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5. TRICHAPOROIDELLA ELEGANTA new species. 
Female: — Length, 1.30 mm. 
Golden yellow, the propodeum, all of scutum except lateral margins, scutellum between 
the first grooves (median line broadly nearly to first grooves), meson of pronotum broadly, 
cephalic half or less of each parapside, over cephalic half of each axilla (except a small space 
centre of cephalic margin) and the margins of abdomen brokenly along slightly over cephalic 
half, dark metallic green; also thorax just laterad of each axilla and a spot on abdomen at 
meson dorsad at distal three fourths; abdomen with about four dusky cross-stripes along the 
margined proximal part and an obscure fifth one across at the isolated spot. Tip of ovipositor 
valves black. Propodeum scaly. Antenna* dusky; funicle 1 longest, 3 much shorter, slightly 
longer than the pedicel; club with a stout nipple, more or less equal to joint 1 of funicle. 
Wings hyaline. Mandibles tridentate. Propodeum without true lateral caringe. 
Male : — Not known. 
Described from one female captured by sweeping in forest, February 20, 1913 (A. P. 
Dodd). A second specimen was seen later. 
Habitat: Nelson (Cairns), Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 1806, Queensland Museum, the above specimen on a tag, the head on a 
slide. 
Genus SELITRICHODELLA Girault. 
Antenna? 7 -jointed with one ring-joint, the club solid. Scutum with ^ median sulcus, 
the scutellum with four grooves. Propodeum tricar inate, the spiracle minute, round. Male 
antenna) 8- jointed, the funicle 4- join ted. 
li SELITRICHODELLA MIRA Girault. Female, male. Genotype. 
Metallic purple, the abdomen light lemon yellow with a broad purplish stripe down each 
side from base to distal third or fourth. Appendages yellow, the wings hyaline. Distal two 
funicle joints subequal, longest of the funicle. 
In the males the distal third of abdomen is purple, the marginal stripe absent. 
Habitat: Nelson (Cairns), Queensland. Forest. 
Type: No. Hy 1807, Queensland Museum. 
2. SELITRICHODELLA ACUMINATA new species. 
Ferqale: — Length, 1.55 mm. 
Purplish black, the wings hyaline; lateral margins of scutum narrowly, scutellum laterad 
of first groove and distal half or more, parapsides, cephalic portion of axilla, the legs and 
antenna? pale lemon yellow. Scutum very long; propodeum with a short, broad median carina. 
Abdomen long and conical, sordid yellowish. Flagellum dusky yellow, the funicle joints 
subequal, all somewhat longer than wide, combined longer than the club which bears a small 
nipple-like spine at tip; pedicel slightly shorter than the funicle joints. Mandibles tridentate. 
Male : — Not known. 
Described from a female captured by sweeping in forest near the banks of Cape River,, 
January 8, 1913. 
Habitat: Capeville (Pentland), Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 1808, Queensland Museum, the above specimen on a tag, the head on a 
slide. 
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