AUSTRALIAN HYMENOPTERA CHALCIDOIDEA, VII—GIRAULT. 5 
From one female caught by sweeping in forest, January 6, 1914, 
Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 2832, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag. 
Respectfully dedicated to the French essayist. 
10. EUPELMUS PUDICUS new species. 
Female :—Length, 1.25 mm. exclusive of ovipositor. 
Like the preceding but funicle 1 white, proximal half of scape also; femora, tibie 
and tarsi lemon yellow; proximal fourth of ovipositor white, rest black, the extruded portion 
somewhat shorter. Funicle 4 plainly longer than wide yet not much more so. Postmarginal and 
stigmal veins not seen. Pedicel a little longer than funicle 4, not elongate. 
From one female taken by sweeping forest, April 10, 1913. 
Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 2833, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag; head and hind 
leg on a slide. 
11. EUPELMUS COMPRESSICAUDA new species. 
Female :—Length, 2.10 mm., exclusive of extruded portion of ovipositor which is as long 
as the slender abdomen. 
Long and slender, the abdomen acuminate and longer than the rest of the body, the 
exserted portion of ovipositor black,* the valves compressed, their tips silvery white. Wings 
hyaline. Dark metallic blue, the knees, distal third or more of tibiz and the tarsi pale straw 
yellow. Teeth of middle tarsi colored like the tarsi. Hind tibial spur single. Seape 
subcompressed; funicle 1 distinctly longer than wide, longer than 8 which is quadrate, shorter 
than the pedicel, the latter only slightly longer than funicle 2 which is longest, somewhat over 
twice longer than wide; 3 somewhat shorter than 2; 4 still shorter yet somewhat longer than 1. 
Mandibles tridentate. Thorax and abdomen finely scaly; segments 2 and 3 of abdomen deeply 
incised at meson of caudal margin, the next three segments much less so, 2 and 3 rather long. 
Postmarginal vein longer than the stigmal. Secutellum rather narrow, declivous, the axille 
slightly separated inwardly, their meso-caudal sutures very faint, the axille barely defined. 
From one female caught by sweeping in jungle, April 16, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 
Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 2834, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag, the head and 
a fore and hind leg on a slide. 
12. EUPELMUS FIELDINGI new species. 
Female :—Length, 1.80 mm., exclusive of ovipesitor which is extruded for a length equal 
to two thirds that of the abdomen. 
Like the preceding but dark metallic green, the abdomen normal, the normal valves of 
ovipositor not so long and the middle tibia is wholly pale yellow; also funicle 1 is wider than 
long, the body is much shorter. Hind tibial spur single. Scape very slightly flattened; pedicel 
a little longer than funicle 2 which is longest, 3 slightly shorter than 2, 8 quadrate. Post- 
marginal vein short, a little longer than the stigmal. Axille separated but not very widely. 
At least segments 2-4 of abdomen incised at meson of caudal margin. Whole body densely 
scaly. Axille well defined, the scutellum not declivous. 
From one female taken by sweeping in forest, November 13, 1912. 
Habitat: Proserpine, Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 2835, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag; antenna and | 
hind tibia on a slide. 
Dedicated to Henry Fielding. 
* Meaning the valves; the color of the ovipositor itself is always brown. 
