INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 185 



Elasmus unfasciativentris, new species. 



Like taiirus but abdomen green : basal third of 2, 6-8 and a 

 very distinct narrow stripe across base of 5. Mandibles 5- 

 dentate. Head densely punctate. 



Babinda, September, jungle. 



Elasmus nympha, new species. 



Like fasciatipes but femur 3 aeneous save at each end, first 

 legs pale, abdomen green basal half of 2, transverse marginal 

 spot base and apex of 3, cross-stripes cross base of 5 and 6, 

 all 7-8. A streak of yellow runs along femur 2 near caudal 

 margin, dividing the green. A lemon spot between tegula and 

 axilla. Scutellum with a lemon stripe cross it very near base. 

 Tegulae lemon. 



Jvmgle, Mulgrave River, November. 



Elasmus apus, new species. 



Head green save occiput and face up to eyes or nearly (as 

 to face). Tegulse, axillae and space between, meson of propo- 

 deum, a dot off middle scutellum on dorsal thorax, middle of 

 dorsal margin of coxa 3 more or less, flagellum, 8 of abdomen 

 and basal two-third 7, black. Mandibles 6-dentate. 



Forest, Nelson, April. 



Elasmus picturatus mus, new variety. 



Like type but a dot at margin of abdomen, apex segments 

 3 and 4 and a spot at dorsal meson of 8, centrally. 



Forest, Gordonvale, August, blady grass, 2 females. 



Elasmus perdubius, new species. 



Like piilexoides but stripes on abdomen closer together and 

 differently disposed and there is a transverse marginal spot 

 at apex of 2; the stripes are: Apex 3, distal half of 4, distal 

 two-thirds 5 and all of 6 save extreme base ; 7 and 8 are green. 

 Stripe 1 is farther from the basal green than in the named 

 species. Hind coxae and femora pale at apex and base re- 

 spectively. 



