228 MEMO IBS OF TUB QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



13. OOTETRASTICHUS VIRIDICYANEUS new species. 



Fitiuitc: — Length, 1.1 .3 mm. 



Metallic blue-green, the head sordid yellow, the basal third of abdomen suffused 

 v.ith whitish. Wings hyaline. Legs white exccjit hind coxa and bases of others which are 

 metallic. AntennsE whitish, suffused with dusky. Pedicel subelongate, dusky at base above, 

 subequal to funicle 1 which is distinctly longer than 2; 3 slightly shorter than 2; funicle 1 

 shorter than the club, thrice its own width, not excessively long; funicle 2 somewhat less 

 than twice longer than wide. Mandibles tridentate. Stigmal vein long. Upper occiput 

 metaUie. 



From one female caught by sweeping miscellaneous vegetation, October 5, 1911. 



Mahitai: Eoma, Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy So70, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a slide with type 

 appendages of Neomplialoidelln semifavicciis. 



14. OOTETRASTICHUS QUADRIGUTTATIVENTRIS new species. 



Female: — Length, 1.30 mm. 



Dark metallic blue-green, the wings hyaline; abdomen, head and legs golden yeUow 

 except hind coxa; abdomen marked Avith dark metallic green as follows: The whole ventral 

 aspect, the whole dorsal aspect except proximal fourth and two rather large (wider than long) 

 yellow spots longitudinally on each side of the meson in the distal half of proximal half; 

 the yellow proximal fourth bears a narrow cross-stripe of greenish about distal three fourths 

 and is margined with greenish to the cross-stripe but not broadly. Lateral aspect of abdomen 

 golden yellow. A U-shaped green marking over the ocelli. Antennas wholly dusky; funicle 1 

 a little shorter than the club, 3 a little shorter than the pedicel, somewhat longer than wide. 

 A row of small pusictures along caudal margin of ])ro]iotum. Mandibles tridentate. Pro- 

 jileurum just above coxa lemon yellow, also the teguUe. The narrow caudal apex of each 

 ] arapside lemon yellow. Propodeum with a median carina only, scaly. Type reexamined. 



From one female captured by sweeping forest, April 3. 1914. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy S571, Queensland Museum, Bl-isbane, the female on a tag; head on a 



slide. 



A second female was cajitured a few days later in :ibout the same place. 



15. OOTETRASTICHUS PURPUREICORPUS new species. 



Female: — Length, 1.65 mm. (Jomparod with t.y[ie of gloriosus. 



Wholly dark metallic purple, the legs (including coxse) white, the scape dusky pallid; 

 rest of antenna blacTs and like those of sublustris but the funicle joints all longer, 1 being 

 as long as the club. Propodeum with a distinct median carina and no others but the lateral 

 and caudal margins are carinated (ajiparently the same in sublustris). Abdomen somewhat 

 acuminate toward tip. Closely allied with subhi.itris from which it differs in general 

 coloration, in having tlie hind coxae colored like the legs and funicle 1 as long as the club. 

 In both species, the funicle joints gradually decrea.se in length. Similar in every respect 

 to gloriosus but purple and the flagellum is black (not merely dusky), funicle 3 plainly twice 

 longer than wide, plainly longer than the pedicel. 



From one female caught in jungle, March 1. 1914. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Typr: No. T[y S'i7S. Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag; head on 

 a slide. 



In the table of species, aiitea, p. 221, line 10 of the table, funicle S should read chih 2. 



