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MEMOIUS OF Till-: QfEKSSLAMl M f SF.VM . 



:i teriiiiiiMl sc(:i. MiuuUbl.'S triiK-iitiitc. I'lciiiodtnim ^luat at the niescm. wiilcniiiy l^itcrad. 

 \vitli a median carina wliic-h forks at aiiex and runs ah.ng the caudal margin strongly, hiterad 

 turning straight ccidialad forming a lateral carina which runs directly into the minute, round 

 sj.iracle at ce|ihali<' margin. Prnimdcum ixdygonally lined, the sculjiture different from the 

 usual tine longitudinal sheening |peculiar to the subfamily. Scutellnm and ].ostscutelhnn 

 lirnwnish, tin- toinier so only around the margins. 



From one female, forest. February K;, 3912 yX. M. Lea and A.A.G.'). 



llaJiitdl : Clordonva'ie (Cairns). Queensland. 



Tiijx : Xo. ByiClS. Queensland Museum. Brisbane, the s|iecimen on a tag; liead on a 

 slide. 



12. NEOMPHALOIDELLA SEMIFLAVICEPS new species. 



/■•riiKih : — Length, 1.2.3 mm. Slender, llie iibdonuMi conical, hmger than rest of body. 



Dark metallic inir]ile. the wings hyaline, the legs concolorous except knees, tibiic and 

 tarsi, \Ahich together with the propleura, head (except occiput) above antenna; (orange yellow ) 

 End the pronotnm centrally on each side of meson (the latter broadly concolin-ous) bright 

 lemon yellow. The yellow on pronotmn is separated from the yellow of propleura i-ather 

 narrowly. AntennEe dusky. Base and sides of abdomen slightly yeHowisli. Funicle joints 

 snbequal, each slightly longer than wide, somewhat shorter than the pedicel; club with a 

 small terminal seta; funicle 2 nai-rowi'r tlian the others. JIandibles with three distinct teeth 

 which are normal. Propodeum very short, apparently without carina*. 



From one female captured in forest. August 2. 19K1 ( .\. P. Dodd). 



Hdliitol : (iordonvale (Cairns), (^neenslanil. 



Tiil'c: Xo. JJy'?61l, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female rni a tag: head on a 



slide. 



A species somewhat like J i»osloc( tus iiumUninx ami pnrjinmix, more like the latter. 



13. NEOMPHALOIDELLA VIRIDISCAPUS new species. 



Fcimilc: — Length. 2 mm. or nearly. Long and slender, the abdinnen longer than the 

 rest of the body. 



Bright golden yellow, the wings hyaline, conspicuously marked with bright metallic green 

 as follows: A niargiiml strijie on abdomen broken into spots of various sizes from base to distal 

 three fourths;'" a long line on abdomen from apex to middle along ventrodateral aspect; median 

 line of abdomen (purplish) rather broadly from base to distal three fourths; two narrow cross- 

 stripes on ;didonien (excluding one annind base) near base; extreme tip of abdomen; ocellar 

 area; center of orci|;ut; si-utelluni ( xci']it laterail of serond. groove; a large peltate area with 

 an enuirginate ciui.lal 01:11011; :it little li ss Hum -i-iiha !i<- ii:ilf of s. iifiun :ind not extending 

 hiterad to nmrgins, the hitter left rather broadly yellow ; ce]ih:ilic ajiex of each jiarapside rather 

 bro;idly and a dot .pist ce|ilial;i(l of it on pronotinn ; ce]ihalic half of each axilla; propodeum 

 excejit later;nl of |io.stscutellum (cephalad of sjiiracle) ; niPtaplenrnm. metaventer, caudal 

 pcntion of nn>so|ileunnu and niesoventer; sca|ie. pedicel ;ibove at proxiiniil half, funicle joints 

 and base of firsi (dull joint. I 'lojiodeuni short at meson, wider laterad. without a lateral carina. 

 Funicde joints slout, 1 slightly longer tlnm wide. '.<, slightly wider than hnig. Jifandibles triden- 

 (;ite. Pedicel rather long, longer Hum :my of the fnnicle joints. Tip of o\ i|iosit(n' bl:ick. 



From one fenmie i-:i]itnred in forest, .\|iril IS. 19M (A. P. Dodd). 



Htiltildl: ('Inncuri'v. l^neenshmd. 



Till" : Xo. Hii :t>l'>, (^net-iisl;ti;d Museum. Hiisbaue. the s|iecimeii on :i t:ig. 



" On clor.^al n'-i t of C(mr-^e : all descriptions refer to this ;xspect unless particularly mentioned othcrwist-. 



