28 ilEMOIllS OF THE QVKEXSLAXD MUSEUM. 



I V, Wings hyaline. 



l.rgs, except eoxa>, yellow. 



A middle third of the valves of the ovi|i(isitoi- white: funiele 2 thrice longer than 

 wide, 3 and 4 each somewhat sliurter than it. distinctly longer than the 

 pedicel . . . . . . . • ■ • ■ • . . boussiiig<iutti Giraulc. 



Femora concolorous. 



Abdomen with a silvery baud near base. 



Valves of ovijiositor extruded for a tliinl tlie length of abdomen, black; pedicel 

 and fnnicles 1 and 2 white; funiele 2 longest, a little longer than the pedicel; 

 middle tibise (except a dusky band below knees) and distal half of other 

 tibia', white . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iiistilaris Girault. 



Abdomen wholly concolorous. 



Pedicel distinctly longer than any of tlie funiele joints. 

 Ovipositor not extruded. 



Tarsi brownish; funiele 1 longer than wide. .3 and i longest; caudal 

 tibia* with two sjiurs. Abdouien depressed . . 



i_'oho[>Uroruin Girault. 

 Ovipositor extruded for a tliird tlu' length of the abdomen. 



Distal half of cejihalic and caudal tibi», middle femur except uppei 

 and lower edges, middle tibiie and the tarsi reddish brown; valves 

 of ovipositor wliit(> I'cntrally . . . . . . ihinrini Girault. 



Gexi-s METArET.:\IA Westwood. 

 1. METAPELMA WESTWOODI new species. 



Femali : — Length, 4.2."i mm., excluding ovipositor which is black and extruded for a 

 length equal to seven eighths tluit of abdomen. 



Dark seneous green, the fore wings infuscated from near base of stigmal vein nearly 

 to apex, with a brownish stripe across from distal third of submarginal vein, narrower 

 centrally and a longitudinal brownish stripe connecting the two infuscations. Cephalic and 

 middle femora and tibiie rich yellowish brown, also the cephalic tarsi ; all coxas and the hind 

 legs dark metallic but the proximal fourth of bind tibia silvery white; middle tarsi black except 

 proximal three fourths of first joint which is silvery white; middle tibial spur white; hind 

 fenuir near base yellowish brown. Eyes only sparsely hairy. Hind tibial sjiurs double, distinct, 

 the hind tibia and first tarsal joint comjiressed, very fiat but only moderately broad. Scape 

 metallic, dilated ventrad along distal half ; jiedicel subecpial to funiele 1 which is distinctly 

 longer than wide; funieles 2 and 3 elongate, twice the length of 1, subequal, each about five 

 times longer than wide; 4 somewhat longer than 1, o-S shortening and widening, 7 quadrate, 

 8 wider than long; club oval, shorter than funiele 2. Middle tibia; and femora distinctly longer 

 than those regions of the other legs. The three ridges of scutum acute; axilUe rather narrowly 

 meeting, with an obliqvie, bisecting ridge; whole body scaly. Postniarginal vein elongate, over 

 thrice the length of the stigmal, a little longer thau the marginal. Caudal wings with about 

 twenty lines of discal cilia where widest. Proxhnal margin of distal infuscation of fore wing 

 triangularly projected proxinmd at cephalic third. The triangular elevation of cephalic scutum 

 narrow, much longer than wide. Pronotuni and face hispid. Antenna- 13-jointed. 



From one female taken in jungle. May 2. UM4 (.\. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Tweed Heads (Tweed River), New .South Wales. 



Type: No. Ey 2SS1, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag; head, a hind 

 leg and pair of wings on a slide. 



