AUSTRALIAN HYMENOPTEEA CHALCIDOIDEA, VI.— GIRAULT. 337 



ASYNTOMOPUS new genus of Giranlt and A. P. Dodd. 



Female: — Head not much wider than the thorax. Mandibles plainly tridentate, the 

 outer tooth long and curved. Antennae 13-jointed, two ring-joints, three club joints. Pronotum 

 not especially large. Parapsidal furrows complete, distinct. Seutellum with a cross-suture 

 before the apex. Propodeum long, punctate, with a distinct median and true lateral carinse; 

 also deep, distinct spiraeular sulci running its whole length. Abdominal petiole long and 

 slender, fully twice as long as the hind coxae; second segment the longest, occupying nearly 

 one third of the surface (excluding the petiole) ; segments 3-5 subequal, each one half as long 

 as the second; caudal margins of segments straight. Postmarginal and marginal veins sub- 

 equal ; stigmal vein very oblique, two fifths as long as the marginal. 



1. ASYNTOMOPUS FLAVISCAPUS new species of Girault and A. P. Dodd. Genotype. 



Female: — Length, 2.75 mm. 



Dark metallic blue-green; coxse concolorous; rest of legs and antennal scape golden 

 yellow; all femora and posterior tibia? dusky at the centre; rest of antennae black. First 

 funicle joint twice as long as wide, distinctly longer than the pedicel; 2-6 gradually shortening, 

 the sixth as long as the pedicel and longer than wide; club as long as the two preceding joints 

 united. Wings hyaline. 



Described from one female caught by sweeping in jungle, August 31, 1913 (A.A.G.). 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy 2810, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag, the head 

 and hind legs on a slide. 



TEIPOLYCYSTUS new genus of A. P. Dodd. 



Female: — In Girault 's table of genera (1913), running near Eurydinotomorpha Girault 

 and Polycysteloides Girault. Head not wider than thorax, no longer than wide. Mandibles 

 4-dentate. Antennae 13-jointed, with three ring and three club joints, the funicle joints sub- 

 quadrate. Pronotum short. Parapsidal furrows half complete. Seutellum with a deep cross- 

 suture before apex. Propodeum rather long, with a distinct neck, with lateral carinse and narrow 

 spiraeular sulci; median carina absent. Abdominal petiole very short, hidden by the propodeal 

 neck. Abdomen conic-ovate, no longer than thorax, depressed above, convex beneath; second 

 segment occupying a third of surface, third and fourth subequal, the others shortening. Mar- 

 ginal vein somewhat thickened, postmarginal as long as marginal, stigmal distinctly shorter. 



Type: The following species. 



1. TRIPOLYCYSTUS SULCATUS new species of A. P. Dodd. 



Female: — Length, 1.75 mm. 



Very dark metallic green, the coxae concolorous, the abdomen brighter, first two pairs 

 of femora brownish, rest of legs and antennal scape golden yellow, rest of antennae black. 

 Wings hyaline. Thorax polygonally reticulated, the reticulation in raised lines, the propodeum 

 punctate. Pedicel a little longer than any of the funicle joints of which the first is smallest, 

 a little wider than long, the others slightly longer than wide; first club joint longest of the 

 club. 



Described from one female caught on a window, February 17, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. HyS811, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag; head and 

 hind legs on a slide. 

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