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the spines. The tip of the oviduct is about 
0.15 mm. from the apex of the piercer. The 
dorsal edges of the piercer fold onto the 
venter for a short distance about opposite 
the end of the oviduct. The inversion mem- 
brane is about 1.0 mm. long by 0.3 mm. wide 
measured at its broadest point. The scales 
are short and blunt and have a row of micro- 
scopic (visible under oil immersion) teeth 
at their apices. The scales extend to within 
0.47 mm. of the base of the eighth segment. 
The basal half of this segment has a reticu- 
lated pattern on the sides where the rod-like 
sclerotization occurs. The basal portion of 
the ovipositor is about 0.9 mm. long by 
0.9 mm. across its base. 
Length: Body and wings, 4.0-4. 3 mm. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Gosford, New South 
Wales, in wild fig. 
Type in the British Museum. 
Specimens were sent in by Mr. Krauss 
from Narara, New South Wales, Jan. 17, 1947, 
ex Ficus stephanocarpaQ) (C. P. Hely). 
EUPHRANTA Loew 
Euphranta Loew 1862. Mon. Europ. Bohrfl. 
28. 
This genus is distinguished from other 
Trypetinae which have plumose aristae and 
four scutellar bristles by having the pleuro- 
tergite (lateral divisions of the metanotum) 
pilose, by having a strong sternopleural 
bristle, by having the pair of superior fronto- 
orbital bristles located well above the middle 
of the front and with two pairs of strong 
incurved inferior fronto-orbitals. 
GENOTYPE : Euphranta connexa (Fabricius) . 
Euphranta minor Hendel is the only species 
of this genus which has been previously 
reported from Australia. A second, ap- 
parently undescribed species, is in the Krauss 
collection. It is distinguished from minor by 
the following characters: 
Larger species, length of body 6.5-8. 0 
mm.; mesonotum yellow to rufous 
with conspicuous black markings; 
abdomen predominantly shining 
black and covered with black hair; 
the brown crossband over the r-m 
crossvein extending to the wing mar- 
gin and fusing with the brown band 
which extends over m crossvein (i.e., 
the hyaline band through the middle 
of the wing ends at vein M3-f4) ; the 
apical hyaline spot small, not extend- 
ing into cell 2d M2 and scarcely into 
cell R3 (Fig. 28^); all of the hind 
tibiae and the bases of the middle 
pair blackish . .linocierae n. sp. 
Smaller species, 4.0 mm. in length; 
thorax reddish-brown with no black 
markings on the mesonotum; abdo- 
men rusty colored and yellow-haired; 
the brown band over r-m not extend- 
ing to the wing margin and not con- 
necting with the band over m (the 
hyaline band across the middle ex- 
tends to the wing margin) ; the apical 
hyaline spot larger and extending 
well over the tips of veins R4+5 and 
Ml +2; the legs all yellow. . minor Flendel 
Euphranta linocierae n. sp. 
Fig. 2Sa-d 
This species is related to Euphranta minor 
Hendel and differs in respects pointed out 
in the above comparison. 
MALE. Head: Chiefly yellow to rufous, 
median portion of the front discolored with 
brown to black; lower portion of the face 
with a transverse brown to black band just 
above the oral margin. Front about one and 
one-third times longer than wide and slightly 
expanded on the lower portion. The antennae 
are yellow-red and the third segment is al- 
most equal in length to the face; the longest 
hairs on the arista are about as long as the 
width of the third antennal segment. The 
face is rather deeply concave in the central 
portion; from a direct lateral view the bottom 
of the concavity is below the eye margin 
(Fig. 28^). The cheeks are about eqi^al to 
slightly narrower than the width of the third 
antennal segment. The genal bristles are 
strong; they are almost as well developed as 
the anterior pair of inferior fronto-orbitals. 
