AUSTSALIAX 11 YMKNOPTEHA CHALCUHIlllEA, l.X.^CIh'AULT. 



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Funicle joints all longer than wide, r, shortest, sulieciual tn first ohih, 1 loiiirest, .atimit twice 

 the length of 5, the others each slu)rtening perceptibly, 1 about thrice longer than wide. 

 Scutelhun and scutum witli umbelicatc punctures which are not dense, each isolated, the 

 scutelhim without them at apex and along meson at distal half. .'^|)aci' between the punctures 

 very finely reticulated. .\xilUc a little nuire densidy retii-ulated, tin- punctures absent except 

 along cephalic and iiicsal margins. Parajisides lik.' the axilhc but the punctures on lateral 

 half. Propodeuni fJTiely scaly, the three carinse stnuig, nuly uioderate in leugth but complete. 



Hiihiliil : Kuranda, Queensland. Jungle. Septemlier. IIMH (.\. P. Dodd). 



Tjipe: No. HyJSOO, Queeuslaud Mnsciuii. livislpane, tlie fiMuale on a tag; liead and hind 

 legs on a slide. 



2. CHEIROPACHYSIA TENEBRICOSA new .species. Vrumlr. 



Length, 2.s."> mm. 



At once dift'ering from the type species iu having the pro|Hideum very short and 

 noncarinate, the mandibles tridentate and the abdomen stylate eaudail. Purple copper, the 

 wings subhyaline, the coxiB coucolorous. the legs white washed more or less with salmon. Scape 

 reddish brown, rest of antenna Idack except the cinli which is whit(>. Stylus about two thirds 

 the length of the rest nf tlic abdijuuni. Funicle .1 i|iiailratc, 1 l.nigest but plainly not twice 

 the length of the pedicel. 4 auil ."i sulie(|ual, snlnpiadrate. sligliMy lunger than 'i. Sculjiture 

 aliout as in the genot^'pe. 



Huhitdf : Kuranda. Queensland. .Tungle. Septemlier IL'. liibl (A. P. Dodd). 



Type: No. Hy^i-ini. Queensland Museum, Brisbane, tlu' feirnile on a tag; liead and 

 hind legs on a slide. 



Genus EPICAUDONIA (iirault. 



With the liuild of Eyistenia Westwood but the abdomen noncariimted along each side, 

 the second, sixth and seventh segments longest. Head rather large, the antennfe 13-jointed, 

 inserted iu the middle of the face, three ring and idub joints, the first funicle joint elongate. 

 One mandible 4-dentate (other not seen). Parapsidal furrows four fifths complete. Scutollum 

 simple. Pronotuiu transverse, the propodeum without a median carlnsi but with a fovea more 

 than half way to tlie round oval spiracle from the meson at cejihalic margin. Postmarginal 

 vein three fourtlis or nuire the length of the marginal, the ^tigmal about half the length of 

 the marginal. Like Ctiiiilonia Walker otherwise, .\nterior femora distinctly swollen, the posterior 

 still much more so liut neither are excised nor dentate. Wings subhyaline, the infumation very 

 faint or totally absent. Stigm.-il knob snuill. t'audal coxa' flattened. S]iiracular sulci present. 



1. EPICAUDONIA SCELESTUS (iirault. Female, (ienotypc. 



Length, 3.00 mu}. 



Dark metallic green, the mesotliorax with rather iniimspicuous |(ubescence somewhat like 

 that (if Apla.stoinoriihti. Tegula\ venation, trochanters, knees, tarsi, scajie. pedicel and joints 2 

 and 3 of funicle reddish brown; antenna> black; tips of tibia> white. Thorax finely reticulately 

 p\inctate (including the propodeum). Legs concolorous. First clul) joint forming half of 

 that region, the distal funicle joint distinctly longer than wide but less than half the length 

 of the first; joints 2 and 3 subecpial, 4 aliout equal iu length to the pedicel. The thref? ring- 

 joints large. 



Hahildt: Meerawa (Cairns District ). QuecMisland. .lungle. .luly 'Jli. 11113. 



Type: No. UySSOS, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the fem.ah- on a tag; head, a fore 

 and hind leg iin a slide. 



NEOCAT'DONIA new genus of A. P. Dodd. 

 \ntenna' inserted a little above ventral ends of the eyes, 12-jointed with two ring and 

 two club joints, the club with a terminal spur; funicle joints somewliat lengthened, the pedicel 

 not lengthened. Head large (cephalic aspect), not distinctly wider than hmg, antennal scrobes 

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