AUSTFALIAK HTMENOPTJiEA CHALCIDOWEA, XL—CIKAVLT. 20", 



1. AXANTHOSOMA NIGRA Ginnxlt. FemiiU-. Clonolypc. 

 Leiigtli, 4.78 111111. 



Sliiiiiiig black, tlie wiiiys liviiliiio, the lic;iil ami tlmrax iikmp cir less (i|.aiiiii'. Logs 

 vellovv-brown, the i-o.xa' mostly, the postevior feinmu ami tlieir tibias belinv tlio kuees, black; 

 --also the antennie. Abdomen except at base above densely microscopically scaly, th<i thorax 

 more roughly so. Propodeum nisosc and «itli a large median, triangular excavation for its 

 whole length. Distal funiele .joint oval. Club lI . jointed, the distal or second suture really 

 non-exisient. Propodeum with a distinct median cliaiimd whose margins are not distinctly 

 carinated. Abdomen subsessile. 



Italiital : Kuraiida (type) and (lordonvale. l|)iieensland. 



Type: No. JI n ■> :-'0 1 , Qncensland ;Miisiuiii. iirisljaiie. a temale on a tag anil a slide 

 lieaiing the aiiteninv and legs. 



2. AXANTHOSOMA 10 new spoeies. Female. 

 Length, 3.50 mm. 



Like )li(/ra but the legs black exce[pt knees, tips of tibia' and tlie tarsi. Also shorter and 

 more robust, the produced part of the abdomen .shorter than the head and tliorax combined. 

 Abdomen a little reddish at sides near base. Sides of thorax uniformly scaly. Median 

 channel of propodeum narrower. 



n libit at : Magnetic Island (Townsville), (|)iieenslaiid. Forest, .laiiii.-iry. 



Ti/pc: No. H ji .1 .'li.~i , (.Queensland Musenni, lirisliaiie, the female on a tag and a slide 

 bearing the liead and hind legs. 



EXANTHOSOMA new genus. 

 Female: — Like Xaiilhu.-nima Aslimead but the antenme only i) jointed, tlie club solid. 

 Fifth abdominal segment much shorter tlian wide yet longest, twice longer tlian 1 which is much 

 shorter than segment 2. Postniargiiial vein a little longer than the stigma). Propodeum 

 with a narrow median cliannel. Hind tiliia' with two spurs. 



1. EXANTHOSOMA FUNERALIS uew species. 



Female: — Length, l!.7."i mm. 



Black, the wings hyaline; tnxduinteis, knees, distal third of ceplialic femora, all 

 tibiaj except the subfuscons middle and the tarsi, reddish brown. Scape yellowish brown, the 

 antennaj otherwise black; ring-joint longer tlian wide, narrow, the fir.st funiele joint somewhat 

 less than lialf tlie length of the scape (excluding bulla), the distal funiele joint globular, 

 about as long as tlie pedicel, ilandibles irregular. Thorax densely reticulated, the propodeum 

 rugulose, the median cliannel a single line of fove;e .■iiid its margins carinated. Scutum and 

 scntellum with scattered obscure punctures. 



l''iom one female captured by sweeping jungle .iloiig a fon-sl streamlet, .Inly :'■!. Illi:".. 



Iliibitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy Ji'fje, Queensland Museum, lirisliane, the specimen on a tag; head and 

 a hind leg on a slide. 



The abdomen has segments 4, 7, and (i at alioiit ceplialic li.alf dorsad, scaly reticulate; 

 the petiole is subobsolete. As seen from al.ive tlie srutelliim is just alioiil as long as tlie 

 jiro]iudeum. 



(iEXrs Krh'VT(lM(H'll.\RlS Ashmead. 



1. EURYTOMOCHARIS VIRGINICA lu w spei ics Fenmle. 



Length, il.Sd mm. 



Red, the wings slightly stained throughout. Ocellar area, occiput, segments -2-1 of 

 abdomen at caudal margins, cephalic margin, median cliannel ami apex of propodeum, petiole 



