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in the space between, the cephalic of these two longer, extending 

 to base. 



Male: Not known. 



Described from a female captured by sweeping in the forest, 

 June 14, 1912. 



Habitat: Australia — Nelson, Queensland. 



Type: In the Queensland Museum Brisbane, the above spe- 

 cimen on a slide. 



Ophelimini. 



Alophomorpha new genus. 



Female: Like Alophus Ashmead but metallic, the antennae 

 11-jointed with two ring-joints, the first very short, the club 

 3-jointed, the third joint minute yet larger than a nipple but 

 nipple-shaped. Head a little wider than long. Parapsidal furrows 

 shallow; grooves on scutellum curving toward each other at tip 

 but not quite joining. Propodeum with a distinct median carina 

 with a short sulcus on each side of it at middle. Postmarginal vein 

 longer than the stigmal. Abdomen wider than the thorax, from 

 above broadly ovate. Hind tibiae with two short strong spurs. 



Male: Not known. 



Type: The following species. 



1. Alophomorpha pulchra new species. 



Female: Length, 2 mm. 



Dark metallic blue, the scutellum between the grooves and 

 second segment of abdomen green, the wings hyaline; coxae and 

 femora concolorous but the hind femur white at basal half; tibiae 

 and tarsi white, the hind tarsus dusky toward tip and above. 

 Scutellum and pronotum densely punctate, the punctures formed 

 of raised polygons, the scutellum very densely shagreened between 

 the grooves, the postscutellum, metathorax and propodeum 

 smoother but with a very fine reticulation, the axillae more grossly 

 so. Head like the axillae. Scape white, rest of antennae conco- 

 lorous. Second segment of abdomen glabrous, the others distad 

 sculptured like the metathorax. Antennae with the club not widened, 

 ovate, the first funkle joint large, as long as the club, the others 

 shortening, the last not much longer than wide, about as long as the 

 pedicel but larger; small distal club joint not terminating in a nipple. 



Male: Not known. 



Described from one female captured by sweeping in a jungle 

 pocket, May 26, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Australia — Nelson (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above 

 specimen on a tag and a slide with an antenna and hind leg. 



Sympiesomorphelleus new genus. 

 Female: Like Sympiesomorpha Ashmead but the antennae 

 10-jointed with two ring-joints, the club only 2-jointed and ter- 



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