148 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ M^NSTRUUS 



NEW CHALCID-FLIES FROM EASTERN 

 AUSTRALIA 



III 



(Hymenoptera) 



By a. a. GIRAULT 



Stomatoceras colliscutellum, new species. 



Small; black, tibial tips widely, tarsi yellowish, wings clear; 

 hind margin fore wing embrowned from about opposite middle 

 of submarginal to opposite apex stigmal, a midlongittidinal 

 shaft from curve of submarginal to half-way to apex from 

 apex venation where it terminates in a wavy cross-arm. 

 Densely punctate; scutum with a "hillock" centrally, scutellum 

 a conical "hill," the strong terminal teeth projecting from its 

 base. Funicle 1 somewhat wider than long, 2 twice longer than 

 wide, much exceeding pedicel, longest. 



From two females, reared from lady-birds, Brisbane, Queens- 

 land, November, 1915 (H. Jarvis) ; through Henry Tryon, 

 Department of Agriculture and Stock, Queensland. 



Tumidicoxella plutellophaga, new species. 



As australiensis but funicle 1 somewhat shorter than club, 

 proximal and distal fourths tibia 3 above, knees, tips of other 

 tibiae and tarsi, yellow. Male very similar. 



A pair, reared from Plutella maculata, October 10, 1908, 

 from same source as preceding. 



Aligherinia, new genus (Cleonymidae). 



Shaped like an Eupelmus but ovipositor not extruded, abdo- 

 men with a short, stout petiole ; like Bupelmus but antennae 

 at end of head, widely separated, 11-jointed, one ring-joint, 

 club solid ; jaw 2 widely truncate ; frons moderate. Prothorax 

 transverse-quadrate, the pleurum deeply impressed, with a nar- 

 row, curved sulcus through it. Parapsidal furrows delicate, 

 curving off to pleurum, parapsides short. Scutellum convex, a 

 median carina at base, apex round. Propodeum with a median 

 carina. Segments of abdomen equal, entire, the wings as 



