AUSTRALIAN HYMEN OPTERA CHALCIDOIDEA , IV.—GIRAULT. 
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4. PROSPALTELLA NIGRIVENTRIS new species. 
Female: — Length, 0.65 mm. 
Bright lemon yellow, the legs and antenna) concolorous, the pronotum and abdomen sooty 
black ; fore wings infuscated under all of marginal vein across to caudal margin, their longest 
marginal cilia over a fourth the greatest wing width; first funicle joint very short but longer 
than wide, about half the length of the second, the third longest, somewhat shorter than any 
one of the next three joints which are subequal and longest of the flagellum (joints 1-3 of club r 
the latter not differentiated, the flagellum filiform). Pedicel short. 
Male : — Not known. 
Described from one female on a slide from the collections of the Queensland Museum 
labelled il Among undergrowth, June 26, 1913. H. Hacker.” 
Habitat: Brisbane, Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 1731, Queensland Museum, the above specimen (mounted with the type of 
P. aureola). 
5. PROSPALTELLA AUREOLA new species. 
Female: — Length, 0.73 mm. 
Deep orange yellow, the abdomen suffused with dusky, the wings hyaline; antennae- 
subclavate, the first funicle joint subglobate, the second and third longer than wide but short, 
like the club joints, yet over twice the length of the first; distal club joint a little the longest. 
Wings with the discal eiliation unbroken. First funicle joint a little longer than the second. 
Male : — The same but the antennas filiform, the face pallid ventrad. 
Described from a single pair on a slide with the preceding species. 
Habitat: Brisbane, Queensland. 
Type: No. Hyl732, Queensland Museum, the above pair (mounted with the female type 
of nigriventris ) . 
6. PROSPALTELLA AURANTII (Howard). 
Adelaide, South Australia. 
Genus ABLERUS Howard. 
Synonym: Azotus Howard. 
Fore wings without an oblique hairless line from stigmal vein, their marginal cilia 
moderately long to short, the wings usually infuscated ; ovipositor plainly extruded. Antennae 
S-jointed, the club solid, joint 3 of funicle more or less quadrate; one ring-joint. Metallic, the 
antennaa varicolored. When the ovipositor is mentioned, the exserted portion is meant. 
1. ABLERUS MARCH ALI (Howard). 
Azotus marchali Howard, 1898, pp. 138, 139. 
This species is unknown to me. 
Habitat: Sydney. New South Wales. Paris, France. 
Type: Probably in the United States National Museum, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 
Host: Parasitic upon Aspidiotus hederce Yallot in Australia. 
