130 MEMOmS OF THE QIEEXSLAXD J/?\S/ir,U. 



4. EUCOMYS ARGENTISCAPUS new species. 



Female: — Length, l.SO imii. 



Similar to aurantifascUiUi but differs in tliat the oaud?i margin of scutum is uarrowly 

 oraiige yellow aud the narrow stripe across cephalic scutuni is a little narrower. Also the 

 axillK are purple except laterad and the immediate base of scutellum at meson. First and 

 last pairs of coxse, cephalic femora except along dorsal and ventral edges rather broadly aud 

 distal three fourths of lateral asjiects of middle femora, silvery white; also a spot ventrad at 

 tip of caudal femur; rest of legs jiurple except tips of middle tibiae and middle tarsi which 

 are reddish brown and other tarsi which are silvery white (joints 2-4). Occiput with a central 

 purple V and a purple semicircle ventrad of it. Caudal edges of cheeks from mouth, purple. 

 Head with scattered punctures, .\ntenna3 ditt'er from those of argentico:ra in that the pedicel 

 is distinctly not twice longer tlian broad at apex; the caudal tarsus in that the distal joint 

 is purple not white; and the fore wing not greatly. 



From one female caught .June 3, 1914. in jungle (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Grafton, New South Wales. 



Type: No. HyJOoH, Queensland Museum. Brisbane, the female on a tag with tag type 

 of auraniifasciata; head, a fore wing and a hind tarsus with slide type of liiicjirttiti sinHO:iai 

 Girault. 



5. EUCOMYS PROSERPINENSIS new species. 

 Female: — Length, 1.7.5 mm. 



Similar to argenticoxa Girault but the prouotum is orange except narrowly along caudal 

 margins and the scutum bears a eonico-triangular purple marking from cephalic margin to 

 apex, at base this marking as wide as the scutum but narrowing to a point at apex. The 

 propodeum is washed with jmrjile and also the distal part of the mesopleurum. Cephalic 

 legs mostly all pale. Otherwise the same or nearly, but the pedicel is purple only at proximal 

 three fourths dorsad, the scape pale yellow except aliove at immediate tip and the setae on the 

 ventral cheeks much shorter and less conspicuous. The fore wings are brown not black. 



Prom two females caught by sweejiiiig in forest near a cultivated area, November 3, ]912. 



Jlahitat: Pro.serpiue, Queensland. 



Types: No. IlySOoS, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the two specimens on a tag; head, 

 a fore wing, hind and cephalic tibia on slide with type Eiici/rtux neircomlii. 



6. EUCOMYS HORTENSIS no" species. 



Fciitale: — Length, 1.55 mm. 



Orange yellow, the following parts metallic purple: Occiput, frons, clyj)eus, cheeks 

 teneath the eyes, last two (from mesal aspect) funicic Joints and the club; a large peltate area 

 center of scutum from cephalic margin nearly to apex (whose lateral nmrgins are < -shaped 

 and whose caudal margins oblique to meson) and a little longer than wide, widest at cei^halic 

 margin of scutum, next so just before the markings caudal end; caudal margin of each axilla 

 centrally, base of scutellum between the axiihe, abdomen, propodeimi; middle legs dorsad on 

 each side of knee, middle coxa', hind femora dorsad, hind tibisB except ventrad, mesopleurum 

 except cephalic end, thoracic venter nuistly, hind knees and hind tarsi at immediate base. 

 The following j)arts silvery whiti — first and last pairs .it coxa', cephalic femora except above 

 at tip, all of middle femora except at each end, caudal tarsi. Differs from pruserpinensis notably 

 in the different shape of the marking on the scutum which in that sjieeies is conical with 

 regularly curved lateral margins aiid extending the uliole length of the scutum. Both siiecies 



