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MEMOIRS OF TEE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
6. RHICNOPELTELLA FILIA Girault. Female. 
Closest to splcndorif erella but dark blue-green, tlie wings hyaline, the antennae concolor- 
ous. Distal funicle joint not more than half the length of the pedicel. 
Habitat: New South Wales (Mt. Kosciusko). 
Type: No .1.1341, South Australian Museum, Adelaide. 
7. RHICNOPELTELLA PURPUREA new species 
Female: — Length, 1.10 mm. 
Metallic purple but otherwise like the other species; knees, cephalic tibia) and all tarsi 
pale yellowish; antenna) wholly black except the club, the three ring- and funicle joints which 
are greyish; distal two funicle joints alike, the first joint of the funicle much like the ring- 
joints; distal funicle joint distinctly shorter than the distal club joint. Pedicel as long as 
the funicle, the scape black. Distal funicle joint not more than a fifth the length of the large 
pedicel. Mandibles bident ate. 
Male : — Not known. 
Described from one female captured by sweeping in the forest along the banks of Cape 
River, December 27, 1912. 
Habitat i Capeville (Pentland), Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 1678, Queensland Museum, the above specimen on a tag, the head on a 
slide. 
8. RHICNOPELTELLA FLAVIPES new species. 
I ' ema l e : — Length , 1.70 mm . 
Characterised by being dark aeneous green, the abdomen dark, the legs (except coxa)) 
lemon yellow; scape all eoncolorous; tegula lemon yellow; three ring-joints but the first funicle 
joint ring-like but wider than the ring-joints, the pedicel rather distinctly longer than the 
distal funicle joint which is plainly wider than long. Mandibles bi dentate. 
Male : — Not known. 
Described from one female captured by sweeping in forest, August 30, 1913. 
Habitat: Nelson, Queensland. 
Type: No. Hyt67o. Queensland Museum, the above specimen on a tag, the head on a 
slide with the type of Elaehertetrasticlms aeneipes Girault. 
DIAGNOSIS OF THE AUSTRALIAN SPECIES OF RHICNOPELTELLA GIRAULT. 
L Brilliant metallic green. 
r 
Legs all deep yellow except the eoncolorous coxa); wings hyaline; a peltate yellowish 
spot in centre of abdomen at base. viridis Girault. 
Legs eoncolorous except distal half or more of hind tibia and the tarsi which are whitish: 
fore wings with a slightly infuscated area under the apex of stigmal and much of 
the marginal vein. splendor if erella Girault. 
