182 MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



Petiole very short, the abdomen flat, broadly ovate, the second segment longest, occupying about' 

 a third of the surface. Hind tibial spur small, single. Pronotum transverse-linear, distinctly 

 narrower than the mesonotum. 



Male: — Not known. 



Type: The following species. 



1. HORISMENOIDES SULFUREIVENTRIS Girault. 



Female: — Length, 1 mm. Short and compact. 



Metallic purple, the abdomen and legs lemon or sulphur yellow, the wings hyaline, the- 

 head and thorax highly polished like the surface of tar; ocelli in a triangle, the lateral ones 

 distinctly over their own diameter from the eyes which are naked. Scutellum at latero-cephalic 

 corner with a series of short, oblique, more or less parallel striae as if the corner was wrinkled; 

 these are just caudad of the axillae. Petiole of abdomen, scape except above, pedicel and second 

 (last) funicle joint purplish; rest of antenna pale lemon yellow; funicle 2 slightly longer than 

 1, somewhat longer than wide, shorter than the pedicel, longer than the first two club joints 

 (separately) ; terminal spur of club distinct but not as long as the third (distal) joint, which 

 bears it. Antennae inserted below the middle of the face. 



Described from four females captured by sweeping in a jungle pocket, November 16,. 

 1913. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Types: No. Hy 2477 ', Queensland Museum, Brisbane, three of the above on a tag and 

 two heads, two hind tibiae on a slide. 



A female at Cooktown, Queensland, jungle, March 3, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



In the original description, antea, p. 153, footnote, line 1, axilla? advanced cephalad of 

 scutum should read axilla? advanced wholly cephalad of scutellum. 



Genus AMESTOCHAEIS Girault. 

 The species goondiensis is the genotype. 



1. AMESTOCHARIS NYMPHA Girault. 



Antea, p. 148, in the original description, it is stated that funicle 2 is barely longer 

 than 3 and not tapering at apex as much as in concoloripes. Funicles 1 and 2 are meant,, 

 respectively. 



A. AMESTOCHARIS NYMPHA PERSIMILIS new variety. 



Female:- — Length, 1.20 mm. 



Exactly similar to nympha but the first funicle joint is as in concoloripes, that is, tapers- 

 toward apex and is plainly longer than the second (the two are subequal in nympha), the 

 mandibles are somewhat broader. Otherwise, I cannot distinguish between them. Both varieties 

 bear broad fore wings. The parapsidal furrows are represented by mere depressions caudad in 

 both. 



Male: — Not known. 



Described from one female captured by sweeping in virgin jungle (or else from a. 

 window), December 30, 1911. 



Habitat: Yungaburra, Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy 2478, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above specimen on a tag, the- 

 head and hind legs on a slide. 



Later, two females were found from Proserpine, Queensland, captured by sweeping the 

 dry bed of the Proserpine Eiver, November 3, 1912. The vertex was nearly smooth, the face- 

 lined polygonally. 



