182 MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



Petiole very short, the abdomeu flat, broadly ovate, the second segment longest, occupying about 

 a third of the surface. Hind tibial spur small, single. Pronotum transverse-linear, distinctly 

 narrower than the mesonotum. 



Male: — Not known. 



Type: The following species. 



1. HORISMENOIDES SULFUREIVENTRIS Girault. 



Female: — Length, 1 mm. Short and compact. 



Metallic purple, the abdomen and legs lemon or .sulphur yellow, the wings hyaline, the 

 head and thorax highly polished like the surface of tar; ocelli in a triangle, the lateral ones 

 distinctly over their own diameter from the eyes which are naked. Scutelhim at latero-cephalie 

 corner with a series of short, oblique, more or less parallel strife as if the corner was wrinkled ; 

 these are just caudad of the axilla). Petiole of abdomen, scape except above, pedicel and second 

 (last) funicle joint purplish; rest of antenna pale lemon yellow; funiele 2 slightly longer than 

 1. somewhat longer than wide, shorter than tlie pedicel, longer than the first two club joints 

 (separately) ; terminal spur of club distinct but not as long as the third (distal) joint, which 

 bears it. Antennse inserted below the middle of the face. 



Described from four females cajitured by sweeping in a jungle pocket, November 16, 

 1913. 



Hahiiat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Types: No. Sy'24~7. Queensland Museum, Brisbane, three of the above on a tag and 

 two heads, two hind tibije on a slide. 



A female at Cooktown, Queensland, jungle, March 3, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



In the original description, anieu, p. 1.33, footnote, line 1, axilla; aclvaneed eephalad of 

 scutum should read axillcp advanced u:holUj eeplialad of scutellum. 



Genus AMESTOCIIARIS Girault. 

 The species goondiensis is the genotype. 



1. AMESTOCHARIS NYMPHA Girault. 



Aiitea, p. 14S, in the original description, it is stated that funicle 2 is liarely longer 

 than 3 and not tapering at apex as much as in concoloripes. Funicles 1 and 2 are meant, 

 respectively. 



A. AMESTOCHARIS NYMPHA PERSIMILIS new variety. 



Female: — Length, 1.20 mm. 



Exactly similar to nymplia but the first funicle joint is as in concoloripes, that is, tapers- 

 toward ajiex and is plainly longer than the second (the two are subec[ual in vympha), the 

 raandibles are somewhat broader. Otherwise, I cannot distinguish between them. Both varieties 

 liear broad fore wings. The parapsidal furrows are represented by mere depressions caudad in 

 both. 



Male: — Not known. 



Described from one female captured by sweeping in virgin jungle (or else from a 

 window), December 30, 1911. 



Hahitat: Yungaburra, Queensland. 



Type: No. HySiJS, Queensland, Museum, Brisbane, the above specimen on a tag, the 

 head and hind legs on a slide. 



Later, two females were found from Proserpine, Queensland, captured by sweeping the- 

 dry bed of the Proserpine River, November 3, 1912. The vertex was nearly smooth, the face- 

 lined polygonally. 



