AUSTRAL/AX HYMENOFTEliA CHALCinOIDEA. XI .—(illlAVLT. 233 



luoilian line is a foveati' sruo^'^'l li"'^ ivhii-li is rVivided at liasc into two tiy a lon{;ituiliiial 

 ruga and wliieh narrows distad; sides of median ehannel wavy Init carinated. Segment 5 

 of abdomen as long as lialf the surface, the l;^tter polished. Hind tibia^ with two spurs. 



From one female taken dune 25, 1914 in jungle. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. Ily 3248, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, tlie specimen on a tag with tvpe 

 of nelsoiiiii. 



46. EURYTOMA INCONSPICUA new species. 



FemaJe: — The same as the preceding but the legs and scape are yellowish brown, the 

 fifth abdominal segment is wholly yellow brown in lateral aspect and the venation is paler, 

 the marginal vein slightly shorter. First two femora slightly blackish dorsad centrally. The 

 propodeum has a rather deeji, I'ylindrical median channel and segments 6 and 7 of abdomen 

 dorsad are more distinctly scaly, the hind coxie barely sculptured (densely punctulate in tlu- 

 preceding sjiecies). Hind tibial spins doulde. Mandibles not seen. Segment "> cjf abdomen 

 occup,ying about a third of the surface. 



From (me female caught in jungle, June 2."). 1914. 



Habitat: (iordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy3.ii^. Queensland .Museum. Ilrisliaiic, the feni.-ile mi .-i tag with tvpe of 

 bicoloriventris. 



47. EURYTOMA MAETERLINCKI new species. 

 Female: — Length, 2.50 mm. 



Runs close to nigra but the oral area of face is triangularly lemon yellow, the ape.\ 

 of the triangle reaching autennal insertion, the ventral half of the occipital margin of the 

 eye is yellow, the proximal half of scape (including the bulla) is pale yellow and the apex 

 of the pedicel; otherwise marked as in iiii/ni except that all coxa' and femora are blackish, 

 the venation black. Marginal vein thickened, distinctly longer than the stigmal. Distal 

 four funicle joints wider tlian long, 1 somewhat longer than wide. Meiban carina of median 

 channel of pro[iodeum very distinct. Tunctures of tlnn'ax all very flat. .Mesopleurnm aliout 

 as described for queenslandensis but it is divi<ied bv a glabrous grooved line, its ce|>lialic' 

 margin r. carina. Petiole a half longer than wide. Segments 4 and 5 faintly sculjitiired 

 dorsad. Cheeks black. 



From two females reared from gall Xos. in and l(i. from (|)ih'ciisl,-intl .Museum collections, 

 April 7, 1911 (H. Hacker). 



Hahitat: Brisbane, Queensland. 



Type: No. If y, 1250, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, one s|iecinu'ii on a tag. 



Dedicated to Maurice Maeterlinck. 



48. EURYTOMA PUELLA new species. 



Female: — Length. 2.50 mm. 



The cephalic tibia- are very lightly lilackish dorsad at miildle. Flagellum black. Pro- 

 and uu»sopleurum punctidate. Runs to araeiir Girault but dilfers in h;iviiig the scape yellowish 

 b'ov.n. Mesopleura glabrous dorso-caudad. (V|)h:ilic tibia.' yellowish brown, also the knees, 

 tip of middle tibiaj and distal half of caudal tibia'. The spot on ceplialic proiileurum is very 

 snmll. S^jnient 5 of ;ibdomen not as long as 2-4 combined. Median channel of ju'opodeum 

 well defined its entire length; it consists of a single row of wider than long fovea', .\bdonien 

 glabrous except segment 7. Ophalic tifth of srutiuii finely trans\ersely lineol.-ited. 



From two females from the collections of the (||ueensland .Museum, labelled "Among 

 herbage. Ajo-il 10, ^9^■S. H. Hacker." 



Hahitat: Brisbane, Queensland. 



Type: No. Ihj3:Sol, Queensland Museum. Brisliane, one female on a tag. 



