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AUSTEALIAX HYMENOPTERA ClfALCIDOIDICA. XI.-GJKAIl.T. 



22. EURYTOMA ACACIffi (ii.ault. F,„,al.-- ,„al,- 

 Length, 3.10 mm. 



Black, punctate, the «ings hyaline; a small ,,al,. veHowisl, area „n the late,-al asnect of 

 the la-othorax, cephalad; legs black, the t.„chante.«, knees. til,i» and tarsi .lark hn.wn the 

 posterior tibia, black centrally. Distal fnnicle joint ami club brownish. IVdicel globular 

 first funicle joint one and a third times longer than uide, the dist.al j„i„t sul«|uadrate Head 

 and thorax pubescent. Petiole of abdomen nignlose. I'ostmargina! and stigmal veins subequal 



The male measures 3 mm. and is t!,e s.uic l,„t the first Joint of th,. antennal fnnide 

 nearly as long as the scape, tlie pedicels of the Jnints hrownish; antenna, 10 jninlivl, the thick 

 h.airs brownish and sliorter tlian the diameter of .-my of the Joints. 



Habihil: Victoria, h'rom cynijiid galls on Acaci(( loiuiifnlin. 



Tiiprs: Xo. Hi/.^i.'?. t^ueensland Museum. Brisbane male, lu,, f,-,i,.-iies on a card. 



23. EURYTOMA SECUNDA new species. 



Female: — Length. :; nun. 



In my table (if the pale yelh.u renter ..f Ihe .-ephaiic margin of pro|,ienruin is ignored) 

 runs to ptirrJinccnis Crawford but the antenna' .■•le wliolly Id.aek, the in.-irgin.al \r'\n di'stinctlv 

 somewhat longer than the ]»]stmargiiiai, funicle ."> is sulii|ua,lrate, the niedian .-hannel of 

 propodeiim is confnsed towar.l tip, the nieso|,leina densely |.unctiiiate alimg .eplialic half, 

 limited caudad by a line of larger piiiictnres, l.etw,.eii these and the punctuhite portion with 

 a small smooth central area and .h.rsol witli short, ,,lilic|m. sulci, \eiitrad liriely punctulate 

 (the part caudad of the densely puiidulate are,i— excej.t the small triangular ventral portion 

 which belongs to the camlal j. art — is the mesopleunim ) : thorax ce|,li:ilad of the punctulate 

 mesopleurum, nrnliilicately punctate liut the ]nopli uruin densely s.-aly. .\lidi>nien glabrous 

 segment 4 with a trace of smlptnie <eplial:id, (i and 7 finely si-aly. Petiole .d' abdcmien 

 somewhat longer than Avide. .Mamliblts tridentate. Tips of tihiiu and tarsi white, the 

 trochanters and tibia; reddish brown. Hind tibia, with two sjiurs. I'edicel round; funicle 1 

 somewhat longer than wide. Thoracic punctures shallow. Postmarginal vein a little longer 

 than the stigmal. The male has the caudal tibia' black except at tips broadly, the petiole 

 over twice longer than wide; the male antenna: are lU-jointed, the chili distinctly 3-jointed, 

 one ring-joint; distal three funicle joints quadrate, 1 longer, all foliaceously produced along 

 one side, the scape also but suddenly narroweil at tip. (.'lull at tip with a niimite fourth 

 joint but this is not articulated. 



In the table, this sjiecies will run to lu-nriii from Hliicli it ditt'ers in li.aviiig all the tibia' 

 lediiish brown. Compared with type nnicia. 



From many specimens of both sexes reared from a gall, May, 101+ (II. liackei') and 

 from Ihe collections of the Queensland Museum. 



llaiitdt : Brisbane, Queensland. 



Tjipi': Xone designated. 



24, EURYTOMA NYMPHA (Ciraidt). K.-unde. 



Hi plinitrUi! iiiinti'lni t i iraii it . (ienotype. 



Length, 3.30 mm. 



Bright orange yellow, the doisuni of alidonieii with four Idack stripes across it, the 

 fourth stripe bow-shaped; caudad of it a very small cross da.sh of dusky at the meson. Median 

 line of propodeum at base with a short smooth groove, the rest of the concave disk roughened 

 nearly as much as the scutum. Dcellar area black. Tip of cnipositor, the ba.sc of the strobes 

 and the dorsal surface of the pedicel black. Wings hyaline. Legs jiah' yellow, the antenna; 

 orange yellow, joint l of funicle a little <iver two thirds the length of the scape (excluding 

 bulla). Marginal vein thickened, about twicc> longer than broad, the stigmal less than half 

 its Jength, a little shorter than the iiostmarginal. 



Habitat: tiordonvale (t.vpe) and Cooktown. t^ueenslanil. .luiigle. 



Type: No. lliiJiiO, Queensl.-ind Museum, Brisbane. Tag and slide. 



