INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 101 



reddish brown ; mandibles 4-dentate ; grooves of scutellum dis-. 

 tinctly separated at apex, of continuous punctures. 

 Jungle, Nelson, November. 



Eupelmus froudei, new species. 



Runs to montaignei, but distal third ovipositor black, scape 

 reddish, coxa 2 yellow, femur 1 (also 3) metallic laterad, tibia 

 1 so at base ; postmarginal equal the shorter stigmal. Funicle 3 

 longest, a bit longer than wide. 



Cairns, jungle, May 23, 1918. 



Proaphelinoides australis, new species. 



Pale yellow, vertex orange ; abdomen dusky save basal third, 

 save lateral margins narrowly; lateral margin propodeum 

 dusky; ovipositor one-fourth abdomen, white. Upper hind 

 femur dusky. Fore wing with disk infuscated from a little 

 before apex of marginal and with a tolerably narrow fuscous 

 stripe across at the clump of black setae toward base of mar- 

 ginal ; apical margin more widely clear. Funicles equal, wider 

 than long ; club 1 equal pedicel, a third longer than wide, ex- 

 ceeding funicle; club 2 over twice 1, exceeding pedicel and next 

 three joints united. Stigmal subsessile, not parallel, dusky. 

 Marginal cilia short, Scutellum with four setae; scutum, pro- 

 Tiotum with long black hairs, scattered. 



Two females. Nelson, forest, July. 



Casca machiaveli, new species. 



Brownish black; legs, antennae, lateral and distal margins 

 scutum, parapsides, propodeum, pale gold ; scutellum white, 

 with a median groove. Fore wing with deep fuscous cross- 

 stripe from marginal and stigmal, fringes nearly half width, 

 12 lines discal cilia. Middle tarsals subequal, spur exceeding 

 joint 1. Club twice the funicle, wider, its joints over twice 

 longer than wide ; funicle 1 equal pedicel, 2 shorter by a fourth. 

 Tibiae 2 and 3 dusky at base. Head often yellowish, parapsides 

 cephalad black ; back of scutimi conically extending nearly to 

 apex. Funicle 2 quadrate, club 3 shorter than 1. 



Nelson, April and May. on windows, Mulgrave Sugar Mill. 



