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A. A. Girault: 



Dark metallic green or blue green, the propodeum and the 

 axillae (partly), reddish yellow-brown also the abdomen except 

 basal fourth, or less which is blue green and the dark brown caudal 

 margin of the Segments. Third abominal segment shorter than 

 the fourth, the second longest. All of venter of thorax and abdomen 

 yellow brown, the legs concolorous with this color, beyond the 

 femora paler. Head and thorax with a scaly punctation, the 

 scutellum somewhat smoother. Postmarginal vein only a little 

 longer than the stigmal, the fore wing with an obscure stained area 

 under the distal half or so of the marginal vein. Tip of ovipositor 

 valves black. Antennae 8-jointed, with one ring-joint, the funicle 

 2-jointed, ihe club long, 3-jointed, the third terminating in a long 

 spine-like projection as long as itself; club acuminate; second 

 funicle joint distinctly the longest joint of the flagellum but no 

 longer than the pedicel which is rather large. 



Male: Not known. 



Described from one female captured by sweeping in a jungle 

 pocket, May 11, 1913. 



Habitat: Australia — Nelson (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above 

 specimen on a tag, the head on a slide. 



Genus Achrysocharis Girault. 

 1. Achrysocharis bifasciatus new species. 

 Female: Length, 0.85 mm. 



Golden yellow, the pronotum and cephalic half of scutum, 

 metallic green; propodeum, a spot in center of scutellum, one 

 across apex of each axillae, a smaller, round dot on each axilla 

 caudad of middle, near the scutellum, dusky, while two adjacent 

 stripes across about the middle of the abdomen, black; apex of 

 each parapside metallic green; tips of valves of ovipositor black; 

 fore wing with an obscure broad clouded stripe across it from about 

 the stigmal vein. First funicle joint subequal to the pedicel, the 

 second joint of the funicle longest of the flagellum, the first club 

 joint not much shorter than it. 



Male: Not known. 



Described from one female captured by sweeping in a jungle 

 pocket, May 11, 1913. 



Habitat: Australia — Nelson (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above 

 specimen on a slide (2 Covers). 



Pediobiini. 



Pseudacrias new genus. 

 Female: Like Metacrias Girault but the antennae with three 

 ring-joints, the second two extremely short, the first large, the 

 funicle 3-jointed, the club 2-jointed, the second joint terminating 



