ArSTHALJAX nrMENOPTKRA CUALCIDOIVEA, VIl .-^CIItAVLT. 



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2. TETRACNEMELLA VIRIDISCUTELLUM new spcies. 



FfHIflZr;— Len>;tli, O.S.j mm. Ditlcis ficm thr {.rweaing iiriiicipnlly in linviiij; the froiis 

 broad. 



Dark nietallii' blue, the wings hyaline, the seutellum contrasting green; knees, tarsi 

 tips of tibia> (all of middle tibia; except just bi-Iow knees), yellowish; funicle and flub 

 whitish, also tips of pedicel and scape. Head and thorax densely scaly. Funicles 1 and 4 

 shortest, all the others short, subquadrate, 4 a little wider than long; pedicel distinctly longer 

 than any of the funiele joints; club a little over half the length of the funicle. Scutum with 

 soft scattered pilosity. Axilla> not gre.-itly separated. Stigmal vein twice the length of the 

 marginal which is quadrate and subeqnal to the postmarginal. Otherwise as in the preceding. 



From one female taken by sweei)ing in forest, December 25. 1912. 



Hiibitcil : Capeville (Pentland), Queensland. 



Tiijie: Xo. By 3145, Queensland .Museum. Brisbane, the sjiecinien on a tag; head, hind 

 wing and hind legs on a slide. 



3. TETRACNEMELLA MINUTELLA new species. 



h'tinalt': — Length, 0.85 mm. 



Dark grass green, metallic, the wings hyaline, the venation, knees, distal half of cephalic 

 tibia), distal three fourths of middle tibia=, tips of caudal tibia>, tarsi and tegulsc pale yellowish 

 brown. Panicle yellowish brown, the club a little darker, the ]iedicel and scape dark metallic 

 green. .Vbdonien dark, shorter than the thorax. Funicle joints sube(|ual but widening a little 

 distad. Frons moderately narrow. A^enation as in vlridiscaifUum and resembles that species 

 closely but in the head it is like iiiistralifnsi.': except that the frons is subprominent. Differs 

 from riridisciitflhim in having the cephalic tibia; mostly yellowish, the scape and pedicel wholly 

 dark metallic, the frons is narrower, the thorax is a trifle more densely, finely scaly. Scutum 

 and scutellum large in both species, the scutellum extending to base of abdomen. 



From one female caught on forest uplands, Jlay ."!, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Ilahitdl: Tweed Heads (Tweed River), New South Wales. 



Tiii>e: No. HiiSl-id, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the s|iecinieu on a tag; heaJ. a 

 hind leg and a fore wing on a slide. 



I'ARI-:('TK()M(_)11)KS new genus. 



Female: — In the table of genera runs to Ki-lre)m(ji<le.i (liranlt but dift'ers in that the 

 marginal vein is longer than either the postmarginal and stignuil which are subequal and rather 

 long, the venation as in Kiiriitomtt. Also, the scutellum is larger, extending to base of abdomen, 

 'nie marginal vein is five or moi'e times heiger than wide. Scrobes long, separated by a median 

 ridge from between base of antenna'. Krons moderately narrow. .Mamlibular teeth a little 

 unequal, acute. Plagellum capitate, the funicle cylindrical, tlie scape long and slender, longer 

 than the club which is aliout two thirds the lengtli of the funicle. Cheeks about as long as the 

 eyes. Ovipositor distinctly shortly extruilc<l. club lung ovate. Thorax convex, not flat as in 

 Ectromoiile.i. Cephalic legs com]iressed. 



1. PARECTROMOIDES MAGNISCUTELLUM new species. Genotype. 



FiiiKile: — Length. l..")il mm. Stnut. 



Dark purple, the abdomen dark green, the extrude.l v.alves of ovipositor and antennro 

 (except the brownish yellow ajiical enrl of scape) black. Scutum with an obscure silvery stripe 

 across caudal edge. Fore wings with a distinct yellow stain fnun wlicde of the marginal vein 

 two thirds the way across the caudal nuirgius and ditt'nsed distad uiidei- the stigmal vein, the 

 venation yellow. Legs concolorous except tarsi, tijis of tibiip, distal half of caudal femur, 

 caudal two pairs of knees, distal half of middle tibia; ami all of caudal tibia', which are rich 

 yellowish brown. Frons with a double row of line i)unctures along the eyes, otherwise .scaly. 



