242 MEMOIBS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



18. EPITETRASTICHUS CRESSONI new species. 



Female: — Lengtb, J.:ju nun. 



Deep orange yellow, the iibdomeii with three dusky erossstripes uithiu proximal half, 

 tlie first some little (listaiice out from b:ise. the distal one about across the middle. Funicle and 

 club black. Tiji of scape and <lorsal i)edicel dusky. Wings hyaline.. Tip of valves of ovipositor, 

 enter of jwonotum (including the neck), teguUf and a minute dot at extreme latero-caudal 

 auglo of pronotuni, dnsky lilackish. Jlai:dibli"s tridentate. Pedicel rather long, snbequal to 

 funicle 3 which is distinctly longer than \vi<h'. Funicle 1 about one and a half times longer than 

 wide, somewhat longer than the pedicel, subequal to 2, shorter than the club whose third joint 

 is shortest and with a terniiiuil s]iiiu>. Club 1 a little shorter than funicle 3. Postscutellum 

 Ic-mon yellow. Propodeum scaly, uitliout liilcral carina", the median ]ivesent. C()ni]ileto. not long. 



Prom one female captured in forest, ilay 20, 1914. 



Tlaltitat: Gordouvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy :i60J, Queensland Museum. Brisbane, the female on a tag; head on a slide. 



Xamed for Kzra 'I'oivnsend Cresson. 



19. EPITETRASTICHUS BURMEISTERI now species. 



Finuilr: — Length. 1 mat. 



Dark metallic ]nnpli'. Ilir wings hyaline, the legs (except ]iroxinuil half of cuxa>), a little 

 over ]iroximal half of abrlonii n ami the antenna! golden yellow, the yellow of abdomen dorsaii 

 with three purple cross-stripes, the ]u-oximal one f.aiuter. Funicle joints subequal, subglobular, 

 a little wider than long, shorter than the jiedicel; club large, ovate, its third joint short, wider 

 than long, shorter than the stout terminal sjiine. Third tooth of mandible much shorter, obliquely 

 truncate, the outer two rather long, acute. Tegula golden yellow. Prcqiodeum short at the 

 meson (I'arina,' not seen). 8tigmal vein short. I'ostericn- wing with six lines of discal cilia where 

 widest. Distal three ring- joints very short. 



From oi.e female labelled " I't. Darwin. 1(1 Idl:). Fmest. C. l". Hill." 



IhiJiildl: Port Darwin. Northern Territory. 



Tiijif : No, ilif J(!''f. (^neeuslancl Museum. Brisbane, the sjiei-imen on a tag. the head on 

 a slide. 



Detlicated to llerniann bairuieistei'. 



(il-xi-s (,>rAlii;AS-i'|('|I|-s (iirault. 

 1. QUADRASTICHUS SANNIO i^irault. 



'tins specii s belongs to tiie genus F<ii(ipn>.-ilijfctiis which see. 



2. QUADRASTICHUS FUSCUS (Oirault). 

 Length. (l.Tn mm. .I/Wni. under this sjiecu'S. line 4. riiifi-juiiit.s should be in the singular 

 nn!nber. 'I'lie tyjie is on a slide and was collected from a window, March 20. 1913. The original 

 description is in error in regnrd to funicle .'! whirl', is also ring-like but larger than 2. 



liK.xrs .\Ki).\IIMi.\l.()llilOLL.\ (iirault. 

 1. NEOMPHALOIDELLA KURANDENSIS (Girault). 



From .l/i/o.v/oci /«.s. The tyjies are live females on a card and .-i slide with appendagi's. 

 They were reared from br.acouid coccxjus. Head with scattered thimble imiu'tures. In the male, 

 the femora are paler, the antennie with four funicle, two club joints. The female measures 

 2 mm. 



l'ro|iodeum of moderate length, the lateral carina f(U-ked at apex, the fork solid. The 

 juinctures of head .are on the Ncrtex nnd dorsal half of face. At the ventral emi of each 



