AVSTEALIAN HYMENOPTESA ClfALCIDOIDEA, IV.—GIMAULT. 
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PARAPROSTOCETUS new genus. 
]nke TricliaporoideJla Girault but the scutum bears a median sulcus. 
1. PARAPROSTOCETUS PURPUREITHORAX new species. Genotype. 
Female: — ^Length, 1 mm. 
Park metallic purple, the wiiigs hyaline, the antenuEO, legs and abdomen rich golden 
yellow, the abdomen with two ijurple Cross-stripes just before tip, the sec(»ud a little broader 
and more distinct, the extreme tijf pur]de and the lateral margin along the short distance 
between tip and the second or distal cross-stripe. Tip of valves of ovipositor ]»urple. Abdomen 
conic-ovate, somewhat longer than the thorax. Fnnicle joints subetpial, each a little longer 
than ^^'ide, the ])cdicel about equal to either of them; second two ring-joints very short. Club 
with a minute nipple at apex. 8cape rather short. Mandibles tridontato but the third tooth 
minute. Stigmal vein short. Sculpture normal. Propodeimr very finely scaly, very short at 
the meson, wdthout lateral carina?, the spiracle cephalad and in a short longitudinal depression 
or half channel, the median cariua present, very short. Thorax with scattered, inconspicuous 
set® which are uot numerous. 
Prom one female captured by s-weeping bushes on October 10, 1913 (G. P. Hill). 
Bahiiat: Port Darwin, ISTorthern Territory. 
Type: No. By 2641, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag. 
2. PARAPROSTOCETUS SANNIO (Girault). 
From Quadrast'ichus. Propodeum with a median carina, no others; fuuicle joints as in 
OotetrasticJius heatus Perkiiis. Femora purple along dorsal edge. Marginal stripe of abdomen 
broad. Second two ring-joints very short, usually concealed. Base of abdomen nearly free 
from purple. Type re-examined. A second female, type habitat, February 19, 1914” 
DUOTRASTTCHI^S new, genus of A. P, Dodd. 
Female : — Similar to Teirostichus Haliday but the antenn® 9-jointed, with four ring- 
joints, tw'o funicle and a solid club. 
1. DUOTRASTICHUS MONTICOLA new species of A. P. Dodd. Genotype. 
F'emale: — Length, 1.75 mm. 
Head, legs (except dusky hind cox®) and basal third of abdomen golden yellow. Thorax 
very dark ®neou8 green, the scutelluin chocolate brown, the postscutellum lemon yellow; apical 
two thirds of abdomen dark brown, more or less obscurely, transversely striped with black; 
ocelli in a dark area. Antcmi® yellow-brown. With the usual fine tetrastiehine sculpture. 
Median groove of scutum complete. Scutinu with a row of shallow* punctate depressions just 
within the j)arapsidal furrows. Abdomen conic-ovate, no longer than rest of body, almost 
straight above, gently convex beneath. Propodeum rather short, scaly, with a median carina. 
Wings hyaline, marginal vein as long as submargiual, stigmal moderately long. Pedicel rather 
long but slightly shorter than either of the funicle joints, of wdiieh 2 is somewhat the largest; 
club wider but no longer than preceding joint, with a short terminal nipple. Eyes garnet. 
Alandibles tridentate. 
From one female captured by sweeping in forest, summit of Mount Pyramid, 3,000 feet,. 
August W, 1932 (A.A.G.). 
Bahitat: Mount Pyramid (Cairns), Queensland. 
Type: No. By 2642, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag; head on a 
slide. 
A third, July 10. In this specimen the mesal two of the usual four grooves on the scutellura were practically 
absent, indicated at apex only. The coxa3 are purple. 
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