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1. SPALANGIA GROTIUSI Girault, 
The eross-lino of foveas on distal Hciitoiruiii is nuudi more distinct than in mis I r alien si fi, 
jiiinctate; there is a distinct cross-line of jninctures on scutum a little cephalad of middle and 
caudad of this line a deej) puncture at meson and a smaller one latcrad near lateral margin; 
tlie sciitelliim Jacks the lateral longitudinal line of ])in-punetures and otlier ])in-punetures. 
Scutum g'lahrous mid without other sculjdure, practically. Face with a few scattered minute 
punctures. 'Pyja' re-examined. 
2. SPALANGIA AUSTRALIENSIS Giraidt, 
The lateral margin of ])roi»odeum is smooth. Scutelliim witli a curved lateral longitu- 
dinal line of five pin-punctures from inner apex of axilla to cross-line of pin-punctures. The 
scutum is very finely alutaceous. J'ronotum faiiiUy sculptured like the abdomen and with 
scattered piu-punctures. A line of punctures on pro 2 K>demn parallel to lateral margin from the 
sinracle to caudal margin. Scutum glabrous laterad; witli a mesal foveolate impression with a 
faint median carina through it. Type re-examined. 
3. SPALANGIA VIRGINICA Girault. 
The sc.utellum also lacks tlio fine punctun^s elsewhere. Proimdeum faintly scaly. Abdom- 
inal jictiole distinctly longer. Head about as in f/mlinsi. Funicle 1 over twice the length of 
2 which is oval, the others gradually lenglhening. I’edicel shorter than funicle 2. Ty])e 
re examined. 
4. SPALANGIA PARASITICA new Hj^eeios. Female. 
Exactly similar to (/roliii.si Imt the scutum is distiiictly longer, not distinctly wider than 
long, the cross-line of jmnctures .somewhat Aislad of middle. Funicle 1 is a little wider than 
long, barely longer than 2 and plainly not half the length of the iiedicel. Segment 4 of abdomen 
occnjiying nearly half of the surfaeo. 
Described from one female captured by swoc 2 »ing in vicinity of canefields, Herbert 
Fiver, April 2, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 
Hahitat : Ingham, Queensland. 
Type: No. (|)m*enslarid Museum, P»risbane, the above female on a tag. 
Later, a female was found which had been ca])tured in jungle, July 211, 1912 at Gooudi 
near Imiisfail (.lohustone River). 
Both the species parasilica and grotiusi differ from the other two species in having the 
])ropodeum laterad of the lateral line of foveie, densely rngoso-punctate. Tlie punctate lines 
on the head are alike in all four species. 
Only the abdomen of the PteromalidaB, as a rule, shrinks after death, so that it is 
important to examine it closely just after taking the specimen from alcohol. The Eunotimn. 
Asaphini and Merisini need careful comparison. 
There are some interesting parallelisms in this family with the Lelajiina? and other gronj'S 
of the MiscogasteridiP. Forms seem to be repeat«‘d in widely divergent groujis. 
ANTHONY .T.4MES CUMMING, Ooverimicnt Printer, Brisbane. 
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