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ORMYRIN 2. 
GENUS ORMYRUS Westwood. 
1. ORMYRUS AUSTRALIENSIS new species. Female. 
Female :—Length, 1.60 mm. Short and compact. 
Dark metallic eneous green, the wings hyaline; tegule, tibi# and tarsi straw yellow, 
also the knees, the rest of the legs concolorous; segments of abdomen densely scaly, the first 
row of large punctures double, the second triple, the third or last quadruple. Antenne 
13-jointed with two ring-joints, the club 3-jointed but not very distinctly divided. Mesonotum 
hairy, with very fine scaly reticulation. Antenne black, the pedicel longer than any of the 
transverse funicle joints. Propodeum very short, finely alutaceous, no median carina. Abdomen 
‘suffused with brownish. 
Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. Forest, April 3, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 
Type: No. Hy 3556, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag, the head on 
a slide. 
2. ORMYRUS BICARINATUS new species. Female. 
Length, 1.50 mm. 
Differs from australiensis in bearing on the short propodeum a pair of median carine 
which are separated and the hind tibia are as dark as the femora, the other tibia washed more 
or less with metallic centrally. The general coloration is darker. The pedicel and funicle joints 
are longer. Both species bear a median carina along the distal half or more of the abdomen 
-and also fine oblique striz on the propodeum laterad of the meson. 
« Habitat: Harvey’s Creek (Cairns), Queensland. Jungle, November 15, 1913 (A. P. 
Dodd). 
Type: No. Hy 3357, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag, the head on 
-a slide. 
3. ORMYRUS CARINATIVENTRIS new species. 
Female :—Length, 1.50 mm. 
The same as bicarinatus but the femora and tibie are yellowish brown, the abdomen 
brown, metallic purple at base with cross-stripes of purple at the cephalic margin of each 
segment somewhat as in australiensis. The scutellum is purplish blue. One hind tibial spur 
stout and curved as in bicarinatus. Scape yellow; funicle 1 shorter than 6, both wider than 
long. 
From one female captured in jungle, March 6, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 
Habitat: Cooktown, Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 3358, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag, the head on 
a slide. 
4. ORMYRUS BICOLORIPES new species. 
Female :—Length, 1.65 mm. 
Like australiensis but the propodeum bears the two ecarine at the meson and only the 
cox and caudal femur are concolorous, the legs and scape reddish brown. Funicle joints a 
little shorter than the pedicel, all subequal and subquadrate. Tarsi white. 
From one female caught April 2, 1914 on jungle edge. 
Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 3359, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag. 
Members of this group rarely shrivel except as regards the abdomen. The thoracic 
sructure of the Callimominze, Monodontomerine and Idarnine need careful comparison and 
it seems doubtful if Ashmead’s characters are universal or even usual. His groupings, however, 
are acceptable. 
Walker has described the following species: Torymus daonus, osinius and vibidia. 
