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Orasema, Cameron. 



Orasema pheidolophaga, new sp. 



9 . Dark metallic-green, sometimes with a bluish tinge ; 

 abdomen coppery ; wings subhyaline, the venation brown ; 

 antennae dark metallic-green throughout ; coxae concolorous, 

 the tarsi and tibiae straw-yellow, the femora metallic-green, 

 the cephalic femora less so. Thorax regulose and punctate. 

 Scutellum rimmed at apex. Head circularly striated. 

 Antennas 13-jointed, with a short ring-joint, the club 3- 

 jointed, the first funicle-joint longest, the others shortening, 

 but all longer than wide, rectangular; club-joints more or less 

 coalesced, yet plainly indicated. Mandibles 2- and 3-dentate, 

 as described for the genus, flavous, fuscous at tip. Length, 

 2-80 mm. 



(S . The same. 



Described from what appeared to be four males and two 

 females on a card labelled ''Reared from pupae obtained in 

 nest of Pheidole, sp.^' 



Hah. — Victoria: Geelong (H. W. Davey). 



Type. — I. 1286, South Australian Museum. The above 

 specimens on a card and a slide bearing head and three 

 antennae. 



ASTTLBULA, neW gQIi. 



9 . Agreeing with Sfilhula, Spinola, but the apex of the 

 scutellum ending in a single small acute tooth, pointing 

 upward, the antenna only 10- jointed, without a ring- joint, the 

 club solid, the first funicle-joint obconic and long, the others 

 submoniliform ; abdomen stout, depressed, oblate from dorsal 

 aspect, the petiole moderately long ; propodeum with a weak 

 median carina. Postmarginal vein distinct. Mandibles as in 

 Orasema, Cameron. 



cs' . See below. 



Type. — The following species. 



ASTILBULA MAGNIFICA, new Sp. 



9 . Brilliant metallic seneous-green, the abdomen shin- 

 ing, the scutum transversely striate, the scutellum longitudin- 

 ally so, both more or less irregularly ; scutellum with a weak 

 median carina. Wings hyaline. Petiole roughened. Vena- 

 tion brown. Legs straw-yellow brown, the coxae and most of 

 the femora concolorous ; also antennae, but the scape and 

 pedicel brownish. Club-joint next longest of the flagellum. 

 Length, 3'95 mm. Robust. 



From one female. 



Hah. — New South Wales: National Park (A. M. Lea). 



