194 UEUOIHH OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



1. EROTOLEPSIOPUS SUBSOLANUS new species. Genotj-pe. 



Female: — Leugtli, 1.35 mm. 



Metallic purple, tlie base of abdomen dorsad and the propodeum dark bluish green, 

 the wings hyaline. Legs and antenuaj straw yellow, the eoxiB metallic, concolorous. Propodeum 

 with foveiE along cephalic margin. Thorax reticulately scaly, the lines not raised. Scape 

 cylindrical, moderate in length; joints 2-5 of funicle gradually widening. Third club joint 

 very flat, the first forming nearly half the enlarged club. Pedicel oval. Hind tibial spurs 

 normal. Legs simple. First femora subfuscous, a little compressed. Funicle 1 shorter than 

 pedicel, a little wider than long, longest and narrowest of the funicle. 



Described from one female captured by sweeping in jungle, July 24, 191.3. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. HySlUl. Queensland Museum, Brisliane. the specimen on a tag. 



PABEROTOLEPSIA new genus. 



With the habitus and structure of Pteroiiidhis but the anteuuai are inserted on a level 

 \vith the ventral ends of the eyes or nearly and are 11 -jointed with one rather short ring-joint, 

 the club 3-jointed; the postmargiual vein is only slightly longer than the .stigmal, of average 

 length, the marginal somewhat less than twice the length of the stigmal; the propodeum is 

 short, with a distinct median carina and no others; parapsidal furrows complete, no spiracular 

 sulci. Segment 2 of abdomen occui)ying a little over a fourth of the surface. Scutellum with 

 a punctate cross-suture before apex. Mandibles 4-dentate. Maxillary jjalpi 4-jointed. Second 

 division of club not very distinct. Differs from Erotolepsiopus Girault in the shorter, 4-dentate 

 mandibles, the cylindrical funicle and the rounded head. Propodeal spiracle round, cephalad. 



1. PAREROTOLEPSIA AURIPES new species. 



Female: — Length, 1.51) mm. Ibiliitus of a sjiecies of Fteromalux. 



Dark metallic prussian blue, the legs golden yellow except coxie, the wings hyaline, the 

 venation golden yellow. Thorax densely, finely scaly punctate, the propodeum shining, showing 

 no trace of coarser polygonal scaliness, aeneous green except along the median carina. Abdomen 

 scaly. Pubescence not conspicuous. Scape golden yellow, rest of antenna dark brown, the club 

 lighter. Funicle 1 somewhat longer than wide, subequal to the pedicel, 5 a little wider than 

 long. Club about two thirds the length nf the funicle. Third tooth of mandible smallest. 



From one female caught in forest (swamp). May 14. 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Chindera (Tweed River), New South Wales. 



Type: No. Hy3'lS:^. Queensland Museum. Brisliane, the Sjiecimen on a tag. 



SuBi'WMiLY MISCOGASTERl N.^:. 

 Tribe MISCOGASTERINI. 

 liENUs TOXEliMA Walker. 



1. TOXEUMA PAX new sjjecies. Female. 



Length, 0.70 nun. 



Like sjiecics of Toxeiniia but the antenna^ a|ipareutly only 12-joiiited with one ring- 

 joint, club 3-jointcd, the distal joint terminating in a nipple-like seta. Mandibles weak, with two 

 teeth. Scutellum with a cross-furrow before apex. Abdomen depressed above, conic-ovate, not 

 as long as the thorax, the petiole distinct, moderate in length. Propodeum with a median 

 carina (lateral carinas not observed, may be present). Marginal vein nearly as long as the 

 sulimarglnal, tlie postmargiual well developed, a little more tlian thrice tlw length of the 



