224 MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
1. AMOTURELLA SAINTPIERREI Girault. Female. Genotype. 
Length, 1.25 mm. 
Metallic coppery, the abdomen black, the sides of thorax green; legs rich, dark reddish- 
brown; posterior wings uniformly stained, fore wings stained out to the end of the venation, 
from thence hyaline, apparently without marginal fringes. Thorax scaly, also the head. Scape 
slender; pedicel long obconic, twice the length of the first funicle joint, which is somewhat 
wider than Jong, largest of the funicle, the ring-joint closely attached to it and as wide as 
its base; other funicle joints shortening; club as long as the funicle. 
Habitat: Hobart, Tasmania. 
Type: No. I. 1469, South Australian Museum. 
In those forms of this family with simple legs, it is difficult to distinguish them from 
forms of the Miscogasteridw. The lateral thoracic sclerites appear to be the only characteristics 
but I have not seen enough of them to form an adequate opinion as to the value of this 
difference. A careful study of the family may show that the Cleonymine and Chaleodectine 
are invalid because of gradual variations in the size of the caudal femora. The species are not 
often taken with the sweeping net but many more forms will doubtless be discovered when an 
attempt is made to collect by rearing from beetle-infested wood. The forms do not shrivel 
much. Nor are they numerous in the Australian fauna, from present indications. 
