186 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 



black spines; the margin of the notch is provided with short 

 inconspicuous yellowish setae. Pleural appendages conspic- 

 uous, appearing as curved paddle-like blades that jut across 

 the genital chamber, each one before its tip on the caudal 

 margin with a prominent spinous lobe. 



Habitat. — Japan. 



Holotype, male, Teshio, July 5, 1916 (T. Isshiki). 



Paratopotype, male, July 4, 1916. 



MISCELLANEOUS SPECIES OF CHALCID-FLIES 

 FROM AUSTRALIA 



(Hyvienoptcra, Chalcididce) 

 By a. a. GIRAULT 



The following new forms are from Queensland, but have 

 not yet been subjected to final revision. 



Eupelmus aesopi, new species. 



Like australiensis, but ovipositor only one-third abdomen, 

 minute dot on hind knee and just below it. Yellow abdomen 

 margined narrowly from base nearly to apex. Funicle 1 white, 

 4 twice longer than wide. 



Forest, Tumoulin, March 12, 1919. 



Neanastatus aeschyli, new species. 



Like maximicorpus, save minor details and : Femur 3 

 aeneus save widely at apex, thorax concolorous, lateral ocellus 

 distinctly closer to eye than to cephalic ocellus. 



Forest, Ipswich, August, 1919. 



Anastatus aeschyli, new species. 



Stature of henthami, but wings hyaline, scape pale distal 

 half, so tibiae and femur 2 save upper edge, tibia 2 save a spot 

 dorsad just below knee. 



Jungle, Ravenshoe, March 13, 1919. 



Ablerus punctatus, new species. 



Like vcnustulus, but green, hind legs reddish brown save 

 coxje, others green save knees, tibial tips widely and the tarsi. 



