MALAY PARASITIC HYMEXOPTERA. 45 



Evaniidse. 



JEvania appcndiijdKter Lin. 

 Passuruan. A cosiiiu})olitiau .speciiis. 



Stephanidae. 



Stephanus rufo-ornatns sp. nov. 



Black, the antenna?, the head, tubercles, apex of abdominal 

 petiole, the 4 front legs, the apical two-thirds of the hind 

 coxœ above, trochanters, apex of femora and the tibiie and 

 tarsi, rufous ; wings clear hyaline, the stigma fuscous, pale 

 at the base, the other nervures darker coloured ; the radius 

 does not reach to the apex of the wings ; the apical abscissa 

 of the cubitus is as long as the transverse cubital nervure ; 

 the discoidal cellule is completely closed, the outer submedian 

 open below, closed at base and apex. c^. 



Length 6 — 8 mm. 



Burnett River, Queensland. (K. 8emon leg,). 



There is a broad pale yellow line, extending from the base 

 of the mandibles obliquely to shortly beyond the eyes, its 

 apex being widely separated from the latter, the mandibles 

 and oral region are of a darker yellowish colour, which 

 extends above the antenuge. Front closely, rugosely punctured, 

 almost reticulated. Vertex finely, closely transversely striated; 

 the space between the tubercles with stronger curved stri» ; 

 there are 5 tubercles ; the anterior is placed in front of the 

 others and is longer, narrower and sharper pointed, it forming 

 a triangle with the pair behind it, which are short, broad 

 and parallel ; immediately behind them are 2 others, larger 

 and broader ; behind them is a transverse, stout keel. Temples 

 and malar space smooth and shining ; in the centre of the vertex 



