132 MEMOIKS OF TIIK QUFIiXSLAM) MT'SKrW. 



Gen'Its COPIDOSOMA Eatzeburg. 

 i. COPIDOSOMA COMPRESSIVENTRIS new species.* 



fcmah : — Length, l.o."> mm., excliuling ovipositor which is extruded for a length nearly 

 oijiial to that of the abdomen. 



Dark metallic coppery green, the wings hyaline; tarsi pale. Body polygoually scaly. 

 \'enation dnsky the marginal vein punotiform, the postmarginal a little longer, the stigmal of 

 normal length, thrice the length of the postmarginal. Cilia proximad of hairless line arranged 

 in about seven lines. Mandibles brownish, rather slender, with equal acute teeth. Scape long, 

 tapering distad, nearly as long as the funicle; pedicel a half longer than wide at apex, longer 

 than any of the funicle joints wliich are subequal and somewhat longer than wide (but 6 a 

 little shorter and wider than 1). Club long, a little wider than the funicle and about nearly 

 two thirds its length, the third joint longest; obtuse at apex. Head triangular, longer than 

 wide, the scrobes long and rather deeji, the frons moderate in width, not prominent, the cheeks 

 about as long as the eyes. Tarsal joints not long; hind tibial spur single, slender, not especially 

 long. Abdomen curved upward toward ajiex and compressed strongly distad, tlie hypopygium 

 prominent. Club 1 longer than funicle 6. Last two pairs of knees jiale. Axillae rather narrow, 

 distinctly a little separated. Scutum with inclined, scattered pubescence. Pronotum not visible 

 from dorsal aspect. Fore wings with fine diseal ciliation, about 4ii lines where broadest 

 (]ir()ximad of mid-distance between a]iex of blade and apes of venation). 



From one female caught in forest. March. 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Cooktown, Queensland. 



Type: Xo. HySOSS, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, a female on a tag; head, fore legs, 

 landal tibiio and a fore wing with slide type of Cercliysiella umiiJicata Girault. 



Gexus APHYCUS Mayr. 

 1. APHYCUS SANGUINITHORAX new species. Differs from the genotype in the venation. 



Female : — Length, 0.6U mm. 



Blood red, the legs, mesopleurum, ventral third of scape, distal third of pedicel, proximal 

 half of mandibles, funicle and proximal third of abdomen, silvery white; club black; abdomen 

 otherwise brown; scape and pedicel otherwise dusky; first three funicle joints tinged with 

 dusky. Head pinkish suffused with yellow. Fore wing with a sooty stripe across them from 

 the marginal and stigmal veins and beyond them for a distance equal to those veins, this stripe 

 abruptly cut off distad of ven.ation. thus not reaching the cephalic margin. Marginal vein one 

 and three fourth times longer than wide, subequal to the stigmal. the postmarginal present but 

 very short. Diseal cilia of fore wing very fine and dense, the hairless line narrow. Pedicel 

 distinctly longer than any of the short funicle joints of which 1-4 are globular or moniliform, 

 .5 wider than long. 6 still wider, longest ; club distinctly wider and nearly as long as the 

 funicle. Mandibles small, with three minute teeth at apex. Frons moderately narrow, face 

 iullexed, the cheeks not as long as the eyes. Thorax with distinct, short, silvery pubescence 

 against the red background, densely scaly, the axilla' joined nv nearly, the surface densely, 

 finely scaly. 



From one female taken by sweeping grass in forest, April 6, 1914. 



Habitat: Gordouvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy 30:30, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag; head and 

 p.art of fore wing on a slide. 



A second female, same ]>lace, June 8. 1914. 



*A species similar to this (at least in form; not critically examined) was very common in the 

 grass of parks, meadows and so on in late October at Muswellbrook, New South Wales. 



