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EUCHARID^. 



Neokapala, new gen. 

 Type. — The following species. 



Neokapala furcatella, new sp. 



9 . Dark metallic-green, the propodenm, abdomen, and 

 head blue ; legs fuscous, the antennae black with brownish club 

 and scape, 11-jointed, no ring-joint. Forewings infuscated 

 distad of the distal end of the marginal vein (more proximad 

 at caudal margin), the infuscation accented under the end of 

 the marginal vein. Scutellum produced into a prong like the 

 two arms of a tuning-fork, each prong about as long as the 

 scutellum, brownish toward tip, flattened, the edges carinated ; 

 scutellum longitudinally striate. Head shining; thorax 

 umbilicately punctate. Abdominal petiole not as long as the 

 arms of the scutellar process. Antennae with the funicle- joints 

 produced from one side at apex, flattened, the club solid, 

 ovate, the pedicel small and cupshaped, funicle- joints two and 

 five longest, subequal, the first funicle-joint longer than the 

 pedicel by far but cylindrical-oval, not produced. Length, 

 3*25 mm. 



S . Unknown. 



From one female on a card. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns (A, M. Lea). 



Type. — I. 1278, South Australian Museum. The above 

 specimen and an antenna on a slide. 



Distinguished from Kapala, Cameron, by the scutellar 

 processes, which are short, blunt at end, and forming a prong, 

 which is high up over the base of the abdomen. 



Genus, Stilbula, Spinola. 

 Stilbula bidentata, new sp. 



9 . Very dark metallic-green, the abdomen darker, the 

 wings colourless, their veins very pale. Legs fuscous, the 

 knees, posterior tibiae, and tarsi fulvous. Scutellum bidentate, 

 the head circularly striate, the thorax roughly punctate in- 

 cluding the propodeum, the rather long abdominal petiole 

 pitted. Antenna 12- jointed, of the flagellum (excluding 

 pedicel), the first joint longest, thrice the length of the short 

 pedicel, the club- joint shortest ; -excluding the bulla, scape 

 shorter than funicle one ; antennae brownish toward tip ; 

 otherwise black; funicle- joints three and four subequal, each 

 about somewhat over a half the length of joint one. Length, 

 3 mm. 



(S . Not known. 



Described from one female on a card. 



