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marginal S 2 )ots ^vider Than long not round; also the manddjles are only G-deutate. Differing 
notably in the distincdly shorter funicde joints of 'whiidi 1 is somewhat longer than Avide, 
snbeqnal to the pedieei, longest, 3 being a little longer than Avide. Scape Avhite. Both 
species boar a transA'orse yellow marking just across, and eephahid of, the tegiila as in (livimis. 
From one female captured in forest, April 3, 1914. 
llahitat : GordoiiA'ale (Cairns) , Queensland. 
Type: No. }{y‘37SU Queensland Museum. Brisbane, the specimen on a tag, liead on 
a slide. 
16. ELASMUS STELLATUS Girault. 
Lemon jadlow. the abdomen orange yellow; marked with black as in nigrisciitellum 
except that the short lateral extension of tlie central l)lack of A'ertex does not reach the 
eyes, the scuteJlum is margined (excetd at base) Avith yelloAA', A'ery narroAAdy around apex; 
distal half of dorsal edge of hind coxa and a dot at base of dorsal edge black. Abdomen 
the same but near ti]» Avith a small round black spot at meson as hi uviyuttains. Occiput 
AAitli a rather narroAA* black looped stripe across at dorsal third, eye to eye. Extreme cephalic 
apex of neck of pronotum black. Tip of arIvcs of ovipositor black but not of abdomen. 
Allied AA ith unii/uloU us but may be «listinguished at once by having the scutelhim 
mostly black and the ajjex of ])ronotum more iiarroAvIy so. The minute black dot on each 
margin of scutum al:sent, only visible on one side in the type. Funicles 2 and 3 subequal, 
a little shorter than i Avhich is over tAvice longer tlian wide. 
In the type, the scutum Avas oehreous and quite as described for nigriscuiellum. 
A female captured in forest, April 12, 1914, Gordonvale. Compared Avitli type. 
17. ELASMUS MURWILLUMBAHENSIS neAV species. 
Female: — Length, 2 mm. 
Dark metallic green, the postscutellum lemon yelloAv, the legs AA'hite except dorsal 
third of caudal coxa, the abdomen orange yellow exce])t rather broadly at tip (dorsad and 
A'eutrad), dorsad a cross'Stri})e preceding the a])icMl metallic coloration; also a rather broad 
metallic green stripe across base of abdomen followed l)y a triaugiilar marginal s]mt. Teguhn 
leTuon yelloAv. The pair of marginal spots on abdomen are closer to the proxijiial green than 
to the cross-stri]te. The distal green dorsad of abdomen occupies about distal fourth. Caudal 
wings very broad. Fore Avings distinctly infuseated indefiuitLdy from tl»e minute stigmal 
vein. Pedicel siibequa! to funicle 3 Avhich is shortest, a little longer than Avide, 1 longest, one 
and tAvo thirds times longer than Avide. INlandibles about lo-deiitate. Scape Avhite, dusky 
aboA’e at tip, rest of antenna black. Head punctate. Thorax clothed usually. 
Described from one female caught by miscellaneous sweeping, May 11, 1914 (A. P. 
Dodd). 
Jlahitaf: Murwiliumbah, NeAv South Wales. 
Type: No. Hy :273S, Queensland Musenih, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag. 
18. ELASMUS CONSUMMATUS new species. 
Female: — Length, 2.20 mm. 
Orange yelloAv, the folloAA'ing parts A'ery dark metallic green or black: Head, middle 
coxa above at base, neck of jn-onotum, axilla?, a small marginal spot on each side of abdomen 
at base, a larger one at apex of proximal third, not quite distal fourth of abdomen (some- 
Avhat less A'entrad). j^repeidiis, mesojdeurum, proximal, dorsal half of caudal coxa, and 
dorsal edge of caudal femur. Mandibles G-dentate. Funicle 1 distinctly longer than the 
jiedicel Avhich is rather long; scape yellow, flagellum black; funicle 1 two and a half times 
