200 MEMUIBS OF THE QCEEXtiLANV MUSEUM. 



Subfamily LELAPIN^E. 

 Ck.nts LELAPS Haliday. 



1. LELAPS FUSCA new species. Male. 



Length, 1.3.1 niiii. 



Reddish Ijrowu, tlie alulomeii and |ivoximal halves of each jjarafiside black, the petiole 

 of abdomen reddish toward liase. the posterior coxae blackish toward tip; legs yellowish brown, 

 the posterior coxas which are large and cylindrical, nearly as long as the fenuir of the same 

 legs and nearly as long as the long abdominal petiole, reddish. Wings snbliyaline, the marginal 

 vein distinctly longer than the submarginal, the postmarginal a half longer than the stigmal. 

 Scutelhim with a cross-furrow. I'arapsidal furrows complete, curved off rather shortly. 

 Axilla: just about meeting inwardly. Pronotum long, nearly subquadrate, distinctly separated. 

 Propodeum produced into a distinct neck, with median and lateral carina;. Abdomen small, 

 the second and third segments subequal, together occupying over three fourths of the surface. 

 Thorax scaly, the abdominal petiole rough; also tlie hind coxse. Autenns inserted slightly 

 lielow the middle of the face, 13-jointed, with one riug-.ioint, the club 3-jointed, the funicle 

 jiihise, the joints all a little wider than long. Mandibles tridentate. Two jiosterior tibial spurs. 



Hahitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. .Tungle. ilay 8. 1913 (A. P. Dodd.) 



Tjipe: No. IJyS193. Queensland Museum, lirisbane. the male on a tag; head, a caudal 

 leg and the abdomen on a slide. 



GEXU.S XEAPTKROLKLAPS Girault. 



Agreeing with tlie description of Ai'tcroU'laiis Ashmead Init the antenna; only 1'2-jointed, 

 one ring-joint, the parapsidal furrows absent, posterior tibise armed with two very long spurs, 

 one of which is comparatively enormous, much larger than the other. Wings entirely absent. 

 Abdomen with a very short, transverse ]}etiole but the propodeum jirolonged into a hood-like 

 neck to meet it; no median carina on propodeum. Mandibles bi- and tridentate, in the latter 

 the middle tooth shortest. 



1. NEAPTEROLELAPS LODGEI Cirault. Female. Genotype. 

 Length, 2.15 mm. 



Ferrugineous, the lu-onotum darker, the mesoscutum, a stripe across the abdomen before 

 tip and the coxa> (nearly) black; tibiai nearly black except at tip; funicle black, the 

 olub yellowish white, the pedicel and ring-joint dark fuscous. Second abdominal segment 

 somewhat over half the length of the body of the .abdomen ; one s\n\v of posterior tibiae as 

 long as the first two tarsal joints united, the other a half shorter; jiosterior coxa with a 

 tooth above just before apex. E'edicel longer than funicle 1, which is longest of the funicle, 

 the distal joint wider than long. Scape somewhat dilated toward tip. Funicle joints 2 and 3 

 sub(|uadrate. Thorax coriaceous, clothed with recumbent hairs, which are not dense; posteriorly 

 mesoscutum bevelled off and smooth to tlic scutellum. Proximal tarsal joint of ca\idal leg 

 black or dark. 



Habitat: Mount Tambourine. (Queensland. 



Tji/u : No. /. 136!), Soutli Australian Jluseum. 



Gexu.s LELAPSOMOBPHA Girault. 



Agreeing with the foregoing but the antenna^ only 11 -jointed with one ring-joint, the 

 <dnb solid, the posterior tibial spurs stout and iniequal but normal in length, the wings fully 

 de\ek)ped and infuscated and tlie ]iriip(ideuui with a median and a lateral carina. Otherwise 



