.irSTl'ALl.lX UYMENOI'TKllA ill A I.CI HOI DEA. XIT .- i:l UAIJ l/r. .■{40 



PARANACKVI'Tl'S 



new i^ciius. 



Vimulc: — Differing fidiii A iHirnijil us Kirhy in li.nln^' tlir :nitciin:i- hut 1 1 jciiiitoil. \hc 

 i-liiVi solid; a larye (but imu-li wiilrr tli.-ni Iniii;) rinj; jdiiil is prcsi'iit. 



1. PARANACRYPTUS SANGUINEUS nru species. Onotypc. 

 Female: — Li'iigth, .5 iniii. 



Dark lildoil red, tarsi yi'llowisli Inciwii. tlii> iibilniiu'ii liliirn'd iinirc nr less with ljlai-k. 

 Willys irrofjularly Imt distinetly stained yelluwisli aloiii; llir pnixiiiiiil lud lliirds. SoKiiient '1 ol' 

 abdomen oceiipyiiit; nearly two tliirds tlie surface, the |ieliole hmy, sul)e(|n;il to setjiiient 2 

 or the liind eoxa, coarsely lougitudinally striati'. I'ostniarninal vein and marginal fringes 

 absent (fore wing), the stigraal minute, sessile, tlie niargiiial threi' fourths the length of the 

 snbniarginal. Ocelli in a slightly curved line, Scutellnni simple. Head anil thorax unibili' 

 cately punctate, the surface glabrous between the punctures. Abdomen compressed, cordate. 

 Propodeum much more finely puiietate and the dorsum bears several carinie. two of which are 

 on the meson, slightly diverging from liase ami shorter than the others, .\bdomeii glabrous 

 but with slight pubescence distad. Tip of club black. Hcape slender; pedicel very short, 

 smaller than any of the funicle joints nf wliich 1 is longest, distinctly longer than wide, L' 

 distinctly shorter tlian it, a little longer th.-iii «idi'; following joints to 7 siibi|uailrate. slightly 

 enlarging distad. Tlie clnli has a dark red stripi' across it making it appear to be 2joinled 

 but there is no suture; these stripes also oi'cur on I he fnaicle joints. Kace along meson 

 without puiictation. Face not excavated. liiml cnx;e |Mnictati>, tlie himl femur punctiilate. 



Described from one female taken .\]uil ■_'. I'.M:; (11. Ihicker). 



Uiihiliit : Brisbane. Queensland. 



Tjipi : No. Hii.UV.i, (^neenslaiid Museum. I '.rlsb;iiie. the specimen on a tag. 



2. PARANACRYPTUS HYALINUS new species. 

 Female: — Tjcngtli, 4 nun. 



Similar to the preceding lu :ill det.-uls hut sni;illiT :ind the wings are liy.-iliin'. Compared 

 with tyjie of siiiiniiuieiix. 



Described from one specimen taken in forest, .\pril 'J7, liMf. 



Jlabilal : Gordonvale (Cairns), Queenshind. 



Tiipc: Xo. Eii:U-W, Queensland Musenm. lirisbaiie. tin' specimen on a tag. 



CiENUS A.N'ACKVl'Trs Kirby. 



1. ANACRYPTUS FERRUGINEUS Caiuer..ii. Male. 



Length, 5 mm. 



Ferrugiueous; auteuncC lighter in tint; mesonolnm. scutellum, niesoslernuin, and dilated 

 apical part of abdomen infuscated, two hlmler legs .laiker in tint than the four anterior; 

 abdominal j.etiole fully one half the length of the tluHii.s. a.i.l longer than tlie rest of the 

 segments united; wings hyaline, very iridi s.-eiit, veniitiou bl.n-k. 



Head and thorax strongly, umbilicately punc(;ite. less strongly and more sparsely on 

 sides of vertex and in middle of occiput, l.-itenii lobes of mes.moluni less strongly and more 

 sparsely than the middle one; scutellum as str,Mi-ly, bul iiol so closely. Ms apex broadly rounded, 

 and with a distinct margin. Propleura' with two punctures above and two below. Mesopleune. 

 at the top apical part, with a squarish, smooth space, having erne lovea in middle of base and 

 three below; apical basal part closelv, finely, hmgitndiiially striated, more strongly an.l less 

 closelv at top; the rest stronglv ,m.,ctu.cd. with the ,mnctu,vs clenrly separated. Melanotum 



