside produced laterad into a ]ilatelikc tooth.- Head finely circularly striate, 

 the lower half of the face glabrous. Propodeum with a lateral groove. .\ntenn;c liJ-jointed, 

 no ring-joints, eight long branches from joints 2-9, all from the same side; funicle 1 twice 

 the length of the iiedicel, 2 a little shorter than the pedicel, transverse, 3 a little wider than 

 long, 4-9 gradually increasing in length, 9 being distinctly longer than 1 ; club very long, 

 much over twice the length of the distal funicle joint. Petiole thrice the length of the hind 

 coxa'. 



Habitat: Gordouvale (Cairns), Queensland. Jungle, May 9. 



Tyic: No. HySSfS. Queenslaad Museum. Brisbane. Tag and slide. 



The type has been re-examined. 



