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•eye, the face is gently indexed, the portion ventrad being on a lower level than the dorsal 

 part (the latter bearing the punctures). The caudal femur is eoncolorous, the others more 

 or less fuscous. Second two ring-joints very short. Segment 2 of abdomen reticulated. 

 Face narrows below the eyes (cephalic aspect) somewhat as in Atoposoma but the vertex 

 is not elevated. A number of females were reared July 5, 1912 from Apanteles cocoons on 

 a blade of grass, forest, Gordonvale, Queensland. Types re-examined. 



2. NEOMPHALOIDELLA SULCATA new species of Girault and A. P. Dodd. 



Female: — Length, 2.30 mm. 



The same ;is cenea but the femora also eoncolorous, the tibiae brownish. Pedicel and 

 rest of antenna? black. Median groove of scutum complete. Propodeum distinctly tricarinate, 

 the spiracle laterad of the lateral carina. Pedicel of usual length (as in aura), but the 

 flagellum stouter, the distal funicle joint distinctly shorter than the proximal, about a fourth 

 longer than the pedicel; funicle 1 somewhat over twice longer than wide; joint 2 intermediate 

 jn length. Agreeing otherwise with cenea. Mandibles tridentate. Club plainly 3-jointed, with 

 a short, terminal seta, the first joint longest, longer than wide. 



Described from one female caught by sweeping grass and foliage on edge of jungle, 

 along the Mulgrave River, March 30, 1913 (A. A. Girault). 



Habitat: Northern Queensland (Gordonvale, near Cairns). 



Type: No. Hy 2605, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above specimen on a tag, the 

 head on a slide. 



Later, a female was found from Thursday Island, Torres Strait, collected in forest, 

 March 11, 1912. 



3. NEOMPHALOIDELLA METALLICA new species of Girault and A. P. Dodd. 

 Female: — Length, 2 mm. 



Color as in Epitetrastichus longfellowi, metallic green. Wings hyaline. Median groove 

 of scutum complete. Scutum and scutellum without bristles. Propodeum rather long, with 

 a distinct neck, shining, rugose, earinated posteriorly; median and lateral carina* present, 

 distinct. Antenna? as in longfellowi but the first ring-joint is distinctly larger than the other 

 two. 



Described from one female caught by sweeping in heart of jungle, 1,500 feet. September 

 12, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Northern Queensland (Kuranda, near Cairns). 



Type: No. Ey2606, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above specimen on a tag. the 

 head on a slide. 



" The propodeum in this species bears several irregular, weak carina?, both longi- 

 tudinal and transverse and laterad of the lateral carina is rugulose; the irregular carina' 

 are not numerous, most of the space between median and lateral carina; polished." (A. A. 

 Girault). 



4. NEOMPHALOIDELLA 10 Girault, 



One female, forest. Mount Pyramid opposite Gordonvale, Queensland. 2,500-3,000 feet, 

 . I une 2, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



' ' This specimen differed from the type in having the marginal stripe of abdomen 

 much broader; also funicle 3 was barely as long as the pedicel. The type antenna has funicle 

 3 only a little longer than the pedicel, not much longer as given in the original description." 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



