AUfiTEALIAX BYMENOPTEKA ClI ALCI DOI UKA, XIL—CIItAC LT. l'7!» 



Desuribeil from twu pairs of each si'X im a .-anl lahrllrd -T,. Calls on Wattlo. (iovt. 

 Domain, Melb., Xov. 'US. Emergoil Poll. 'ii9. '' 



Habitat: Jlelbourne, Victoria. 



TiiiHx: In the National Miisi^nm. Mclliourih', the ahovr s|ic'iiin(iis ami a sli.io ujlh 

 iiialo and fomalo head ami female anteiuue ami f.ire ami himi loi;s. 



5. MACRODONTOMERUS lOLE new speeies. Female. 



Lengtli. l.:;."i mm., exclmliny the o\i|iositor \\liich is about a third sliorler than the 

 abdomen. 



Metallic a-neons green, the abdo n co|.|iery. the >\ini;s hyaline, tlie lejjs pale but with 



a yellowish tinge (liind coxai concolorous witli body, the others more or less so); venation 

 lemon yellow, also the autenns of \vlii(di the icdicel is longer than the first fnniele .joint. 

 Thorax transversely finely lined, the propodeum with a median carina and fine reticulation. 

 Postmarginal vein a little longer tlian tlie stigmal hIucIl is tLot sessile, ilandibles tridentate. 



Hahitat: Gordonvale (Cairns). Queenshmd. Forest, October 2+. I'.Hl. 



Type: No. 77;/ ,?.';'' .5, Queenslanil Museum. Brisbane, tlie female (Ui a tag. the lieail ami 

 liind legs on a slide. 



6. MACRODONTOMERUS CINCTIVENTRIS new species. 



7''<m(//r: — Length, l.ljn mm., exclusive of ovipositor wliicli is extrudeil t(U- a length 

 <Mpi;il to tliaf of the alidomen. 



l>arlv metallic ]nirple. the wings hyaline. ('Ins'ly resembling i-aiirirorms but the 

 oviiHisitor is distinctly shorter, tlie proximal yellow of tlic> aliilonu'u is more distinctlv delimited 

 forming a distinct, broad band; the coxa' and temora are ccmcolorous (not white or nearly as 

 in tlie other species, the hind coxa somewhat cidored luily). I'roximad, somewhat over a third 

 or the abdomen is golden yellow' (segment li). (':iudal margin of abdominal segments straight. 

 I'ropodeum without a median carina but with ol)li(pie stria> from cephalad. The postmarginal 

 vein is distinctly longer than the stigmal. Vertex punctate; thorax subjiunctate, scaly and 

 somewhat roughened. Hind coxa coarsely reticulafed, the lines forming raised poh'gons. Hind 

 femur beneath finely denticulate, not excised but with a distinct, complete tooth before apex, 

 this tooth obtuse at apex. Scape yellow. Funicles 1-4 quadrate, a little or barely shorter than 

 the pedicel; fnniele G a little wider tlian hmg. ^^andibles tridentate. Immediate base of 

 alidomen dorsad purple. 



From one female captured in .iungle. .May 111. 11(1.'! (.\. I'. Dodd). 



Habitat : Kuranda, Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy3J0G, Queenslanil Miisnim. lirisbaiie. the siieciiuen on .-i t:ig. the head, 

 iiitid legs and a fore leg on a slide. 



A second female .\jiril II). 1914 by sweeping jungle. 



7. MACRODONTOMERUS CAPRICORNIS new species. 



Fem-olc: — Length. 1.80 mm., excluding ovipositor which is soniewliat longer than the 

 .^lobular abdomen. 



Like justitia but dark ameous green, the pronotum, head and scutum dark jnirplish, the 

 abdomen pale yellowish along proximal third, the distal half or more dark purplish. Also, 

 the legs are more yellowish. The suture on face of mesepimeron is more triangular, the oblique 

 sulcus on the episternum immargined and less distinct. There are no scattered thimble 

 punctures on scutellum as with justitia. Propodeum [ihuie. scaly. 



Described from one female captured by suee|)iiig in forest, .\iigust •_'. l!)i:!. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. H)i:iefl7. Queensland Museum. l',risb:nie, the almve specimen on a tag, the 

 head and hind leys on a slide. 



