flYMENOPTEliOtlS FAMILY StEPHANlD^. 759 



impressions at apex, between which it is striate. Pro- and 

 meso-pleurae obscurely striate ; apical half of metapleurse 

 irregularly reticulate. Median segment finely and closely 

 punctate, apically centrally striate. Petiole finely and closely 

 trans-striate, as long as rest of abdomen. Hind femora bi- 

 dentate. 



Black ; a broad yellow line from base of antennfe to beyond 

 eyes ; matidibles pale yellow ; antennae, frontal tubercles, 

 scutellum, apex of petiole, anterior legs, hind coxte partly, 

 trochanters, apices of femora, the tibiae and tarsi rufous. Wings 

 clear hyaline; stigma fuscous, basally pale; nervures brown. 

 Abdomen from second segment sometimes I'ed. 



Length 5-10 mm. 



5 . Similar to (S . Petiole slightly shorter ; terebra longer 

 than body. 



Length 13-14 mm.; abdomen 8| mm.; petiole 4 mm.; terebra 

 15 mm. 



Habitat: c^" . Burnett River, Queensland (R.Semon); Kuranda, 

 Queensland (Dodd), var. Kuranda, 1904. 5 . Mackay, Queens- 

 land ; Swan River, West Australia. 



The 2 2 1 together with the S S from Kuranda, are in the 

 British Museum. 



Easily distinguished from P. hrevistigma Enderl. by the sculp- 

 ture of metapleurse and median segment, and by the colour. 



16. RUBRIPICTUS Elliott. 



Stephanus damellicus Enderl. (nee Westw.) (1), p. 196, 5 J. 

 Parastephanellus rihbripictus Elliott (1), p. 129, $ cJ . 



5 c? . Frons rather coarsely rugose-punctate, laterally trans- 

 rugose ; the three anterior tubercles very acuminate, posterior 

 pair small ; vertex and occiput transrugose ; posterior margin of 

 head sharply bordered. Antennae very slender; basal flagellar 

 joints normal. Neck coarsely longitudinally striate; semiannular 

 feebly rugose, with polished posterior margin. Mesonotum 

 diffusely and coarsely rugose-punctate. Scutellum centrally 

 smooth, with marginal puncturation. Metanotum longitudinally 

 striate. Mesopleurae pubescent, finely aird difi'usely punctate ; 

 metapleurse separated by a row of punctures from the coarsely 

 and reticulately rugose median segment. Petiole finely rugose, 

 apically more or less smooth, as long as the remaining segments 

 together. Terebra in $ as long as body, spicula red-brown, 

 sheaths black. Legs finely pubescent ; hind coxte densely trans- 

 rugose ; hind femora bidentate, their tibiae compressed almost to 

 middle. 



Black; face, mandibles except apices, cheeks, 4 or 5 basal 

 antennal joints, anterior legs and hind tibice red-brown ; petiole 

 and hind femora sometimes brownish or rufescent. Wings clear 

 hyaline ; stigma long and narrow, brown. 



Length, $ , 11-12 mm. ; c? , 6-11 mm. 



