AVSTMALIAN HVMENOPTJillA Cll ALCWOWEA, XI.-GIIiAULT. 247 



29. EURYTOMA NIGRIPES u.'w spi.-irs. F.-m..I,-. 



Leuffth, Z.'M) mm. 



Black; knees, tarsi, aiiteiinr t.lna- a,,,! .n,!,.,,,,.-,! s.-.-,|„. r,.,|,lisli l.nnvn. Wiiius hyaline, 

 the venation blaekisli. Marginal vein not .lislinelly tliickene.l, Inlly tunr limes as lonf; as 

 wide; stigmal vein two tliirds the lengtli of Ihe marginal; ii„stniarKinal slightly h)nger than 

 stigmal. AMonn™ pointed at aji.'X, no longrr tlian the tliorax; lifth segment the'longest. 

 occupying nearly one tliird of the surface. Disk of pn.po.hum concave. Antenna' III- jointed, 

 one ring-joint, five funicle joints and a U jointed clnh. Fnnicle joint I about two thir.ls 

 the length of scape (excluding bulla), over tuic,. as long as wide ll .". gra.lnally shortening, 

 the fifth somewhat longer than wiile; club as l.mg as srape, the first club joint subequal To 

 funicle 5, second club joint one half longer IIi.im Hi,, liist. Posterior tibia' with two spurs. 

 Scape black toward tip. 



Habitat : Victoria. Labelled ' ' :U. ' ' 



Tiipr.i: In the National MuseuTU, Yictori.-i, two fiiiialcs on a tag: head and the hind 

 legs on .1 slide. 



30. EURYTOMA FUSCIPENNIS n.w species. 



Fi'iiiali: : — 2. .'ill nun. 



Black and coarsely punctate, the knees, m.ist ot ccphalii- tibia- and the tarsi re<ldish 

 brown, the antenna* wholly black. I'^jre wings smoky black e.xc cpt at base, the stigmal vein 

 subequal to ]iostinarginal and a little shorter than the m.arginal. Fnnicle joints cylindrical 

 oval, the club 2-joiuted, funicle 1 distinctly hmger than wiih-. .-i little over half the length 

 of the scape; pedicel small, globular, much smaller th.-in distal fnnicle joint which is over a 

 third shorter than funide 1, sube(|mil ti> ■_'. :; and I. Hind tibial spurs double, ('ejihalic 

 margin of s^econd segment of abdomen nmiinil, the tilth si'gment much the longest. I'ro|iodeuni 

 rugose, at meson at base with a dee|i fovea limiteil l:iterad by a strong, oblique, short ruga 

 and candad by a coarse, huig, transverse carin:i ivhiih is ininu'diately followed by a deep 

 <lec!ivous exciivation. Scutum cejih.alail transversely striate 



J^^rom one female caidured by swccqiing ;iloiig the oilgcs of jiingle. N'ovcrnber I, UM:'. 

 (A. T. Dod.l). 



llaUilal : (iordoiivale (Cairns), l^lneensl.-ind. 



Ti/jK': No. }hi.l,\^4, (jiueensland .Museum, l!risb:nie. I lie s|iccinieM on a tag. the head 

 ami hind legs cm a slide. 



31. EURYTOMA SILVffi n.w species. 



Fi niah : — Length. 2.7."> nun. 



Like i>iilclini but the doisal thorax black I'xcept the yellow hili-ral margins of scutum 

 and scutelhun, bas,' of the l.-ttter and two narrow obli(|ne yellow streaks on |>r,uiotuni. one on 

 each side, obliqued in an o]qiosite direction fmni the |iarapsid.-il furrows; lateral margin of 

 para|iside also yellow. I'ropodenm also excepteil. being com-olorous (yellow;. 'I'lii' abdomen 

 bears six cross-strijies of black (five in piil,-lini. the tilth small), the fourth broadest, the 

 first three rather close together, the fifth arcuate (the foniHi so in piitrhra). .-Xidenna! with 

 funicle '1 abru]itly the shortest, si'tircely longi-r tli.-i'i w'uW. Iiini.le I longest, :!-;") siibecpial. 

 cylindrical, distinctly long. a- than wide; |iedicel slmrter than fnnii le 1'. Two hind tibial spurs; 

 club 2-jointed. I'edicel. fnniclcs I o and si.l.' ot club fuscous. Disk of |pro|iodetun coru'ave. 



In luilciira, funicle 2 is sube(|ual to fiiuicles ;; .". which :nv shorter than I. The ab.loiiien 

 of aymplia bears five stripes as in pnlclira (types of /nil, ■Inn and ininipiKi re .■xaiTiineil). 



Described from one female captured .lamuiry b'l, i'.Hl by swi'e|'ing in jungle (A. 1' 

 Dodd.) 



Ilatiitdl: (lordon\-ale (I'airns), ( jui'cnsl.-ind. 

 ■ Type: No. HiiJ^o-',. Ijucensland .Musmim, Itnsb.-iiie, the spe.iaum mi a tag. 



