304 MEMOISS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



BOOTANOMYIA new snbgeiuis. 



Like Meriastigmii.'i Paliiian but the boily partly or wluilly iiietalUc, freriueiitly witir 

 ihimble punctures. 



1. BOOTANOMYIA SMARAGDUS new species. Female. Oenot>-pe. 



Lengtli, l.tlU mm., exeluding ovipusit(]r wliich is extruded for a length distinctly longer 

 tluiu that of the abdomen. Similar to riridixcutclhim Girault but the scutum is almost wholly 

 metallic green, the extreme cejihalo-latera! angle showing a trace of yellow (in the species 

 named, the cephalo-lateral angles of scutum are yellow, the green on scutum rectangular, longer 

 than wide, its margins nearly straight eephalo-caudad) ; the thimble punctures on scutum are 

 more numerous and the abdomen above wholly brownish. Tlie thorax in both species is finely, 

 transversely lineolated; the scutellum distad of the transverse line is glabrous in both and 

 the ocellar area is metallic green with a cephalic iirojeetion from each side, forming a crude 

 I! on the vertex. 8cape and jiedicel in l;oth colored above. The antennae are alike but 

 sindracidiis apparently bears two ring-joints, while viridisculeUiiin bears but one. Compared 

 w'tli type of the named species. 



Hahitiit: Roma, Queensland. October 6, 1911. 



Type: No. HySSil. (Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the fenuile on a t.-ig, the head on a 

 slide, 



2. BOOTANOMYIA PAX new species. Female, 



Length, 1,33 mm., excluding ovipositor which is a little longer than the abdomen. 



Dark metallic coppery green, the wings hyaline, the abdomen dark brown, the valves of 

 the ovipositor nearly black; cephalic and intermediate legs pale yellow; the caudal coxse and 

 the femora concolorous, the former diluted with brownish, Scutellum glabrous caudad of the 

 transverse suture. Antenna? with the pedicel longer than any of the funicle joints, dusky; 

 first two funicle joints subequal, the distal three each a little wider than long. Thorax 

 transversely lineolated, impunetate or nearly. 



IJahitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. Forest (1,500 feet), May 26, 1912. 



Ti/pc: No. TIii3SI'2, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the fenuale on a tag, the head on a 

 slide, 



3. BOOTANOMYIA VIRIDISCUTELLUM new species. Female. 



Length, 1.(55 mm., excluding ovipositor whose exserted portion is sliglitly longer than 

 the abdomen. 



Orange yellow, the prouotuni and legs lemon yellow, the wings hyaline. Meson of 

 pronotum triangularly (apex caudad), scutum, scutellum and propodeum bright metallic green, 

 the abdomen at base above w'ith two short, dusky greenish, cross-stripes. Scutum with sparse 

 thimble ]iun<tures. Vertex with D-shaped green marking, the arms pointing cephalad. 

 Thorax finely, transversely lineolated, the scutellum distad of the transverse line, polished, 



Halitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland, Forest, August 9, 1912. 



I'ype: No. EySSiS, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag. the head on 

 a slide, 



4. BOOTANOMYIA PERGRATUS new species. Female, 



Length, 1,80 miii.. cxcliiiliug ovipositor whiih is about as long as the abdomen. 



Like p<t.r Init all the legs conccolorous, the thorax with metallic green and inu'ple 

 reflectious, the abdomen as dark as the thorax and the antennae concolorous and with the first 

 two funicle joints a little longer than the pedicel. Moreover, distad of the transverse suture, 

 the scutellum is not glabrous but finely longitudinally striate like the rest of the selerite. 

 Antennje 13-jointed, the club 3-joiuted, one ring-joint, Pronotum transversely striate, scutum 

 variously striate. 



Halilot: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland, Forest, August 2, 1913 (A. P, Dodd), 



Tiip( : No. Hy.l.U!, l^iueenslaml .Museum, Brisbane, tlie female on a tag, the head on a 

 slide. 



