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The same as the preceding but much smaller and the valves 

 of the ovipositor are wholly black and the hind legs lack the black 

 spots, the intermediate tibiae the second dusky spot. Antennae 

 13-jointed, inserted just below the ends of the eyes, the first funicle 

 joint minute, white, not a true ring-joint, the second twice longer, 

 the third still longer and quadrate, the following joints longer, all 

 much shorter than the pedicel. Mandibles tridentate. Middle 

 tibiae without black teeth but with scattered light ones. Abdomen 

 above mostly yellowish. 



Male: Not known. 



Described from two females captured by sweeping in the 

 forest, April 4, 1913. 



Habitat: Australia — Nelson (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, two specimens 

 on tags (2 pins). 



Family Eurytomidae. 



Eurytomini. 



Bephratella new genus. 



Female: Like Bephrata Cameron but the cephalic ocellus 

 plainly not within the scrobes which are very short; funicle 5- 

 jointed. Marginal vein thickened, about twice longer than broad, 

 the postmarginal vein a little longer than the stigmal which is 

 less than half the length of the marginal. Disk of propodeum 

 concaved. Posterior tibiae with two spurs. Face not excavated. 



Male : Not known. 



Type: The following species. 



1. Bephratella nympha new species. 

 Female: Length, 3.30 mm. 



Bright orange yellow, the dorsum of the abdomen with four 

 black stripes across it, the fourth stripe bow-shaped; caudad of 

 it a very small cross dash of dusky at the meson. Median line of 

 propodeum at base with a short smooth groove, the rest of the con- 

 cave disk roughened nearly as much as the scutum. Ocellar area 

 black. Tip of ovipositor, the base of the scrobes and the dorsal 

 surface of the pedicel black. Wings hyaline. Legs pale yellow, 

 the antennae orange yellow, joint 1 of funicle a little over two 

 thirds the length of the scape (excluding bulla). 



Male: Not known. 



From one female captured by sweeping in a jungle pocket, 

 May 9, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Australia — Nelson (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above 

 specimen on a tag and a slide with a hind leg and an antenna. 



2. Bephratella pulchra new species. 

 Female: Length, 3.15 mm. 



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