.irsTi;.u.[.i\ UYMi'-.xoi-rEUA (Iialciiioidka. xii.—am.rrLT. -mw 



iiKireiiver, is IcTiiiui yi'llnw . tlir dursuni of alulonicii ln'.-irs Kncral more or less suniisi'il lil.-irk 

 stripes on proxiinal li:ilf. Sutures of uiesoiiotuni u:irrouly black. ScutelluMi witlioul 

 longituilinul grooves or tliisi' ;irc very faint. Mesot lioracic viuiler black. Flagelluni black; 

 funiele 1 a little shorter than the pedicel, ] somewhat lonijer than wide. Distal funicle joint 

 a little wider than long. Sometimes, the propodeum is whcdly black. Head lemon-yellow. 



From three females reared from galls on young JiuaiUiiUus, November 21, 1910 ( F. I'. 

 Spry) and lal.'elled Nos. 1 and 2. From the National Museum .it Melliourne. 



Uahitai: Jlelbourne, Victiuia. 



Types: In the National Museum. Mclboui in>, Victoria. Tliree females ou a card. 



14. MEGASTIGMUS FIELDINGI n.u speeh-s. 



Fcintilr: — Jjciigth, 1.4(i mm., (\\.l\uruig the o\ ipositor \\liich is llirce fourths the length 

 of tile al.>domen. 



TfuTis to (ish n .\slimead but tlie oviposilor is somewhat sliorli'r, fniiicle 1 is quadrate or 

 only slightly longer lli.in uiilc. l(^ngcst. wliile the general body color is orange yellow with 

 the head, pronotum. margins of scutum ami scutellum lenmn yellow. Sutures of scutelluin, 

 • ephalic margin of si-utum aiul of ]iio]iodeum (both narrowly) and the valves of the ovipositor, 

 black; also a spot in the suture .just cephalad of hind coxa. Four or five dusky cross-stripes 

 dorsad ou abdt)men. Antenna- yellow. 



What ajipears to be the uuile is uundi more hea\ily marked \\itli black but with the 

 same pattern except that the para]tsidal furniws are also black. 



Fi'om nuniy fenud* s reared from miscellaneous galls, fiu'cst. (ou'don\aIe, October 1.". 



uu:). 



Ilahitat : (iordonvale (Cairns), l^ueenslaud. 



Type: No. TltiS:i.i7^ Queensland Museum. Brisbane, two temales on a tag. 



15. MEGASTIGMUS ADELAIDENSIS n, w species. 



Frmalc: — Like iiincuhitiptHniii tiirault but I he propoileum \\ holly ccjncolorous, th<' 

 abdomen with about two black cross-stripes. 



HabiUil : .Adelaide, South .Australia, llcarcl from a gall. 



Ti/iic: Lost. 



16. MEGASTIGMUS MELLEUS n,-xv species. 



Compared with types of mur iiUili [iciiina and }l(irii<inega1iix. 



Female: — Length, l.li.l mm., excluding the ovipositor which is extriuled for a Icuglh 

 ec|ual to that of the abdomen. 



Runs to nuieiilalipriiiiis (iirault but the body is sm.allcr. the abdomen ]iu)re rounded, the 

 extruded ]iart of v.-ilvcs of ovipositor nunli shorter, the body is uniforndy hoin-y yellow oidy 

 the scutum and smtellum slightly tinged with orang". Tin .didomen is nmrked with four 

 distinct blai-k d.ashes across ami along inesiui and the proximal two thirds of abd(unen (lors.-icl 

 and tlie extrudi'd valves of ovipositor are black, 'the fore wing is ch.ar.acterized by bearing 

 a subfusi'ous, r(mml sjiot of rather small size from apex of the black stigm.-i. Scajie ami pedicel 

 orange, rest of antenna' dusky yellow. Funicle joints shorter than the pedicel, ;i or -t hmgest, 

 each a little longer than wide and nearly as long .is I he pedicel, the otlnus barely longer than 

 wide. Scape obclavatc. Scutellum with a line id' three long setat along each sole. 



From one female caught in .jungle, ,fuly II. lltll. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), (Queensland. 



Tiijic: No. //// .j.J.W, Queensland Museum, llrisbaui\ tin' spccuuen on a tag with type of 

 /lavivarieniil IIS (lira nil. 



1~. MEGASTIGMUS PERGRACILIS new spe.ies. 



Female: — Length, abmit l.ihl mm., excluding the ovipositor which is extruded for a length 

 nearly equal to that of the abiloimm. 



Pale greenish yellow, the wings hyaliuc. the following bLmk markings: Suture between 

 pronotum and scutuni, tli;it between scutum and sculellum. that belwemi scutelhun ami axilUu. 



