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From oue fomale taken liy sweejiiiig jimt^le gidwtli alciiij^- a forest streajnlet, .lime 29, IDia. 



Sahitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Ti/pc: No. HySS87, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, tlie IVnmle on ii tag; liead on a 



7. NEANASTATUS PURPUREISCUTELLUM now spucies. 

 Female: — Lengtli, IMH nnn. 



Golden yellow, the abdomen exeept a lirrt»id «liite hand around base which occupies over 

 proximal third, the scutellum, the propodeum, the niesopleurum (except cephalic margin), 

 mesoventer and the hind legs except coxaj and tibiie, dark metallic purple. The proximal 

 silvery white base of abdomen with a narrow l>and of metallic purple at about middle. (Meson 

 of scutum broadly from about cephalic fifth to caudal margin obscurely purplish, the broad 

 mesal band dilating considerably caudad on each side to the lateral margins; this marking 

 may be due to fading.) Thorax rather well-clothed with blackish pubescence; abdomen finely 

 scaly. Head punctate as in the other species. Abdomen at tip above silvery white, the caudal 

 margins of the segments straight. Hind tibial spurs double, oue very small, the other large, 

 both purple. Mandibles tridentate. Fuuicle 1 somewhat lunger than wide, longer than the 

 pedicel, 5 subquadrate, subequal to the pedicel. 



From one female taken by sweeping jungle along a road, February 23. 1912. 



Habitat: Eossville (Cooktown), Queensland. 



Type: No. By 3SSS, Queensland Museum, Brisbane. Ihc female on a tag; head and hind 

 tibia' on a slide. 



8. NEANASTATUS FLAVIMESOPLEURUM n.w .species. 

 Female: — Length, 2.7.j mm. 



Deeji orange yellow, the fore wing a little stained under the marginal vein; scutellum 

 excejit lateral and distal margins, abdomen except a broad yellowish white baud around base, 

 dorsal edge of caudal femora and all of caudal tibia> except tip, dark metallic purple. Funiele 

 1 one and a half times longer than wide, nearly twice the length of the pedicel, longest of the 

 flagellum. Otherwise as in iiuipureismiteUum. 



From one female caught by sweeping in junylc. .Inly 2S. 1913. 



HabUaf: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queenslaiul. 



Type: No. Hy38S9, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female mi a tag. 



A second female from the same place, April 2, 1914. 



9. NEANASTATUS INCONSPICUUS new species. 



Female: — Length, 1.90 mm. 



Differs from punctatieepa in lackiiij; tin cross sutuie on sniti'lluni and tlic lirst two pairs 

 of coxEe are concolorous, the cephalic femora concoloroiis at base, the silvery liaiid of abdomen 

 very narrow. The middle legs are pale brown. From reijminidi in the color of the legs and in 

 having the hind tibi» white at extreme base dorsad and the distal four tarsal joints of middle 

 legs purple as in punctutieeps. From aurifaxeiatus in the coloration of the first two pairs of 

 legs. Funiele 1 a little longer than wide; scape and pedicel dark purple, rest of antennaj dull 

 yellow. 



From one female caught in forest. May l.'i. 1914 (A. I', Do.ld). 



Habitat: Chindera ( Tweed Kiver), New Smith Wales. 



Type: No. Uy2S90, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag with tyi)e 

 punctaticeps. 



