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extnideil. Mandililcs with tlie second tdufli hroailly tnmeate. Besembles Kcloinognniha winor 

 Perkins. Frons twice the diameter of the cephalie ocelhis. Pedicel a little dusky. (Cheeks 

 somewhat shorter than the eyes. Pedicel longer than any of the funiele joints of which 4 is 

 longest, somewhat longer than wide, 5 next, then (i which is barely longer than wide; l-.T 

 snbeqnal, moniliform. Club somewhat over half tlie length of the fnnicle. Segment :'. nf 

 abdomen apparently occupying two tliirds of the surface. Differs from Fulgortdicida dkhroma 

 Perkins in having the second tooth of mandible broad, the proximal three joints of funicle 

 smaller than the distal and the general metallic green color of tlic tliorax. Near tr) bicolur from 

 which it differs principally in the color of the abdomen. 



From one female taken by sweeping in jungle. May, 191.'i (A. I'. Dodd). 



Haiitat : Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Tyiie: No. llyJOS-!. QuecTislaud Museum. Brisbane, the female oji a slide. 



9. COCCIDOXENUS BICOLOR new species. 



Ftinuh : — Lengtli. O.SI) nun. Habitus of a sceliunid. 



Brown, the heail and thorax washed with metallic greenish, tlie wings hyaline, the 

 abdomen pale honey yellow (darkening after deatli or drying), the antennai and legs concolorous 

 with the abdomen. Head and thorax finely scaly. Axiller; distinctly separated for a short 

 distance. Marginal vein slightly longer than wide, the postinargiual and stigmal veins subequal, 

 each distinctly longer than the nuirginal but not twice its length, the two forming a V. Second 

 tooth of mandible liroadly truncate. Pedicel much longer than any of the funicle joints of 

 which the first three are suhi|uadrate ;ind narrower, the distal three subequal, a little longer 

 than wide, each distinctly longer than the proximal three. Club about two thirds the length 

 of the funicle. Frons narrow but not very narrow. 



From one female caught by sweeping a jungIe-clorhe<l forest streamlet, .lanuary .3, 



nn;; (A. P. Dodd). 



Ildhiltit: (iordonvale (Cairns), (^lueeusland. 



Tifj''-: No. Hit-'''U^4, (^neensltind Museiun, Brisbane, the sjieciiucn on a fag; head tui a 

 slide. 



10. COCCIDOXENUS INCONSPICUUS new species. 



F( iit(iJf_ : — Length. U>0 mm. .Vxilia^ with a carina lietween them. Ovipositor not 

 extruded. 



Metallic purple, the wings hyaline. Body finely scaly. 'I'arsi yellowish, also knees and 

 tips of tibiie; middle tibia) yellow except proximad. Sctipe and pedicel concolorous, rest of 

 antennas yellowi.sh lirown, the first two funicle joints darker, subecpial, vyider than long, 3 

 slightly longer than 2. rest like 2 but Ci distinctly wider; ]ie<licel distinctly longer than any 

 of the funicle joints. Scape pale at tip, compressed, its bulla concolorous. Frons narrow. 

 Club two thirds the length of the funicle or a little more. As compared with iciiiulti, the body 

 is distinctly smaller, the thorax distinctly less flat, convex, the abdomen more produced beneath. 

 Venation pale yellow, the postmargina! vein not quite half the length of the average stigmal. 

 Hairless line of fore wing with at least five lines of cilia proximad of it. Disea! eiliation of 

 the broad fore wing exceedingly dense and fine. Hind tibial spur single. 



From one female caught in forest, January (i, 11113. 



Hdhitdt: Capeville (I'entland), (Queensland. 



Type: No. B\jS0S5, Queensland Mnseiuii. Brisbane, the spceitnen on a tag with type 

 wuiulli; head, hind tibia and fore wing with slide tyjie of h'liii)i(il:-iiciirtoidia purpiireicorim.i 

 Girault. 



FaUjorulicida apparently differs from this genus in having the third segment of the 

 abdomen occupying most of the surface. 



