276 MEMOISS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



tudinallj' striated, the apex in tlie middle more finely transversely striated. Base of meta- 

 notum with a crenulated furron', centre almost smooth, sides with some oblique stri®. The 

 top of propleurse with a few oblique stout stria) running from the base to the apex, the rest 

 more finely and closely striated, the striaj more or less curved. Jletapleura; smooth, the 

 lower half depressed, rounded above, the sides margined. Abdomen smooth above, the sides 

 finely, closely, obliquely striated. Legs closely covered with white pubescence; hinder coxEe 

 closely, finely reticulated; hinder femora finely punctured." 



2. CALLIMOME GRAMINIS Cameron. 



'' Ureen with blue and brassy tints, tlagellum of antenna) black; the four anterior 

 knees, tibiae and tarsi and the base and apex of hind tibiae and hind tarsi, pale straw- 

 yellow; palpi of a paler' yellow; wings hyaline, their apex ciliated, nei'vures black. 

 (?. Length, nearly 2 mm. 



Boggabri, N.S.W. ; in January; bred from seeds of tlie grass Faiiicum s}>. (W. W. 

 I'roggatt ) . 



Flagellum of antenna) fuscous on the ajjcx and under side closely covered with a 

 microscopic pile; its second joint twice longer than wide, clearly longer than the third. 

 Head minutely jnmctured and with scattered punctures. Middle lobe of mesonotum closely, 

 distinctly punctured and with some indications of minute stria); parapsidal furrows distinctly 

 curved; the lateral lobes almost smooth, tlie jnmeturation much finer than it is on the middle 

 lobe. Seutellum finely, closely regularly punctured, more so than the mesonotum. Central 

 part of metanotum finely, closely punctured, somewhat more strongh- so than the seutellum ; 

 the sides are smooth and are bounded by a distinct, clearly defined, oblique furrow, which 

 makes the sides triangular. Upper part of uu^sopleura) smooth, this smooth part forming an 

 irregular curve; the centre is depressed, closely finely striated; this striated part is roundly 

 curved above; below bounded by an oblique straight margin. In the wings the stigmal 

 vein is of the same length as the postniarginal, while with some, at least, of the European 

 species, it is shorter. I do not know that any of the species of CalUmomc, like some, at least, 

 of Mepastigmus, have been shown to be phytophagous. (See my paper in ' ' The Ento- 

 mologist, " April, 1910, pp. 114-115.) The present species fits in better with CalUmome than 

 with Torymns, but I am unable to examine the mandibl<>s properly." 



3. CALLIMOME RETICULATUS Cameron. 



"Green, abdomen largely lipped v\itli blue, pmlialily almost entirely so in some 

 specimens, antennal scape and pedicel green, flagellum bronzy brown, covered witli a micro- 

 scopic pile. Head acieulated, sparsely punctured. Mesonotum finely, closely reticulated, the 

 lateral lobes more finely and closely than the central; the furrows distinct, curved, not very 

 deep; a shallow furrow down the middle of the basal half. Seutellum more finely and closely 

 reticulated than the mesonotum, its apex broadly rounded. Center of metanotum finely, 

 closely reticulated, the sides smooth. Pleurie smooth, apex of mesoideurfe with a steep slope, 

 which forms almost a furrow. Legs dark green, tinged with blue, apex of femora and tibia) 

 and the greater jiart of the tarsi yellow. Wini^s hyaline, nervures black, postniarginal branch 

 distinctly longer than the .stigmal, the knob of the latter with the apex broadly rounded, 

 the base triangular. 



J". Length, 2 mm. 



Boggabri, N.S.W; in .Tanuar> ; bre<l from st^etls of Vaiilrinn. 



This species was gummed on the same card with C. f/niminis, both species represented 

 by males only. They are, I consider, good species; C. retieuJatus should be known by the 

 closely reticulated mesonotum of which the lateral lobes are not smooth, as in C. graminis. 

 but reticulated; the mesopleural furrow is narrower and more clearly defined; C. graminiss has 

 no furrow on the center of the mesonotum. Its abdomen is longer. compartMl «itli the tlmrax; 

 :ind the flagellum of the antenna) has a more distinctly metallic tinge. ' ' 



