58 MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
COCCOPHAGOIDES new genus. 
Type: Coccophagus abnormicornis Girault. 
Coccophagus singularis and C. regulus belong here. 
The genus differs from Coccophagus in having a markedly tapering flagellum, the first 
funicle joint abruptly shortened and the marginal vein distinctly shorter than the submarginal. 
GENUS PHYSCUS Howard. 
1. PHYSCUS NIGRICLAVUS new species of Girault and A. P. Dodd. 
Female :—Length, 1.15 mm. 
Like nigriceps Girault but only the hind coxa black and the club and funicle 1;. 
the fore wings are slenderer and longer; the abdomen also appears slenderer and the hind 
femora are much slenderer. Funicle joints subequal, longer than the short pedicel, each about 
twice longer than wide. Distal club joint longer. There is a black dot on pronotum caudo- 
laterad. 
From one female taken by sweeping in forest, January 2, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 
Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 2943, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a slide. 
A second female, same place, June 10, 1914 (A.A.G.). The base of the abdomen on 
each margin was fuscous in this specimen. 
2. PHYSCUS FLAVICEPS new species of Girault and A. P. Dodd. 
Female :—Length, 1.10 mm. 
Like nigriclavus but only the distal funicle joint is white and the body is unmarked ; 
funicle joints subequal, pedicel blackish above. Otherwise identical or nearly. 
From one female caught by sweeping foliage, edge of jungle, November 1, 1913 (A. P. 
Dodd). 
Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 2944, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a slide. 
3. PHYSCUS DECEMGUTTATUS new species of Girault and A. P. Dodd. 
Female :—Length, 1.25 mm. 
Exactly similar to nigriceps but the distal cross-band of abdomen is absent, that across 
base fainter and from the base along each side there is a longitudinal row of five quadrate, 
black spots, the line not reaching the anal spiracles. Pedicel white. 
From one female taken in jungle, November 15, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 
Habitat: Harvey’s Creek (Cairns), Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 2945, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a slide. 
4. PHYSCUS SUPERBUS new species of A. P. Dodd and A. A. Girault. 
Female :—Length, 1.60 mm. 
Reddish brown, the scutum somewhat darker; the face lighter, the dorsum of abdomen 
intense lemon yellow, margined with dusky and with an obscure dusky cross-stripe beyond the 
middle; sides of thorax more or less yellow; trochanters, apices of tibiz and the tarsi white, 
also the apicai nalt of antennal scape, apical half of pedicel and the second funicle joint, the 
rest of antenne dusky black. Eyes greenish; fore wings hyaline, broad, very densely ciliate. 
