AUSTRALIAN HTHENOPTERA CHALCIDOIDEA, IV.—GIBAULT. 237 



Genus EPITETEASTICHUS Girault. 

 The name Pentastichodes is naked and without standing in nomenclature. 



1. EPITETRASTICHUS SPECIOSISSIMUS Girault. 



The type specimen was captured in grass near a canefield, Babinda, October 29, 1911. 

 The sixth abdominal marginal spot is open laterad, the first at base joined across meson. 

 The conical marking of scutum may go only to apex of that part. One female, Gordonvale, 

 forest, August S, 1914. 



2. EPITETRASTICHUS FLAVIPOSTSCUTELLUM Girault. 



Length, 1 mm. Wings hyaline. Type female was captured December 27, 1913 by 

 sweeping in the forest along Cape Eiver; it is on a tag, the head on a slide. 



3. EPITETRASTICHUS XANTHER (Girault). 



A common forest species. Antea (these memoirs, II), p. 200, line 1 under this species, 

 face should read occiput. The species is distinct from nigriventris. The thoracic pleura are 

 often suffused with dusky, the cross-stripes of abdomen are regular, often alternately less 

 broad or slightly incomplete laterad. Funicle joints subequal to each other and to the pedicel. 

 The club bears a short nipple. Propodeum short at the meson, there with a median carina. 

 A female in the type locality, November 8, sweeping edges of a forest streamlet. 



"The black stripes across the abdomen are often obscure and suffused. One female, 

 Eossville (Cooktown), Queensland, February 23, 1912, sweeping jungle alony a roadside 

 (A.A.G.) and another from forest, Meerawa, Queensland, July 26, 1913 (A.A.G.) " — A. P. 

 Dodd. 



A. EPITETRASTICHUS XANTHER HILLI new variety. 



Like xanthcr but the abdomen has but four cross-stripes commencing from proximal 

 fourth, at base yello-w; the body is smaller and the postscutellum yellow. Funicle 1 is also 

 a little longer than the others, 3 subglobular. Antenna? yellowish, also scutellum. Propodeum 

 with a median carina but no true lateral one. 



From one female taken from bushes, October 10, 1913 (G. F. Hill). 



Habitat: Port Darwin, Northern Territory. 



Type : No. Hy 859%, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag. 



4. EPITETRASTICHUS LONGFELLOWI Girault. 



Synonyms: E pom phaloides viridis, Girault; Epitetrastichus nympha Girault. 



The median carina of propodeum forks only at apex and is quite solid. The abdomen 

 has no petiole. Type re-examined. 



The median carina of propodeum in this species and in nympha broadens just before 

 distal end into a fork but the latter is solid ; the oblong propodeal spiracle is near lateral 

 margin, its long axis caudo-cephalad. Both are the same yet the caudal wings in nympha 

 are slightly narrower and there is no yellow on the abdomen. The species ceaeitliorax differs 

 from both in having the scutum naked and as otherwise indicated. Types re-examined. 



Dark metallic purple; legs bright golden yellow, the cephalic coxsb suffused with 

 metallic; antennal scape yellow, pedicel brown, rest black. Wings hyaline. Scutum with 

 scattered bristles from setigerous punctures; median groove of scutum complete, narrow. 

 Propodeum moderately short, with fine scaly sculpture; lateral carime absent; median distinct. 



