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than long. The same as the other species otherwise. Tarsi white. Differs from reymondi in 
having clear wings, the orange abdominal band and wholly yellow middle femur. Differs from 
punctaticeps in lacking the cross-groove at base of scutellum and the color of the abdominal 
band. 
From one female taken in forest, April 8, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 
Habitat: Cloncurry, Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 2884, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag. 
4. NEANASTATUS FLAVIPRONOTUM new species. 
Female :—Length, 2 mm. 
Dark metallic green, the wings hyaline, the pronotum, tegule, mouth and a little less 
than proximal fourth of abdomen dorsad, golden yellow; also the antenna and first two pairs 
of legs except intermediate cox and intermediate femora slightly at base. Hind legs 
concolorous, their tarsi and the tibizw just below knees silvery white. Caudal margin of 
pronotum concolorous. Seutum and pronotum pilose, scutellum much less so. Occiput finely, 
circularly striate. Head densely punctate. 
From one female caught by sweeping in forest, March 3, 1912. 
Habitat: Thursday Island, Torres Strait. 
Type: No. Hy 2885, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag. 
5. NEANASTATUS PUNCTATICEPS new species. 
Female :—Length, 1.85 mm. 
Metallic grass green, the scutellum, propodeum and abdomen dark purplish, the abdomen 
with a silvery white band around base. Wings hyaline. Cephalic and middle legs silvery 
white, the hind legs metallic purple, their tarsi white. Antenne yellow-brown, the distal three 
funicle joints wider than long, joints 1 and 2 subquadrate, shorter than the pedicel, the latter 
short; scape clavate; club conic-ovate. Head rather coarsely punctuate, the scrobes absent 
but the scapes fit into an -shaped facial impression which is obtuse. Thorax very finely 
scaly, subpilose. Middle tibial spur armed with biack teeth toward apex. Generic characters 
present.* 
From one female taken August 9, 1913 by sweeping in forest. 
Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensiand. 
Type: No. Hy 2886, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag; legs and 
antenna on a slide. 
This is the only species of the genus with a distinct cross-groove at base of scutellum. 
6. NEANASTATUS AURIVERTEX new species. 
Female :—Length, 2 mm. 
Dark metallic purple, the vertex orange yellow, rest of head, pronotum except the lateral 
margins (lateral aspect), prepectus, propleura, proventer, middle legs, coxw, fore legs, hind 
trochanters, hind femora distad, hind tibiz proximad and the tarsi, bright lemon yellow. 
Head uniformly, rather coarsely punctate. A narrow yellowish band just out from base of 
abdomen. Occiput purplish across the middle; antenna orange yellow; pedicel shorter than 
funicle 1 which is longest, somewhat longer than wide; funicle 5 subquadrate, 3 and 4 a little 
longer than wide. First club joint the shorter. Ring-joint distinct. Hind coxa purplish 
above at base. Thorax scaly, with sparse pubescence on the long scutum, the seutellum with 
the median groove. Structurally like the genotype. Middle tibiw# not armed with black teeth 
beneath. One mandible bidentate, the other with an inner angulation which does not form a 
distinct third tooth. 
* As always unless particularly mentioned. 
