AUSTBALIAN HVMKXOrTEi;.! (11 AI.CIVOI DKA. l' II .—CI H.U'LT. \2^ 



to 2 and longest; 1 or 2 :iboi t one and a lialf ( iims loiiyev than \\ld<\ :'. a little lonijer than wide, 

 4 a little wider tliau long, 6 distinctly wider than long. Prons Ijroad; (dieeks as long as the 

 eyes. Flagellnm hispid. Metapleunini not notii'eably pubescent. Hind tibial spurs distinctly 

 unequal but distinct; liind tar^-i white. ).r(.xinial jiortion of first tarsal .joint of hinil legs 

 purple. Ring-joint absent. 



From two females captured vliile i-i:i\\ ling ovi'r the stems of an Hibiscus iti a garden. 

 October 30, 1911. 



Hiihitdt: Mossman, Queenslaml. 



Types: No. HyJ052. Queensland Museum, Brisbane, two females on a tag; head, a fore 

 wing and a hind tibia on a slide. 



The Hibiscus plant mentiimeil was badly infested with a h'caiiiid and ants were also 

 constantly running to and fro in large nnrrdiers. The em-yitid resendded the latter somewhat, 

 walking very rapidly and unevenly and .innijong strongly when distnrbeil. 



Another fenmle of this species was taken by miscellaneous sweeping (including Hibiscus 

 and other ornamentals in neglected gardens) along the Herbert River at Halifax, February 26, 

 1913. In this sjiecimen. the hind legs were cidoured like the others. 



2. EUCOMYS ARGENTICOXA new spe, ies. 



F< limit .• — Length, l.SO mm. Kubust. 



Like the i)reeeding but the antennio are black, the scajie silvery white, black along dorsal 

 edge; pronotum metallic purple e.>:eept laterad; scutum metallic jiurple at distal half, the purple 

 advanced a little at meson and with dense whitish jiubescence; thorax on each side of scutellum 

 (dorsal asjiect), purple. Middle coxa' purple, the others silvery; tarsi, knees and most of middle- 

 tibiae pale, other tibise purple, other femora white, purple along dorsal edge. Disk of occipnit 

 purple. (Jheeks with conspicuous hnig bristles along ventral half (present in hibisci). Lateral 

 ocelli distinctly separated from the eyes. Anteunal segmentation differs in that the joints are 

 all a little longer, funicle 1 being subequal to the pedicel; the pedicel is subcompressed in both 

 species. Mandibles shorter. Antenna; inserted on a level with the ventral ends of the eyes 

 in both species. The fore wings differ, being blackish rather than brownish. Propodeum 

 shagreened, purple at the spiracle. Re^t of thorax finely Icmgityuliiially lined. Hind tibial 

 S|)urs and hind tarsi the same. 



From one female caught in Jungle. March 1, 1914, 



Ilohitat: Gordonvale (type) and Ingham, Queensland. 



Type: No. lly SO.'i.i, Queensland Muse\im, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag; head, fore 

 wings and a hind tibia on a slide. 



-Vlso one female, Ingham, March :i(l. 1914 (A. 1'. Do. hi). 



3. EUCOMYS AURANTIFASCIATA nev.- species. 



Fenuile: — Length, 1.6.5 mm. 



Similar to aigeiitien.ra but the cephalic margin of scutum is purple followed by a rather 

 narrow transverse stripe of orange yellow, the rest jmrple, the cross stripe of orange straight 

 and thus the caudal purple on scutum has a straight cejihalic margin. Also, the propodeum is 

 wholly purple. Otherwise very similar. C'ejihalic margin of scutum narrowdy black aud also 

 of the scutellum. Ceph.-ilic femur purjile dm'sad only at distal third (.about distal half in 

 orgenticoxa). 



From one female caught on a wiud(i\\. .Taiuiary 11, lltl2. 



Hcihitdt : Innisfail. Northern Queensland. 



Tyjie: No. Ey3054, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, thi s)ieciinen on a tag. 



