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broad. Second sulcus of soutellum very near tho 

 lateral margin. Fore wiug.s «ith short marginal 

 fringes and dense, fine discal ciliation. Propodoum 

 shining, with a median carina. 



(From 12 specimens, similarly rnlargod.) 



Male: Not known. 



Described from cardmounted specimens in tho 

 Queensland Museum at Brisbane, labelled ,,Bred from 

 gall Nr. 5. A. H. Hacker. 28. (i. 1911, Brisbane '. 



Habitat: Australia — Brisbane, Queensland. 



T y p e. In tho Queensland Museum, Brisbane, 

 five females on a card, jjIus a slide bearing one female 

 and antennae. 



Entedonini. 

 Mestocharis Foerster. 



1. Mestoclmris cyanea new species. 



Female: Length, 3 mm. 



Deep metallic blue, the three proximal joints of 

 the tarsi white, the distal and fourth joint black, the 

 wings hyaline, the tip of the posterior tibiae white, 

 narrowly and the venation dusky. Antennae black 

 metallic blue, the abdomen more or less aeneous. 

 Body reticulated, less densely on pronotum and sides 

 of vertex, more so in centre of vertex, scutum and 

 scutellum, the lines on the latter longitudinal but on 

 the two former polygonally arranged and nearly 

 forming punctures, the scutellum rough. Parapsidal 

 furrows represented posteriorly by a deep sulcus on 

 each side but ne verthel -ss the scutum is trilobed and 

 the grooves are more or less indicated for their entire 

 length but they are very narrow and curved after 

 leaving the posterior sulcus. From dorsal aspect, 

 lateral carinae of propodeum forming the lateral 

 margins, the median carina paked. Disk of propodeum 

 nearly sniooth. Abdominal petiole short and stout, 

 distinct, the second abdominal segment longest, over 

 a third of the length of the pointed conic-ovate ab- 

 domen which is somewhat longer than the head and 

 thorax taken together. Postmarginal vein absent, the 

 stigmal very short, curved like a hook. Posterior 

 tibial spiu' single, verj^ large, nearly as long as the 

 proximal joint of the posterior tarsus. 



Antennae 9-jointed, two ring-joints, the second 

 and distal club joint terminating in a spinelike pro- 

 jection ; like those of WI. willianisoni Girault but the 

 funicle joints longer, the first longest, the distal and 

 third subequal in length to the pedicel and to tho 

 proximal joint of the club. The latter ovate. Scape 

 long. Mandibles bidentate, the teeth more acute 

 than those of williamsoni . Antennae inserted below 

 the middle of the face, slightly above an imaginary 

 line drawn between the ventral ends of the eyes. 

 Ring-joints very short and platelike. 



(From 2 specimens, the same magnification.) 



Male: The same but the abdomen shorter and 

 less pointed, the petiole longer. Smaller. Length, 

 2 mm. 



(From one specimen, similarly magnified.) 



Described from one male, two females found 

 recently emerged, in a small oval gall common on 

 the upper surfaces of a bush growing in the forest 



near Nelson, Noith Qu(!ensland, November 20, 1912. 

 The gall is inhabited by a small Icpidoptcroiis larva 

 like those of the Tinoid series. 



Habitat: Aiisfp'Mlia — N(^lsoii (rairns), Queens- 

 land. 



Types: In tho Qiieonslantl Museum, IJrisbano, 

 the foredescribed specimens tagmo\nited (8 pins) 

 plus a female head in xylol-balsam ; the specimens 

 are without heads. 



Aphelinini. 

 Ablerus Howard. 



1. Ablerus speciosus new species. 



Female: Length, 0,60 mm. Exclusive of ovi- 

 positor. 



Like Ablerus clisiocampae Ashmead but the pedicel 

 of the antennae is white, the club wholly black, the 

 fore wings subhj^aline, crossed by a conspicuous, 

 subcrescentic band of black from the apex oî the 

 marginal vein, the legs all white excepting a band of 

 black around the tibiae and femora just out from the 

 knees (and the distal tarsal joints). Moreover, the 

 fore wings are somewhat broader. General color dark 

 metallic green. Ovipositor exserted for a length equal 

 to about a fifth that of the abdomen. 



(From one specimen, similarly enlarged.) 



Male: Not known. 



Described from a single female reared from the 

 twigs of an unknown bush growing in the forest and 

 infested with Lecanium scales. December 4, 1912, 

 Nelson, N. Q. 



Habitat: Australia — Nelson (Cairns), Queens- 

 land. 



Type: In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, 

 the above specimen in xylol-balsam. Subsequently, 

 a second female was found, reared December 17, 

 1911 from twigs of the forest apple, infested \\ith 

 Ghionaspis at Nelson. 



Eulophini. 

 Sympiesis Foerster. 



The following species. 



1. Sympiesis nelsonensis new species. 



Male: Length, 2,85 mm. 



Metallic bluish, bright, the axillae, scutellum and 

 distal half or more of scutum metallic green; sutui'e 

 between scutum and scutellum blue; venter dark 

 metallic greenish, the coxae concolorous, the legs 

 white exceiDting the dusky tarsi and the posterior 

 femora which are dark metallic. Wings hyaline, the 

 venation brown. Abdomen \\ith a whitish band 

 across it some distance from base, the band broadened 

 at the meson or projected distad along the meson. 

 Marginal vein much more than five times longer than 

 the stigmal but not thrice the length of the postmargi- 

 nal which is long, over thrice the length of the stigmal. 

 Otherwise as in Eulophus. Antennae with three long 

 rami, 9-jointed, the fourth funicle joint distinctly the 

 longest joint of the whole, over twice the length of 

 the club joint: first funicle joint subequal to the 

 pedicel, the single ring -joint very short. i\.ntennae 

 black. Sculptured as in the female. 



