AUSTRALIAN HYMENOPTERA CHALCIDOIDEA, VII—GIRAULT. 55 
DIAGNOSIS OF THE AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF COCCOPHAGUS WESTWOOD. 
(Compiled from types except aurantii.) 
Submarginal vein of fore wing distinctly longer than the marginal (more or less a half longer) ; 
flagellum tapering from base, funicle 1 abruptly shortened. Species purplish black 
marked with yellow. 
Head, scutum except cephalic margin and rather broadly along meson at cephalic half, 
parapsides and scutellum (except a large round spot on each side at caudal margin), 
honey yellow; knees, tibize except just below knee, tarsi and propodeum laterad, 
also honey yellow. Funicle 1 wider than long, 2 subequal to the pedicel. An 
obscure brownish cross-stripe from marginal vein .. abnormicornis Girault. 
The same but the legs all white (see description) .. Ric singularis Girault. 
The same as abnormicornis but funicle 1 plainly longer ae wide, the pedicel elongate, 
subequal to funicle 3, the fore wings distinctly infuscated from base to apex of 
venation, the marginal vein over a half the length of the submarginal. Black on 
meson of scutum extending farther distad  .. é ore regulus Girault. 
Submarginal vein of fore wing obviously more or less Mrcaual: to the marginal; flagellum 
subfiliform or regularly clubbed. 
Stigmal vein round, sessile or subsessile, nearly at right angles to apex of marginal 
(appearing casually like a drop of water on the under surface of a plane surface) ; 
neck of stigmal vein if present, a constriction, the knob globular and forming the 
principal part of the vein. 
Golden or orange yellow species. 
Bright golden yellow, the abdomen with a triangle of three large round black 
spots on distal half, the apical spot at apex of abdomen; wings hyaline, 
broad; distal two funicle joints quadrate, each shorter than 1, the club 
distinct, short; stigmal vein sessile .. sa ..  triguttatus Girault. 
Pale honey yellow, the valves of ovipositor distinctly extruded. Thorax with two 
black spots, one on each axilla. Wings hyaline, moderately broad, 
the stigmal vein with a short neck, oblique. Club well defined. Funicle 
joints short; meson of pronotum broadly dusky ..  biguttatus Girault. 
Yellow and black species. often marked with silvery white. 
Orange yellow, the abdomen and caudal coxa black; funicle joints increasing in 
length distad, 3 nearly twice longer than wide, 1 subequal to pedicel, 
longer than wide. Fore wings hyaline, densely ciliate, the stigmal vein 
sessile. Mandibles bidentate, the second tooth broadly truncate. Club 
defined .. we as a Se auricaput Girault. 
Orange yellow; lower face, pronotum, peopdenn aiid immediate base of abdomen, 
dusky; abdomen black with a broad band of silvery white across it near 
base. Legs white. Fore wings with a light brownish cross-stripe; stigmal 
vein with a short neck. Funicle 2 longest, club defined. Ovipositor inserted 
distad of middle a a . argentifascia Girault. 
Silvery white; center of vertex, ae, jirapaidee and geuteiiain: honey yellow; 
dorsum of abdomen (except three large, round spots in a triangle, one at 
apex, others at distal two thirds at margin), center of occiput and club 
(except distal half of joint 3) black. Lateral half of each funicle joint 
and the axille dusky. Funicle joints subquadrate. Fore wings with an 
isolated infuscated area, naked distad. Stigmal vein subsessile. Club 
distinct. Ovipositor inserted distad of middle .. argenteus Girault. 
Golden yellow, the cephalic two thirds of axille, propodeum, a broad stripe across 
abdomen near middle and pronotum black, the wings hyaline. See 
description. Male .. rss * nie site .. poet Girault.* 
* A nomen nudum, the description lost. The specimen is in the Queensland Museum on a slid¢ 
and is from Northern Queensland (Gordonvale). 
