Ar.STE.ILlAX ILYMEXUPTHRA CHALCI 1H)WEA. VU.—CIUAI LT. 153 



punctures oviilont, tlio pubi'sc-eiice a little less ruiisiMcuniis th;in llial uf the seulelliirii. Hiu,! 

 tibial sjiurs unequal. I'ostniurginal vein a little lenoer than the stisnial, subequal to the 

 marginal whieh is about two an,l a (juarter times huiger than wide. Funicle () tniee longer 

 than wide. Head finely retieulated, with scattered thimble punctures. 



From two females captured liy swee|iiiio in forest, December 10, 1911 and .March 21, 

 1912. 



Habilat : Gurduuvale (Cairns), l^uei-usland. 



Ti/pc: 'So. EiJoJdS, Queensland Musi-uui, lirisbaui', e s|iecinien nu a t.-iy; head, fore 

 wing and a hind tiliia nn a slide. 



6. LEPTOMASTIX NIGRITEGULffi ic w sp.cies. 



Fciiuile: — Jjeugth, 1..S0 mm. 



Like (iiiriiticoriiii.'i but tlie pedicel is only a little longer than wide at ape.x, the body is 

 wholly golden except the large black tegula-, funicle 1 is over twice the length of the pedicel, 

 ij distinctly longer than the pedicel; margins of fore wing embrowned cephalad from apex of 

 marginal vein to apical bend, caudad barely at all : fore wings not quite thrice longer than 

 wide. Propodeum short at the meson. Marginal veie a little shorter than the postmarginal, a 

 little longer than the stigmal. An obscure brown streak (jn fore wings disto-caudad, a little 

 away from the in:irgiu. Costal cell narrow lint distinct. Cheeks about a third the length of 

 the long eyes. Dorsolateral margins of abdomen forming narrow carinsD. Caudal tarsi 

 blackish. Otherwise about as the description of the named species. Mind tibial spurs not 

 seen. 



Prom one female caught Beptenilier l.j, 1914 in grass in forest. 



H libit ut : Capeville (Peutland), Queensland, 



Type: No. lJyS107. Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the spec-imen in ah-oliol with type 

 of Aloposdimi iiiuiitttiiUpi'.s. 



(lE.xus ANUSIA Foi'rster. 

 1. ANUSIA FLAVA u.w specie.s. 



UliiJe : — Tjeugtli. 1.2.5 mm. 



Iloiiev yellow, fu.seous iu places, wludly wingless. I'i'dicid iiiiniite; scapie, funicles 1 

 and 2 and proximal part of :i reddish brown, the pedicel pale yellow; rest of antenna and 

 the ventral margin of the flat scape, black. Pronotum conical, broad and long, nearly twice 

 longer than the scutum and together with the latter judiscent. AxilUe meeting at meson, the 

 triangular scutellum finely longitudiimlly striate. I'nqiodeuiu with .an inverted V-shaped 

 median carina, the arms diverging from base and sejiarated there. Abdomen glabrous except 

 the rather long second segment and segments ii-.j united, the latter transverse; segment 6 

 occupying the rest of the surface of the abdomen or over half, much over twice the length of 2, 

 at base laterad with a spiracle which bears very long sette; base of ab(h)men fuscous. Mandibles 

 small, with two acute teeth. Head held nearly horizontally (face dorsad), narrowed cephalad of 

 the eyes as though the cheeks were absent. Funicle 1 much the longest, the antenna' 1 1 jointed, 

 no ring-joint. Frons moderately broad. Ant-like. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. -lungle, .luly 24. 19i:! (.\. 1'. Dodd). 



Type: No. HySlOS. Queensland Mu-seum, Brisb:ine, the siiecimeu on a tag, the head on 

 a slide. 



Cents I'ARANPSIA (iirault. 



Cephalic aspect, hea.l rounded, the antennae insertc'd below the middle of the face, much 

 below the eyes, but not near the clypeus, widely separated, the scape very long, extending far 

 beyond the vertex, cylindrical, the tiagellum comjiressed. clavate, the funicle joints transverse and 

 short, miich wider than long, the club soli.l, no ring-joint, the antenna i)-jointed; pedicel very 

 short. Lateral oi-elli distant from the eye nuirgins; a distinct transverse suture across face 



