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short, the second segment oeeupying less tli:in n fifth of tlie siirfaee. the next three or four 

 short, the abdomen pointed eonie ovate. :is lim^ as the rest of the body. I'ostmarginal vein 

 long, nearly as long as the marginal, the stigmal well develojied but mueh shorter, somewhat 

 less than half the length of the marginal. IVo|Midoum with a short neck. .Mandibles strong. 

 3- and 4-dentate. Scutelhim simple. llearl wider than the thorax (as seen fnnn above). 

 Cephalic ocelhis nut within the scrnbes. 



1. HALTICOPTERELLA NIGRIFLAGELLUM new species. F.Mnale. (ienolype. 

 Length. 2. ."ill mm. 



Dark metallic green, the wings hyaline; tibia', tarsi, knees, Irochanters ami nuicli of 

 ends of first two pairs of femora, pale straw yellow, the sca|ie ri'dilish yellow. Funicle 1 

 about twice longer than wide, distinctly hmger than the pe.liiel whii-li is snliefjual to the "first 

 funicle joint. Head and thorax uniformly. diMisely reticulate ]iunctate, the propodeum and 

 head somewhat smoother. Coxa- rnutnldrdris. femnra washed with ini'tallic Occipital impres 

 sion innnargined, Legs not noticeably swolli'ii. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns). Queenshiinl. .lungli', Xii\ember Id. HUM (A. 1". IJodd). 



Type: No. UiiSUlO, Queensland Museum, I'.risbaue, the female on a tag. 



I'ARADICYLL'S new genus of A. 1'. Dudd. 



Head no wider than thorax, from ce|ilialic aspect not distinctly wider than long; 

 cephalic ocellus not within the scrobes. Antenna' inserted above the miildle of face, 13-jointed 

 with three ring- and club joints, the funicle joints elongate. .At least one mandible 4-dentate. 

 Pronotum distinctly separated. Parapsidal furrows three-fourths complete. Seutellum simple. 

 Propodemu not long, without a distinct neck, \\ith a distim-r median carina and a cross-carina, 

 the lateral ends of which curve cephalad and join the ceplnilic imirgin of the propodeum mesad 

 of the spiracle. Spiracle rather large, in a depression, bounded caudad by a ridge which is 

 a continuation of the eross-earina. Xo spiracular sulcus. Abdominal petiole short. Abdomen 

 conic-ovate, somewhat longer than the rest of the liody. somewhat produced at apex; segment 

 2 of abdomen occu]iying aliout a fifth of the surface. 3-5 each a little shorter than 2, sube(|ual. 

 6 as long as or a little longer than 2; caudal margin of segment 2 at nu'son incised. Marginal 

 vein not nuich longer than postnunginal. omt thrice longer than stigm.-il. 



Related to the foregoing genus but tli.-it genus lacks the nie<lian and the cross-carina on 

 lu-oi>odeum, and has coni]ilete lateral larinii- and si)iracular sulci ; also the second abdominal 

 segment is not incised. 



1. PARADICYLUS VARICORNIS new species <,f A. P. Dodd. Female. Genotype. 



I.rugtii. :'.,t.") nun. 



Dark metallic blue green, the coxa? concolonnis; femora dark lirnwn. also basal third of 

 tibife; knees, apical two thirds of tibia' and thi' tarsi (except apical joint) white; antennal 

 scape yellow; pedicel, first two ring joints and funicles 2-t dusky yellow; last ring-joint, 

 funicle 1 and club black. Wings hyaline. Funicle I four times longer than wide, twice as long 

 as pedicel, 2 two thirds the length of 1, the others gradually shortening, o slightly lunger than 

 pedicel; club no wider than funicle, scarcely longer than funicle 1; first club joint as long 

 as the other two combined. Thorax densely punctate, the proijodeum reticulated, .\bdomen 

 (except the snmotli second segment) with very fine scaly sculpture. 



Hnhitdt: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. .lungle. -larimny '.>. 1914 (\A'. l)od<l). 



Type: No. BySmi, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the fenuile (ui a tag; head and 

 caudal legs on a slide. 



