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Anthemus chionaspidis (I)odd and Girault) hilli, n. var, 



9 • Length, 0*40 mm. Thorax, legs, and antennae 

 intense lemon-yellow, the pronotum and scutum a little 

 darker; abdomen dusky-black; head orange, the eyes black, 

 the ocelli garnet. 



Head transverse ; ocelli wide apart, in a very obtuse- 

 angled triangle, the lateral ones near the eye margins. Fore- 

 wings blade-shaped; moderately narrow; marginal cilia very 

 long, the longest twice the greatest wing width ; about five 

 rows of discal cilia are present. Hind wings narrow, nearly 

 as long as the forewings, wholly without discal cilia. Pronotum 

 well separated from the scutum, which is transverse, the 

 scutellum much longer, fully as long as wide; no other dorsal 

 sclerites visible. Abdomen broadly sessile, short, pointed 

 conic-ovate, the ovipositor and its valves exserted for a short 

 length. Tarsi 4-jointed. Head, viewed from in front, 

 somewhat wider than long; antennae inserted wide apart, 

 near the mouth border, 8-jointed; pedicel somewhat longer 

 than any of the funicle joints; funicle widening distad, the 

 first joint small, the joints all somewhat wider than long; club 

 solid, nearly as long as the funicle. 



o . Funicle joints verticillate-nodose, a little longer than 

 wide, all distinctly shorter than pedicel, the club as long as 

 two preceding joints united; antennae 9-jointed. 



Hab. — Northern Territory: Darwin (several specimens 

 of either sex labelled ''Parasitic on coccid on grass, 15/6/14, 

 G. F. Hill"). 



Type. — Two females, one male, on a slide. 



The host is a form of Chionaspis graminis. Chionaspidis, 

 Howard, is parasitic on the same host in Ceylon. Mr. 

 Girault, who has compared the types of hilli with those of 

 chionaspidis, states: "hilli is smaller, of a brighter yellow 

 in colour, than the genotype, but otherwise I cannot tell 

 differences between them ; it seems a good species, must be at 

 least a variety ; the black on its body contrasts with the 

 yellow; the genotype is dark-brown, not yellow." It is 

 interesting to find this form in the Australian fauna. The 

 variety is named after the discoverer with much pleasure. 



Family ENCYRTIDAE. 



COCCOPHAGUS CLARUS, n. Sp. 



9 . Length, 0*40 mm. Pale lemon-yellow, immaculate, 

 the legs and antennae concolorous. 



Forewings hyaline ; normally ciliate, the discal cilia 

 fine and of moderate density, in about sixteen lines; longest 

 marginal cilia equal to one-third greatest wing width ; 



