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3. ELASMUS AURATISCUTELLUM new species. Female. 



Length, 2.60 mm. Dark purplish green, the scutellum, mesopleurum and abdomen 

 except a rather broad stripe across base, a little over distal fifth and a distinct round spot 

 at lateral margin dorsad near middle, deep orange yellow. Postscutellum lemon yellow. 

 Legs pale yellow except dorsal aspect of hind coxae which are, as the abdominal markings, 

 coneolorous with the body. Antennae black, the scape orange yellow except above, the 

 pedicel elongate, nearly as long as the third funicle joint which is twice longer than wide 

 and somewhat shorter than funicle 1; club missing; first ring- joint very short, the second 

 large, approaching to quadrate. Mandibles 7-dentate. Fore wings distinctly embrowned 

 but subhyaline eaudo-distad, the distal margin of the brown leaving the end of the venation 

 and running obliquely proximad to caudal margin. Scutum hispid, scutellum bare but with 

 the usual four long setae disposed at the corners of a square, together with the postscutellum 

 and propodeum shining yet distinctly polygonally reticulated, the areas small, the lines not 

 raised. Propodeum plane, noncarinate. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. Forest. November 28, 1913. 



Type: Xo. Hy 272 2 , Queensland Museum, Brisbane. Tag and slide. 



4. ELASMUS DODDI Girault. 

 A female of this species was captured in the forest, December 10, 1913 and May 4, 

 1914 at Gordonvale. The mandibles are 6-dentate. Funicle 1 is longest, distinctly longer 

 than wide, a little longer than the pedicel. The apical margin of scutellum is also narrowly 

 yellow, the pronotum black. 



5. ELASMUS QUEENSLANDICUS Girault. 



The mandibles are 6-dentate, the fore wings indefinitely stained, the abdomen at apex 

 not colored. One female, Gordonvale, edge of jungle, April, 1913 and one female from 

 forest, May 23, 1914. Type re-examined. 



A female captured August 20 in open jungle bore a distinct dot on mesopleurum a 

 little above the middle coxa. Type locality. 



6. ELASMUS MUSCOIDES new species. 



Female: — Length, 2 mm. 



Yery similar to ignorabilis Girault but there are not two distinct cross-stripes of orange 

 across dorsum of abdomen, the latter wholly black with faintly indicated (three) narrow orange 

 yellow stripes on proximal half. The legs are wholly pale yellow except dorsal edge of hind 

 femur. Postscutellum lemon yellow in both species. In this species only the proximal three 

 fourths of venter of abdomen is orange yellow. Head punctate in both species. Abdomen 

 somewhat as in divinus but that species differs in color. Antennae missing. Mandibles 

 7-dentate (in ignorabilis about 12-dentate the teeth very fine). Caudal coxa laterad all metallic 

 except distal end. Type of ignorabilis re-examined. 



Described from one female labelled " Brisbane 10.8.13. H. Hacker." 



Habitat : Brisbane, Queensland. 



Type : Xo. Hy 2723, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag. 



7. ELASMUS PAPILIO new species. 



Female: — Length, 1.90 mm. 



Similar to maculatipennis but the portion of the face just above antennae is also- 

 yellow (ventral half of face yellow), the scutellum is margined all around with lemon 

 yellow while the posterior coxa is like that of maculatipennis biguttattis. Also the marking 

 on the fore wing involves only the base of the postmarginal vein, is thus farther proximad 



