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marginal spots wider than long not round; also the mandibles are only 6-dentate. Differing 

 notably in the distinctly shorter fnniele joints of which 1 is somewhat longer than wide, 

 subequal to the pedicel, longest, 3 being a little longer than wide. Scape white. Both 

 species bear a transverse yellow marking just across, and cephalad of, the tegula as in divinus. 



From one female captured in forest, April 3, 1914. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy 2731, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag, head on 

 & slide. 



16. ELASMUS STELLATUS Girault. 



Lemon yellow, the abdomen orange yellow; marked with black as in nigriscutellum 

 exeejst that the short lateral extension of the central black of vertex does not reach the 

 eyes, the scutellum is margined (except at base) with yellow, very narrowly around apex; 

 distal half of dorsal edge of hind coxa and a dot at base of dorsal edge black. Abdomen 

 the same but near tip with a small round black spot at meson as in uniguttatus. Occiput 

 with a rather narrow black looped stripe across at dorsal third, eye to eye. Extreme cephalic 

 apex of neck of pronotum black. Tip of valves of ovipositor black but not of abdomen. 



Allied with unigutattus but may be distinguished at once by having the scutellum 

 mostly black and the apex of pronotum more narrowly so. The minute black dot on each 

 margin of scutum absent, only visible on one side in the type. Funicles 2 and 3 subequal, 

 a little shorter than 1 which is over twice longer than wide. 



In the type, the scutum was ochreous and quite as described for nigriscutellum. 



A female captured in forest, April 12, 1914, Gordonvale. Compared with type. 



17. ELASMUS MURWILLUMBAHENSIS new species. 



Female: — Length, 2 mm. 



Dark metallic green, the postscutellum lemon yellow, the legs white except dorsal 

 third of caudal coxa, the abdomen orange yellow except rather broadly at tip (dorsad and 

 ventrad), dorsad a cross-stripe preceding the apical metallic coloration; also a rather broad 

 metallic green stripe across base of abdomen followed by a triangular marginal spot. Tegula? 

 lemon yellow. The pair of marginal spots on abdomen are closer to the proximal green than 

 to the cross-stripe. The distal green dorsad of abdomen occupies about distal fourth. Caudal 

 wings very broad. Fore wings distinctly infuscated indefinitely from the minute stigmal 

 vein. Pedicel subequal to funiele 3 which is shortest, a little longer than wide, 1 longest, one 

 and two thirds times longer than wide. Mandibles about 15-dentate. Scape white, dusky 

 above at tip, rest of antenna black. Head punctate. Thorax clothed usually. 



Described from one female caught by miscellaneous sweeping, May 11, 1914 (A. P. 

 Dodd). 



Habitat : Murwillumbah, New South Wales. 



Type: No. Hy £732, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag. 



18. ELASMUS CONSUMMATUS new species. 



Female: — Length, 2.20 mm. 



Orange yellow, the following parts very dark metallic green or black: Head, middle 

 coxa above at base, neck of pronotum, axillae, a small marginal spot on each side of abdomen 

 at base, a larger one at apex of proximal third, not quite distal fourth of abdomen (some- 

 what less ventrad), prepectus, mesoplenrum, proximal, dorsal half of caudal coxa, and 

 dorsal edge of caudal femur. Mandibles 6-dentate. Funiele 1 distinctly longer than the 

 pedicel which is rather long; scape yellow, flagellum black; funiele 1 two and a half times 



