556 Mr. 11. E. Tuinei on the 



Trichomma elegantuhi, sp. n. 



{^ . Niger ; mandibulis, apice excepto, clypeo, facie, orbitis late, 

 scapo subtus, linea ante alas, macula parva infra alas, tegulis, 

 scutello, coxis, trochaiiteribusque, posticis supra ferrugineis, tlavis; 

 pedibus anticis intermediisque, tibiis posticis prope basin late, 

 tarsisque posticis articulis tribus basalibus flavo-ochraceis ; abdo- 

 mine lateribus, segmento prime apice, femoribus posticis, tibiisque 

 posticis basi extrema ferrugineis ; alis hyalinis, venis fuscis, 

 stigmate pallide testaceo. 



Long. 8 mm. 



(^. Clypeus not distinctly divided from the face; eyes 

 strongly convergent towards the clypeus ; face slightly con- 

 vex, almost smooth, orbits smooth and shining ; eyes ahnost 

 touching the base of the mandibles. Antennpe about 30- 

 jointed, 5 mm. in lengtli ; front finely obliquely rugulose ; 

 vertex smooth and shining ; eyes as far from the posterior 

 margin of the head as from the posterior ocelli. Mesonotum 

 very closely and rather finely punctured, without notauli ; 

 mesopleurse delicately longitudinally striate ; scutellura smooth 

 and shining. Median segment coarsely rugose-reticulate, 

 with a shallow longitudinal groove from near the base to the 

 apex, an obscure longitudinal carina on each side laterally, 

 the sides of the segment coarsely reticulate. Abdomen long 

 and very slender ; first segment slightly swollen at the apex, 

 scarcely as long as the second, which is linear, the segments 

 from the third onward strongly compressed laterally. Hind 

 iemora slender at the base, reaching their greatest thickness 

 at about two-thirds from the base. Subdiscoideus originating 

 just above the middle of the apical margin of the first 

 brachial cell; nervulus very slightly postf ureal ; nervellus 

 straight, without an intercepting nervure. 



Hub. Kuranda, N. Queensland, May-Junel913 (Tw^Tier) ; 



Tiiis is much smaller than the New Guinea species T. cla- 

 vipes, Krieg., and difi'ers in details of colouring, especially in 

 the face and hind tarsi, but in sculpture and neuration there 

 seems to be little difference. I have not seen T, clavipes. 



Tribe Campoplegini. 



Nothanomalon meridionalis, sp. n. 



$ . Nigra ; palpis pedibusque anticis intermediisque ochraceis, 

 coxis nigris ; segmentis abdominalibus primo apice, secundo 

 subtus lateribusque, tertio, quarto quintoque omnino, sexto 



