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Calosoter, AValker. 

 Calosoter coleopterorum, new sp. 



9 . Metallic blue-black, the wings hyaline, the face with 

 slight metallic-green ; antennae and legs black, the tarsi 

 broAvnish. Dimly, finely punctate. Antennae 13-jointed, the 

 ring- joint longer than w^ide, the funicle- joints all shorter than 

 the pedicel, joints two and three longest, joint one subquad- 

 rate, slightly shorter than two ; distal funicle-joint wider than 

 long. Postmarginal and stigmal veins rather long, subequal, 

 the stigmal curved, not half the length of the marginal. Pos- 

 terior tibise with two small spurs ; intermediate tarsi with 

 comblike teeth, the legs normal, but the cephalic femora some- 

 what bent. Abdomen depressed, the ovipositor not exserted. 

 Length, 4 mm. 



(S . Not known. 



From one female on a card labelled "Reared from wood." 



i7r/6.— Tasmania : Hobart (A. M. Lea). 



Type. — I. 1276, )South Australian Museum. The above 

 specimen, the legs and an antenna on a slide. 



PTEROMALINI. 



Meraporus, Walker. 

 Meraporus nigriviridis, new sp. 



9 . Dark metallic-green, the head and thorax, excluding 

 the propodeum, bronze; the abdomen shining-black; fore- 

 wings wdth a rather obscure, round, stained spot against the 

 submarginal vein just before its apex, otherwise hyaline. Legs, 

 excepting coxae, deep-fuscous ; antennae black, the scape and 

 pedicel brownish. Marginal vein only slightly longer than the 

 stigmal, the latter slightly longer than the postmarginal. 

 Punctate. Propodeal spiracle long-elliptical, the lateral 

 carinae complete, the median carina half complete from base, 

 the propodeum with a distinct neck. Second abdominal seg- 

 ment a third the length of the abdomen, the third segment a 

 half smaller, the others much shorter. Parapsidal furrows 

 slightly more than half complete. Mandibles 4-dentate. 

 Pedicel much longer than the first funicle-joint, which is 

 longest of the funicle, cup-shaped, the next joint only slightly 

 shorter, the distal joints becoming wider than long. Second 

 ring- joint twice the size of the first ; funicle- joints widening 

 distad. Antennae 13-jointed, the club 3-jointed, not enlarged. 

 Clypeus striate. Length, 2 '25 mm. 



d . Not known. 



Eah. — King Island (A. M. Lea). 



Type. — I. 1277, South Australian Museum. The above 

 specimen with the head and posterior leg on a slide. 



