AVtiTBALIAN EYMKSVPTEHA CHALCWOIDEA, XL—GISAVLT. 



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CKxrs P.Kr(.'ir()[>IIA(il'S Asliim.:i,l. 



1. BRUCHOPHAGUS NIGER Girault. Fomalc.. 

 Length, 2.85 mm. 



Blaek, the wiugs hyaline, tlie venation j.alli.i; abdomen smooth and sliinin<r, the fourth 

 and fifth segments longest, the fifth somewhat longer than the fourlh, either mueh longer than 

 any of the others, the sixth transverse. Autenmc 1 1 -Jointed, the elnl, enlarged, blaek, the scape 

 fulvous, the first fuuiele joint twice the length of the pedicel and longest, the funiele joints 

 bevelled off at each end along one side. Knees, tijis of tibi;o and t:irsi pallid yellow. 



Hiibilat : Mount Tandjourine, Queensland. 



T!i[i( : No. /. 7*^67, .South Australian Museum, Adelaide. 



2. BRUCHOPHAGUS INCONSPICUUS new species. 



i-'emd/c— Length, 'Z nun. Stignutl vein sligiitly sii.uter than the marginal, the latter 

 subecjual to tin' postnmrginal. 



Black, the knees, tips of tibia; and tarsi white; base of sc-ape reddisli brown; wings 

 hyaline, the venation pallid; club suffused with yellowish. Ma.'iillary jialpi blackish, its distal, 

 fourth joint pallid, nearly as long as the others conddned. Mandililes tridentate. Funiele 

 moniliform, the first joint slightly longer than wide, the others suberpial, rounded, subequal in 

 length to the pedicel. Club 2-jointed, the distal joint nuicli the longest. Hind tibial spurs 

 double. Umbilicately punctate, the propodeum rugose, with a distinct median channel (rather 

 shallow) with carinated margins and an irregular median longitudinal ruga down it; on each 

 side of the median channel the projiodeum is scaly, especially centrally. Hind coxa coarsely 

 scaly. Abdomen glabrous; from lateral aspect, distinctly longer than wide, segments 4 and 5 

 unequal, 5 somewhat longer but distinctly shorter than 2-4 united; cejihalic margins of 4 and 

 5 with scaly reticulation, (i (transverse-linear) and 7 (large) nearly entirely so (dorsad). 

 Pubescence silvery, not conspicuous. Scape over twice the length cd' funicle L 



From one female caught .June 25, 1914 in forest. 



Habitat: (Jordonvale (Cairns). Queensland. 



Type: No. HijSiitiS. Qu<>ensland Museum, Brisbane, the fenuilc lui a tag. 



Tkide DKCATOMINI. 

 (iE\-rs Kl'DKC.V'I'O.MA Ashmead. 



1. EUDECATOMA JUSTITIA new species. Male. 



Length, 1.75 mm. 



Reddish yellow, the legs and antenna' honey yellow, the antenna) paler. I'ropodeum, all 

 of abdomen except segment 4 which is suffused with yellowish and the caudal co.xa; and femora, 

 black, the venation also black. Scntellum dark brown. Thorax inipuiictate. finely reticulated. 

 Antenna} with long sets, more or less whorled. 



Huhitat : Magnetic Island, Townsville. Forest, .lanuary. 



Type: No. lly ■IJGO. Queensland Musi'uni. lirisbane, the male on .-i lag. 



2. EUDECATOMA FERALIS n.w species. Female. 



Length, I.IO mm. 



Yellowish brown, imiuinctate, the nuirgiruil veiTi cimcealed by a stiguiated s])ol ; legs 

 concolorous, the flagelluni dusky black; mandibles tridentate; scape yellow brown. Antenna; 

 11-jointed with one ring-joint, the club :! jointed, the pedicel somi'what swollen, the first 

 funicle joint longest, obconical. not as long as the pedicel, the others more or less quadrate. 

 (.\bdomen lost.) 



Habitat: Meerawa (Cairns), <|)iieenslaT)d. -iungle, .tuly 2(i, IDI.'i. 



Type: No. Hy 3:270, Queensland Museum, Urisbane, the fem.-ile on a slide. 



