A^STI!JLIA^^ TJYMENOPTKHA CH AU'IDOI IlK.i. XH.-aiHAI'LT. o-jr^ 



beariiiK also sparse, long, yellow-whitp hairs, tlic upper si.l.'s of (I,,. prop,„l,M„M als;, finis 

 clothed. Soape subobclavate, the peilhTJ loii-rr tlian any „f the funirle joints ot which the first 

 three are longest ami snbec|nal, th.> distal mie plainly uider than long. 



Habitat: Gordouvale (Cairns), (^ueenslan.l. .\ssonated uilh a eeridoa.yiid gall on 

 Carci/a australis. 



Type: No. Hji.l.l^f, Queensland :\Jnseuni. I!risliani>. the t'eniale on a tag. 



2. NEOMEGASTIGMUS COLLARIS new species. F.male. 



Length. l.?,r, mm., e.x.luding the uMp,i;<itnr which is extrnded tor :, hnigth abmif 

 equal to that of the abdomen. 



Like lividiis but tlie ovijiositor is extrnded for a shorter distance and the pronotnm is 

 pale orange; also the legs are whiter. Head dark orange yellow, .\bdornen snlisessile. 



Habitat: Thursday Island, Torres Strait. Forest in March. 



Type: No. H y ,1,>-.'.',. Queensland Mnsenni. Brisbane, the feni.-ile on .-i tag ,and a slide. 



3. NEOMEGASTIGMUS PETIOLATUS new species. Kenuile. 



Length, 1.9.") nun., exidnding the black extruded v.alves of the ovipositor uliic-h are 

 about two thirds the length of the abdomen. 



Urange yellow, the abdomen (its short, distinct jietioh^ p.-illid), propodenm and distal 

 third of scutelUun lightly jjuriilish black. Fuscous spot from stignui large, nearly a band 

 across the wing. Caudal nuirgins of segments 2-4 of abdomen incised at meson, the incision 

 large, wide on segnunit 2, minute on segnu'nt 4. Cephalic legs (fenuir and distad) pale, the 

 others concolorous with the abdomen but all tarsi pale, the anteruia! straw yellow. Punicle 

 joints all shorter than the pedicel. Thorax densely reticulated and transversely lineolated. 



Habitat: JIackay, Queensland. Open /iidds in October. 



Type: No. Hy :}JJ(}, Queensland Mnsi'uni, Brisbane, the female on a tag. 



A second fenuile from the foliage of Tiistaiiia. .Se|)tcinlier :'., im:! at Oordonvale 

 (Cairns), Queensland ( E. J. Girault). 



4. NEOMEGASTIGMUS FILIUS new species. Female. 



Length. 2. .50 nun., exclndiug extiuded part of oviiiositoi- uliicdi is :t little longer tlian 

 the abdomen. 



Like collarix but mm h nnue rolnis;, the ovipositor longer than the abdomen and the 

 legs differ in that the co.xat and the bind fenu)ra are brown. The nearly black dash from the 

 stigma is longer and somewhat curved. The pro.ximal funicle joint in this species is plainly 

 longer than wide, l-,"! subeqnal, the others slun'teniiig soim-what, the distal funicle .joint a 

 little longer than wide. I'edicel slightly longer than the ilistal fiini(de Joiid. In eollari.i all 

 the distal funicle joints are subquadrate. barely Ioniser th.-m \\i<le ami distinctly shorter 

 than the pedicel, the distal funicle joint a little wiiler than hnig. Tln' caudal margm of the 

 pronotum in both species is concolorous with the scutum. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns). (L'neensl.-ind. llecember III. 11111. 



Type: No. Hy:l:lS7, Queensland Musenin, lirisb.-iiie, the f'eni.-ile on a lag. tlu' head with 

 the slide type of coHaiis. 



5. NEOMEGASTIGMUS SALTENSIS new species. Keioale. 



Ixnigth, L.'jil mm., exidnding o\ ij.nsitor. 



Like Ucidus Girault but the fenuna also ioiic(dorons and the extruded portion of the 

 valves of the ovipositor are slightly shorter than the abdmnen. h'unich' joints L4 subeqnal. 

 each barely longer than wide, the remaining widening and shortening a little in succession, 

 joint 7 a little wider than long. Scutellum simple as with the other species. I'ropodenm not 

 plainly seen. Pedicel distim-tly longer than any of the funicle joints. 



