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of ventral end of eye, face of pronotuni; a little longer than wide rectangular spot, obliqued, 

 center of each side of scutum; a little longer, nearly quadrate spot at base of scutelluin at 

 meson (the tliree forming somewhat the ap]iearance of a death's head), a minute dot on 

 ]irouotum latero-caudal angle, apex of the axilla' (the latter entirely eephalad of scutellum) 

 and six narrow but distinct cross-strijies on abdomen, the first at base, the fifth distinctly 

 interrupted at tlie meson, the sixth a little curved, abbreviated laterad a little and some little 

 distance from apex. Funiele joints subequal, a little w ider than long, shorter than the pedicel ; 

 club ratlier large, short-ovate. Disk of scutum orange yellow. 



From one female caught by sweeping forest uplands. May 29, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Ilahilat: ^laclean, Clarence River, Ncu South Wales. 



Tjiiic: Xo. IIii^'GJG, Queensland iluseum. Brisbane, the specimen on a tag; head on a 

 Flide with slide type of XcomjilialoidplUi octoguttain Girault. 



Gexus A,SYNTOM0SrHYRUM Girault. 



1. ASYNTOMOSPHYRUM PAX Girault. 



Frmalr: — Length. li.T.^i mm. Tlic type was captured in forest, 1,.500 feet. May .30. 1913 

 and is on a slide. 



2. ASYNTOMOSPHYRUM ACUTIVENTRIS Uuault Ixlongs to Trimstkhii.''. 



3. ASYNTOMOSPHYRUM UNFASCIATIVENTRIS npw species. 



Female: — Length, O.SO mm. 



Bright golden or orange yellow, the alxhimen and legs lemon yellow, the ]iropodeum 

 dusky and a rather narrow cross-stripe of black on abdomen a little beyond middle; wings 

 hyaline. Tip of valves of ovipositor black. Sculpture very fine and usual for the group. 

 Propodeum scaly and with a median carina and an irregular pair of lateral ones, the mesal 

 one forked. Mandibles tridentate. Hind wings attenuate, narrow. Marginal fringes of fore 

 wing somewhat longer thaii usual. Funiele joints 2 and ,3 subequal, each somewhat longer 

 than ], subequal to pedicel and cUili 2, the latter longest of the club; terminal spine prominent. 

 Funiele 1 somewhat longer than wide. .Antenna! slender, dusky black, the scape and pedicel 

 white beneath. Spiracle eephalad and between the pair rif lateral carina?. Fore wings 

 moderately slender. 



From one female captured in forest. .January .1. 1914 (A. P. Podd). 



Halitnt: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: Xo. JIn'^G.39. Queensland Mus;Mnn, Brisbane, the speiinien on a slide. 



4. ASYNTOMOSPHYRUM MINUTISSIMUM new species. 

 FemnJe: — Length. ('..50 nmi. 



Similar to the preceding but smaller and the abdominal stripe is interrujited at the 

 meson rather broadly. Also, the antenna> are shorter, the club lacks the distinct terminal 

 spine and the funiele joints are all wider than long (instead of all longer than wide) ; moreover, 

 funiele 1 is longest. 3 shortest. 2 intermediate, the ])edicel longer than either; club longer than 

 the funiele. Also, the antennas are not black Init yellow like the rest of the body. Mandibles 

 sni.Mller. 



I'roui OTIC female cajitured by sweejiing forest, .lanuary 4, 191.3. 



lliihitiil : Capeville (Pentland), Queensland. 



Type: X'o. By 3640, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a slide. 



