350 MEMOinS OF THE QVEEX.SLAlvD MUSEUM. 



strongly acieulated, with two keels slightly diverging at the apex, in the center. Metapleiirro 

 regularly reticulated. Abdominal petiole acieulated, more strongly at base than apex, its sides 

 margined, weakly so on apical half, sides with two stout keels, and an irregular one on basal 

 half between them. 



Habitat: Mittagoug, New South Wales. 



Type : Query. 



Genus NEAEKETOCERA Girault. 



1. NEARRETOCERA JOHNSTONI Girault. Female. Genotj^pe. 



Length, 2.60 mm. 



Black, punctate, the punctures not conilueut ; teguke, coxai (except hind coxa above) and 

 the rest of legs (except outwardly, a large black area from upper margin of hind femur, ovate 

 in shape) dark reddish; scape and next six joints orange, rest of antenna black. Fore wings 

 with a black stripe across them from the marginal vein and in the outer third of the blade a 

 black marking like a fleur-de-lis (but with tlie bottom part, that below the ring absent) which 

 is upended upon one of the arms; the base of this marking nearly touches the first cross-band; 

 proximad of latter the blade fumated to the bend of tlie submargiual vein. Scape nearly half 

 the length of the flagellum (including pedicel), the club distinctly shorter than it; first funicle 

 joint subquadrate, joints 4-8 longest. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland, .luugle. May 20. 



Type: No. Hy o421, Queensland Museum, Brisbane. Tag and a side. 



The genus agrees in every detail with Arrctocera Kirbv but tlie club is solid; the small, 

 third antennal joint is plainly not a ring-joint. Scutellura simple. Postmarginal vein absenv. 

 Petiole of abdomen sliort, stout; stignuil vein a mere spur. Pedicel longer than any of the 

 funicle jnints- 



2. NEARRETOCERA FUSCIPENNIS new species of A. P. Dodd and Girault. Female. 



Length, 3. .50 mm. 



Black, coarsely punctate ; knees, tijis of tibia; and the tarsi more or less f errugineous. 

 Punctures les-s dense and not confluent on scutellum and axilla;; parapsides almost wholly smooth. 

 Propodeum with many transverse and several longitudinal carina). Petiole sliort, stout, the 

 abdomen likewise, the second segment dorsad occujiying over half of the surface, strongly 

 longitudinally carinated, the rest of tlie abdomen dorsad and laterad with circular punctures 

 and long white pubescence ; second segment short laterad ; proximal half of abdomen laterad 

 quite smooth and shining. Fore wings wholly deeply fumated. Antenna; 11-jointed, without a 

 ring-joint ; scape very long, pedicel also long, much longer than any of funicle joints, of which 

 the first is smallest, though jilainly not a ring-joint; joints all longer tlian wide. Marginal vein 

 •lot sliort. 



Habitat: Brisbane. Queensland. October 11, 1914 (H. Hacker). 



Type: No. Hy342'2, Queensland Museum, Brisbane. Tag and slide. 



3. NEARRETOCERA RUBRICORNIS new .species of A. P. Dodd. Female. 



Length, '6 mm. 



Black, coarsely punctate, tlie antenna', troclianters, anterior tiliiic, tips of other tibia;, 

 knees and tarsi f errugineous. Wings hyaline, marginal vein short ; second abdominal segment 

 .smooth or nearly so; abdomen more slender than in fuscipeimis. Funicle 1 more like a I'ing- 

 joint; other joints of funicle as wide as long. 1 wider than long. 



Ualitat: Brisbane, Queensland. November 19, 1913 (H. Hacker). 



Type: No. HyS433, Queensland Museum, Brisbane. A slide. 



