210 J/AM/O/ff.s' OF THE QVEENSLAKV MUSEUM. 



uot distinct, very short, ceplialic ocellus not within the scrobes. Mandibles 3- and 4-dentate. 

 Pronotum short, distinctly sejiarated. Parapsidal furrows half complete. Scutellum simple. 

 Propodeum rather short and broad, without carinas or sulci. Abdomen with a very short 

 petiole; the body pointed conic-ovate, longer than the thorax, depressed above, convex beneath, 

 the sixth and seventh segments somewhat the longest, the third shortest, caudal margins of 

 all segments straight. Wings witliout bands, marginal vein twice as long as the long stigmal, 

 some longer than the jiostniarginal. Front and hind fi'inora distinctly swollen, simple; tibial 

 spurs rather short, stout. 



1. NEOCAUDONIA SPINOSICLAVA new species of Girault ami A. P. Dodd. 



Pumale. Genotj'pe. 

 Length, 3.50 mm. 



Very dark metallic green, the coxa", tibia; and femora concoloroiis, the abdomen somewhat 

 brighter, brilliant at base, the tarsi jjale straw yellow, the antennse wholly black. Wings hyaline. 

 Thorax (including propodeum) densely punctate. Abdomen iinely scaly, the second segment 

 smooth. Ring-joints wider than long; first funicle joint distinctly the longest, twice as long 

 as the pedicel, which is as long as 6, the first club joint shorter than the second. Club no 

 longer than funicle 1. Each end of tibia yellowish white. Clypeus longitudinally striate. 



One female, Halifax, March 2fl, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Babinda, Queensland. Jungle, February 1], 1914 (A.P.D.). 



Type: No. nyd£0,>, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag; head and legs 

 on a slide. 



A second female at Halifax (Ingham), Queensland, March 29, 1914 (A.P.D.). 



2. NEOCAUDONIA AUREICORNIS new species of A. P. Dodd and A. A. Girault. 



Female. 

 Length, 2. .50 mm. 



Similar to spinosiclava bat dark metallic blue, the abdomen darker, the femora brown, 

 the tibiffi and tarsi yellow, the antennae yellow brown; funicle 1 barely longer than pedicel, no 

 longer than 2; abdomen rather shorter, the segments 5-7 sutequal. each a little shorter than 2. 



Uabitat: Clayfield (Brisbane), Queensland. Forest. March 29. 1913 (H. Hacker). 



Type: No. Jly 330-1, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag. the head on a 

 slide. 



A second female at Gordonvale, Queensland, April 27, 1913 (A. A. Girault). 



"This genus appears to me to be the same as AmicromeXus Gii'ault of the Misco- 

 gasteridas" (A. A. Gir.'iult). 



TRKJOXODEROl'SIS new genus. 



In Aslimead 's (1904) table of genera running to Truioiwdcrns Westwood but the 

 abdomen is totally different, being short s?ssile and ovate, no longer than the rest of the body 

 and the seutelluni has a transvei-se line of fine punctures across it. Propodeum with a dist.inct 

 median carina but no others, polished. Marginal \ein five or more times longer than the 

 .stigmal, the latter short, less than half the length of the iiostmarginal. the wings hyaline. 

 Second abdominal segment longest, occupying about l)etween a third and a half of the surface. 

 Antenna; 13-jointed, with two ring-joints, the club 3-jointed. Pronotum wider than long, 

 transverse but with a median neck. Both mandibles 4-dentate, the maxillary palpi 4-, the 

 labial, 3-jointed. Club short, ovate, without a nipple, the pedicel short, the funicle joints 

 except the sliort first, wider than long. Parapsidal furrows very deep. Cephalic femur 

 distinctly swollen but otherwise simple; hind femur liardly swollen. Postmarginal vein very 

 much shorter than the marginal. 



