AUSTRALIAN HYMEN OP TER A CHALCIDOIDEA, IV.—GIRAULT. 
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1. APLEUROTROPIS VIRIDIS Girault. Female. Genotype. 
Brilliant metallic green, the wing hyaline, the legs white except the coxae; scape 
white with a dusky dot at tip above, the rest of the antennae dark metallic; first funicle joint 
longest, about thrice the length of pedicel. 
Habitat: Townsville, Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 1641, Queensland Museum. 
PLEUROTROPOMYIA new genus. 
Female : — Head slightly wider than long (cephalic aspect), the antennae inserted some- 
what below the middle of the face, 10-jointed with three ring-joints, the club 2-jointcd. Post- 
marginal vein elongate, over twice the length of the stigmal, the marginal very long, over 
twice the length of the submarginal. Scutum with a median groove at distal third. Scutellum 
simple, the propodeum with a pair of median carinm, the lateral carina? long and complete, 
forked cephalad, the lateral fork short, curving caudo-laterad partly around (but mesad of) 
the minute spiracle. Parapsidal furrows complete, distinct, shortly curved off. Mandibles 
4- dentate, the two inner teeth much shorter and minute. Petiole of abdomen somewhat longer 
than wide, the second segment largest, occupying somewhat over a fourth of the surface. 
A complete sulcus just laterad of propodeal spiracle. Eyes hairy. 
Male : — Not known. 
Type: The following species. 
1. PLEUROTROPOMYIA GROTIUSI new species. 
Female: — Length, 1.50 mm. 
Brilliant metallic green, the wings hyaline, the legs white except coxeo. Scape white, 
rest of antennaa black; distal half of abdomen bluish purple; pedicel shorter than any of the 
funicle joints of which the first is longest, a little longer than the club (excluding the terminal 
spur), the third funicle joint longer than the first club joint which is subequal to the pedicel and 
longer than the body of the second club joint. Thorax with coarse scalj r reticulation (not 
raised), propodeum glabrous. 
Described from one female captured August 31, 1913, by sweeping in jungle. Eespect- 
fully dedicated to Hugo Grotius. 
Habitat: Nelson (Cairns), Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 1642, Queensland Museum, the above specimen on a tag, the head on a 
slide. 
A second female May 6, 1913, by sweeping jungle growth along a forest streamlet. 
2. PLEUROTROPOMYIA SPENCERI new species. 
Female: — Length, 0.80 mm. 
L’ke grotiusi but much smaller, the funicle joints all shorter, the first only one and a-half 
times longer than wide (the same in the type species but wider) and not distinctly longer 
than the third, the club slightly longer than it (excluding terminal spine). Median earing 
m both species diverged at base. (Spiracular sulcus not seen.) 
Described from one female captured by sweeping in forest, April 20 1913 
to Herbert Spencer. 
Dedicated 
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