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6. OOTETRASTICHUS NYMPHA new species. 



For diagnosis see antea, pp. 217-218. The species is here in the literature for the second 

 time only. Immediate base of abdomen edged with metallic green. Flagellum dusky. Funicle 1 

 not as long as the club. One female, jungle, May 8, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). The type is on a slide. 



7. OOTETRASTICHUS GLORIOSUS new species of Girault and A. P. Dodd. 



Female: — Length, 2 mm. 



Brilliant metallic purple; all legs intense lemon yellow; antennae brownish yellow. 

 "Wings hyaline. Propodeum not very short, sculptured like the scutum and scutellum, with a 

 median carina; spiracle small, circular, situated further caudad than is usual, with 

 mo carina? or grooves about it. Abdomen pointed ovate, no longer than the head and thorax 

 united. First funicle joint distinctly longer than the pedicel, two and a half times as long as 

 wide; second distinctly shorter than first, no longer than pedicel; third a little shorter than 

 pedicel; club not much longer than first funicle joint; second club joint slightly longer than 

 first. 



Described from one female caught by sweeping in forest, November 6, 1912 (A. A. 

 Girault). 



Habitat: Northern Queensland (Ayr, 50 miles south of Townsville). 



Type : No. Hy 2564, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above specimen on a tag, the 

 head on a slide. 



" A female at Gordonvale, Q., forest, January 8, 1914. General color dark seneous; 

 median carina of propodeum solid. Stigmal vein short, the marginal long. Club 1 distinct, 

 shorter than 2. Antennas darker than in the type specimen. Type compared." (A.A.G.) 



8. OOTETRASTICHUS BRUNNEIVENTRIS new species of Girault and A. P. Dodd. 

 Female: — Length, 1.60 mm. 



Dark brown; pronotum, scutum and scutellum dark metallic coppery green; legs, 

 including coxse, pale straw yellow; antennas wholly brownish yellow. Wings hyaline. Propo- 

 deum not short, sculptured like rest of thorax, with a distinct median carina; lateral 

 carinas absent.- Spiracle situated against cephalic margin of propodeum. Abdomen no 

 longer than the head and thorax united. First funicle joint two thirds longer than pedicel, 

 fully four times as long as wide; 2 a little shorter than 1; 3 a little shorter than 2, but one 

 half longer than pedicel; club much longer than first funicle joint, first club joint shorter 

 than third funicle joint; second club joint longer than first, terminating in a spur. 



Described from one female caught by sweeping in jungle, December 31, 1911 (A. A. 

 Girault). 



Habitat: Northern Queensland (Yungaburra, 2,500 feet, near Cairns). 



Type: No. Hy 2565, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above specimen on a tag, the 

 head on a slide. 



9. OOTETRASTICHUS SALTENSIS new species. 



Female: — Length, 1.50 mm. Valves of ovipositor prominent distad but not exserted, 

 the abdomen long. 



Deep orange yellow and like fasciativentris Girault but the abdomen with three 

 marginal spots the third pair connected transversely by a stripe across just distad of 

 middle. First marginal spot well out from the base of abdomen. Cephalic half of each 

 parapside metallic, the markings deep metallic purple. The marking on cephalic scutum 

 is shorter and somewhat less cordate and it extends a short distance onto the pronotum. 

 Propodeum wholly metallic, with a distinct median carina and no others. Tip of ovipositor 



