136 AUSTRALIAN PROCTOTRyPOIDEA. 



wide ; first funicle joint as wide as pedicel and longer, 

 almost twice as long as wide ; 2-8 transverse, distinctly 

 increasing in width, last joint over twice as long as wide, 

 longer than two preceding joints united. 



Hah : Tasmania (Hobart). Described from one female 

 received from Mr. W. W. Froggatt and labelled " Hobart, 

 A. M. Lea. ■ 



Type : In the collections of Mr. W. W. Froggatt, 

 Government Entomologist of New South Wales, a 9 on 

 -a tag, the antennae and fore wings on a slide. 



Genus Conostigmus, Dahlbom. 



CONOSTIGMUS FLAVIBASALTS, Dodd. 



Head and thorax black ; abdomen sometimes almost 

 wholly pale, with the caudal half dorsad, dusk} . Head 

 densely finely punctate and pubescent, the thorax with 

 scattered pubescence and pin-punctures. Abdomen stout, 

 distinctly convex above and below. 



Several females sweeping miscellaneous vegetation, 

 chiefly jungle, Grafton, Clarence River, New South Wales, 

 3rd June, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Conostigmus rufinotum, Dodd. 



Head, scutum and scutellura, smooth and shining 

 except for indefinite punctuation. Eyes occupying whole 

 side of face, pubescent. First fumcle joint distinctly shorter 

 and narrower than pedicel. 



Two females sweeping forest, sand ridges near coast, 

 Chindera, Tweed River, New South Wales, 13th May, 

 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Conostigmus concoloripes, sp. nov. 



9 Length, 1.80 mm. 



Coal black ; the legs and basal antennal joints, fuscous ; 

 tarsi yellowish. 



Head transverse ; somewhat wider than the thorax ; 

 densely polygonally scaly ; eyes large, pubescent. Thorax 

 one-half longer than wide ; scutum and scutellum with 



