— 13 — 



Schriften schon viel geschrieben worden, es bleibt 

 aber noch sehr viel zu beobachten und zu erfor- 

 schen. 



57 . 89 Melanargia (45 . 8) 



Eine neue Satyride. 



Von H. Fruhstorfer. 



Melanargia galathea eudaemonia subspec. nova. 

 (M. galathea Obthr. Etudes 1909, p. 347. Sicil. gala- 

 thea sind die größten, aber weniger dunkel als solche 

 der Seealpen. Obthr.) 



$ habituell kaum die ansehnlichsten $$ von 

 saJcaria Frühst, aus Südtyrol, alàs Frühst, der See- 

 alpen, ja selbst nicht einmal besonders gut entwickelte 

 $$ von florina Frühst, aus dem Val d'Antigorio und 

 von Moutiers in der Tarantaise überbietend. Die 

 Zeichnungsverteilung ist jedoch äußerst charakte- 

 ristisch und lehnt sich viel mehr an Mauretanien 

 Obthr. an, als an r/« /«Me« -Rassen des südlichen 

 Italien und jene des südlichen Frankreich. Ver- 

 glichen mit algerischen galathea mauritanka be- 

 obachten wir bei eudaemonia eine ausgedehntere 

 weniger von schwarzen Aderstreifen unterbrochene 

 weiße Discalzone beider Flügel. Das schwarze geaugte 

 Subanalfeld der Hinterflügel verliert in der Breite. 

 Die Unterseite zeigt verwaschenere schwärzliche 

 Partien als mauretanica und verrät mehr Verwandt- 

 schaft mit europäischen als mit nordafrikanischen 

 Rassen. 



Patria: Sizilien. 



Eudaemonia ist somit ein Analogon zu M. lucasi 

 Rambur, deren sizilianische Repräsentantin atropos 

 Hb. gleichfalls der afrikanischen Schwesterrasse gleicht. 

 Im Seitz sind beide Arten leider verwechselt, ja lucasi 

 wurde sogar als Nebenform der galathea behandelt. 

 Wir haben jedoch zu beachten: 



M. galathea eudaemonia Frühst. Sizilien. 



M. galathea mauretanica Obthr. Algier (Dr. Seitz 

 leg.) Tunis (Koll. Fruhstorfer). 



M . lucasi Ramb. Algier. 



M, lucasi atropos Hb. Sizilien. 



57.92 



Some New Mymaridae and a New 



Signiphora in the Collections of the 



Zoological Museum, Berlin. 



By A. A. Girault. 



Genus Gonatocerus Nees. 



1. Gonatocerus orientalis n. sp. 



Female: — Length, 0.50 mm. 



Brownish black, the wings hyaline, the antennae 

 and legs dusky. Pedioel subequal to funicle 8 which 

 is longest, the first four funicle joints slender and 

 shortest, each about a third longer than wide but 1 

 and 2 somewhat shorter. Funicle 5 abruptly a third 

 longer than 4, the following joints more or less sub- 

 equal in length; club short, no longer than the two 

 preceding joints combined. Fore wings moderate in 



width, rather of the slender type, with about 23 lines 

 of very fine discal cilia where widest, the oiliation 

 extending under the marginal vein; longest marginal 

 cilia about a third of the greatest width of the blade. 

 Marginal vein of usual length. Proximal tarsal joint 

 distinctly the longest but not as long as in j <> li li- 

 st Olli a. Quite an ordinary species resembling in 

 general anthonomi of North America. 



Male: — Not known. 



From one female. 



Habitat: German East Afi ica. 



Type: In the Zoological Museum, Beilin, on 

 a slide. 



2. Gonatocerus johnstonia n. sp. 



Female: — Length. 1.05 mm. Slender, the 

 ovipositor exserted for 1 /6 length of abdomen which 

 is distinctly longer than the rest of the body and 

 somewhat compressed. 



Light golden yellow, distal third of abdomen, 

 cephalic two thirds of scutum except the lateral mar- 

 gins narrowly, the rectangular (wider than long) 

 sclerite between scutum and scutellum (only that pari 

 of it between the points indicated by the apex of 

 each parapsidal furrow), antennae and tibiae dusky 

 black, the wings hyaline. Pedicel at apex and scape 

 beneath distad, pale. Funicle 6 longest, a little over 

 twice longer than wide, 1 shortest, somewhat longer 

 than wide, 2 and 3 slightly longer than 1, slightly 

 shorter than the pedicel; funicle 4 subequal to the 

 pedicel; 5, 7 and 8 longer than the proximal joints, 

 slightly shorter than 6. Fore wings slender and grace- 

 ful, the marginal vein longer than usual, the longest 

 marginal cilia about a third the greatest wing width, 

 the blade at its widest part bearing about 20 lines 

 of fine discal ciliation. Cephalic end of each parapside 

 black, also the ovipositor valves. Proximal tarsal 

 joint distinctly the longest (hind two pairs of legs). 

 Abdomen squarely truncate at base; no phragma. 

 The wings are distinctly narrower than with orien- 

 talis. Cephalic tibiae concoloious. Resembles in 

 habitus the Australian shakespearei. 



Male: Not known. 



Described from one female. 



Habitat: German East Africa. 



Type: In the Zoological Museum, Berlin, on 

 a slide. 



3. Gonatocerus nigricomis n, sp. 



Female: — Length, 0.80 mm. 



Similar to the preceding but the abdomen narro- 

 wed at base and somewhat shorter than the thorax 

 (that is to say, as in orientalis) and the ovi- 

 positor is not exserted. Also, the distal half of the 

 abdomen is black and the head, the femora dusky 

 and all of thorax except caudal and lateral margins 

 of scutum and lateral margins of scutellum. Funicle 

 5 is somewhat the longest, 4 distinctly longer than 3. 

 Otherwise the same. Mandibles bidentate. Club 

 distinctly longer than the two preceding joints taken 

 together. The funicle is much more slender, 5 four 

 times longer than wide, 8 thrice longer than wide, 

 nearly twice the length of 2. Cephalic tibiae dusky. 

 One female with the type of johnstonia. 



