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segments scaly, the fifth (which is equal to the preceding) so only along proximal half; head 
and thorax scaly but there are large, shallow punctures scattered over the surface resembling 
pustules. Wings hyaline, the postmarginal vein slightly shorter than the others which are 
subequal. Antenne 11-jointed, the 3-jointed club obliquely truncate from apex of first 
joint, the pedicel longer than the first funicle joint, all joints of the latter about cup-shaped 
and subequal; one ring-joint. Posterior tibi# with two spurs. Parapisidal furrows complete. 
Habitat: Cairns, Queensland. 
Type: No. I. 13538, South Australian Museum, Adelaide. 
GENUS EURYSYSTOLE Girault. 
Agreeing with Systole Walker but the abdominal segments not subequal, the fourth 
over thrice the length of the third, longer than wide, very long, occupying more than a half 
of the surface. The thorax is scaly and with scattered shallow punctures as in Systole opus. 
Posterior tibiz with only one spur. Parapsidal furrows complete. The punctures on the 
thorax are rather numerous, shallow. 
1. EURYSYSTOLE VULGARIS Girault. Female. 
Length, 1.45 mm. 
Black, the wings hyaline, the venation very pallid yellow, the postmarginal vein some- 
what shorter than the stigmal; the antenne pale yellow, the pedicel dusky; legs honey 
yellow. Eleven antennal joints, one ring-joint, the first funicle joint subequal to the pedicel, 
only slightly longer than wide, the others subequal to it or a little shorter; club 3-jointed, 
larger, obliquely truncate. Pronotum with a more or less obscure yellowish spot in the lateral 
aspect, cephalo-ventrad. Third and following abdominal segments more or less distinctly 
scaly. Cephalic ocellus not within the scrobicular cavity. Knees, tips of tibie and the tarsi 
white. 
Habitat: Cairns, Queensland. 
Type: No. I. 1351, South Australian Museum. 
2. EURYSYSTOLE NIGER new species. Female. 
Length, 1.40 mm. at 
Like vulgaris but the legs darker except knees, tips of tibia and the tarsi. Segment 5 
of abdomen not quite thrice the length of segment 4. Scutum with transverse lineolations, 
the scutellum very finely scaly. Otherwise the same. Mandibles tridentate. Coxe black. 
Hind tibize with one spur. Clypeus yellow. Legs yellowish brown. Marginal vein somewhat 
longer than the stigmal, the latter a little shorter than the postmarginal. Distal half of segment 
5 of abdomen scaly dorsad. Meson of propodeum with two large areas along it bounded by 
carine. 
Habitat: Capeville (Pentland), Queensland. Forest, January 8, 1913. 
Type: No. Hy 3260, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag. 
GENUS XANTHOSOMA Ashmead.* 
1. XANTHOSOMA JUSTITIA new species. Female. 
Length, 1.10 mm. Club 2-jointed, the distal joint much the longest. 
Black, the wings hyaline, the legs pale yellow except the coxe and proximal parts of 
the femora (all of hind femur and base of hind tibia); antenne dusky pale yellow, the 
scape and pedicel black, the first funicle joint longest, slightly longer than wide and slightly 
shorter than the pedicel, the distal or fifth funicle joint wider than long. The two posterior 
* See remarks under Hurytoma. 
