450 



preceding joint, 6-9 all as long or a little longer than wide ; 

 antennae much as in certain Ceraphronids. Length, I'lO mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns district. Described from one 

 female captured running over foliage of sugarcane, lowland 

 districts, April 29, 1915 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 5173, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a. tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



A very beautiful and distinct species. 



HOPLOGRYON FUSCICOXA, n. sp. 



9 . Black ; thorax red brown, dark ; the scutellum 

 centre of scutum, and sides of thorax dusky-black; first 

 abdominal segment reddish ; coxae dusky-black, the legs 

 otherwise golden-yellow, the tibiae somewhat dusky at apex ; 

 antennae wholly fuscous. Head transverse, the vertex narrow ; 

 reticulate, this with a slightly longitudinal tendency ; lower 

 half of face smooth in centre, the sides with striae converging 

 toward the mouth ; a carina runs from front ocellus to inser- 

 tion of antennae. Scutum and scutellum densely reticulate- 

 punctate, the punctures not large ; postscutellum with a large 

 acute spine, the latero-caudal angles of the metanotum with 

 sharp spines. Abdomen only a little longer than greatest 

 width, the first segment short and transverse, 1 and 2 strongly 

 striate, 3 with a smooth area mesad at caudal half, cephalad 

 and laterad of this striate, then farther laterad with rather 

 dense punctures ; 4 and 5 short, densely punctate at base ; 

 segment 3 ventrad, wholly densely punctate. Forewings 

 extending beyond apex of abdomen ; rather broad, truncately 

 rounded at apex ; rather deeply infuscate ; discal cilia very 

 dense, fine ; stigmal vein rather long for the subfamily, some- 

 what oblique, the venation fuscous. Scape long and slender, 

 pedicel one-half longer than wide; first funicle joint as wide 

 and much longer, two and a half times as long as wide, the 

 second subequal to first, third abruptly shorter, somewhat 

 wider than long, the fourth transverse; club slender, 6-jointed, 

 the second joint longest and widest, a little wider than long. 



Rah. — Queensland: Yungaburra, 2,500 ft. Described 

 from two females caught bv sweeping in jungle, May 10, 1915 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 5174, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



HoPLOGRYON CASTANEITHORAX, n. Sp. 



S . Like the preceding species, but the thorax brighter, 

 only the centre of scutum and scutellum dusky ; first abdominal 

 segment bright reddish-yellow, and as long as wide, the third 

 with rather dense small punctures at base, with a smooth area 



