AUSTRALIAN HTUENOPTIiRA Clt ALCI DO] DEA. XlL^omAVLT. 28i5 



«f fine, indistinct diseal cilia (only about ,.if.l,t,.,.n in cmprrssn-mU-U). Also, tlic postmarL'inal 

 Tciu IS as long as tlie marginal. Him] til)ial spur single, l„ng .-iiul slend.u-. 



From one female captured on tl„. «iud„» of a «,.„? «.-,rdious,., (Vtol.or :!(), lilll. 



Hahilat: Brisbane. Queensland. 



Tyi^e: No. HySSOO. Queensland Musinnn. J'.i isbaiic, the above female on a slide. 



El'ICOLV.STli'llUS new geinis. 

 F(.«m/r;— Exactly similar to tlie preceding but tliere are thrct ring-joints instead of l,ro, 

 tlic antennae 13-jointed; also the abdomen is somewhat less compressed, the propodeum ia 

 somewhat longer and with delicate median and ];,t,.,al c.-nina,, the isolated small round spiracle 

 central (apparently the same in the preceding but tli,. spiracle Larger ami in its usual position 

 cephalad but I could not be certain). Th<' liind lil.i,e bears two spurs of which one is long and 

 slender as in FaraeoUisticluix. twice the Unigtli of the otiier. Otherwise, the two agree. 



1. EPICOLYSTICHUS ffiREICORPUS n,w species. 



Female: — Length, 1.2.5 mm. 



Like the preceding species but tlie tlun-ax less cn|.pery ur brown, the tibia; and tarsi 

 reddish brown and the scape yellowish except at distal thii.l. The antennic very similar. 

 Lateral ocellus distinctly not toudiing the eye margins. .\b,l(,nien sculptured niucl'i like the 

 thorax. 



From six sjieciniens found on flowers of a foii'st tree. .l.-inuaiv 4, 1913. 



Hahitat: Gordonvale (Cairns). Queensland. 



Typen: No. EySSlO. Queensland Museum. Hrisbaiu', three specimens on a tag, a head 

 and hind leg ou a slide. 



Genu.s TRTCHAULU.S Mayr. 

 1. TRICHAULUS AENEICORPUS new .speci.s. 



Female: — Length, \M,i mm., excluding ovipositor. 



Dark aineous, the wings hyaline; knees, tibia? and tarsi pale and dist.al portion of femora. 

 Antenna; and ovipositor black. Thorax and alidonien uniformly scaly reticulate. Flagellnm 

 clavate; funicle 1 twice the sije of either ring-joint, increasing in size, 5 longest, shorter than 

 the pedicel. With the habitus of Eupeliuus; slender. .Antenna; l.S-jointed with three ring- 

 joints, the funicle joints wider than long, tlii' club :'. jointed. Parapsidal furrows complete. 

 Scntellum convex, simple. Mandibles weakly tridentate. Stigmal vein with a slnut neck, a 

 fourth the length of the marginal, a little shortiT tliau tlie postmarginal. .Midunien sessile, 

 elliptical oval (dorsal aspect), segments •! and C tugether occupying three fourths of the 

 surface, 2 longest, their caudal margins iiici>ed at meson; evipositor not cpiite as long as the 

 body; segment 2 occupying a third of the surface, li net much shorter than it. Propodeum 

 noncarinate, plane, the spiracle round, cephalad. .Mesepimeron not inidsed. Hind tibial spur 

 single, sm.all. Hind femur simple. Parapsidal furrows ending laterad before the pronotum. 

 Front femur somewhat distinctly swollen but umirmcd. 



From one female captured in forest, December 24. lull. 



Hahitat: Double Island (mainland) Cairns, (Queensland. 



Type: No. HySSll, Queensland Museum, lirisbane, the specimen on :i tag; head and 

 hind legs on a slide. 



KnKl'.KLEA new genus.* 

 1. KOEBELEA FUSCA Girault. Female. Genotype. 

 Length, l.tiO mm., excluding the ovipositor. 



Yellowish brown, the abilomen transversely striped wifli bl:ick except iit base and ti]i; 

 legs concolorous. the flagellum dusky, the wings hyaline; \;ilves of ovipositor black; ocelli 



* Named by Ashmead but the type sp-cies was not de.sci-ibed. For diagnoses, .set A.shmead (1904). 



