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MEMOIRS OF THE QVEEHSLAHI) MVSEVM. 
I^etiole very short, the abdomen flat, broadly ovate, the second segment longest, occupying about' 
a third of the surface. Hind tibial spur small, single. Pronotum transverse-linear, distinctly 
narrower than the mesonotum. 
Male: — Not kno^m. 
Type: The following species. 
1. HORISMENOIDES SULFUREIVENTRIS Girault. 
Female: — Length, 1 mm. )Short and compact. 
Metallic purple, the abdomen and legs lemon or sulphur yellow, the wings hyaline, the- 
head and thorax highly polished like the surface of tar; ocelli in a triangle, the lateral ones- 
distinctly over their own diameter from the eyes which are naked. Scutellum at latero-cephalic 
corner with a series of short, oblique, more or less parallel striso as if the corner was wrinkled; 
these are just caudad of the axillae Petiole of abdomen, scape except above, pedicel and second 
(last) funicle joint i)urplish; rest of antenna pale lemon yellow; funicle 2 slightly longer than 
1, somewhat longer than wide, shorter than the pedicel, longer than the first two club joints- 
(separately); terminal spur of club distinct but not ns long as the third (distal) joint, which 
bears it. Antennaj inserted below the middle of the face. 
Described from four females captured by sweeping in a jungle pocket, November 16,, 
1913. 
Hahitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 
Types: No. Ily^477. Queensland Museum, Brisbane, three of the above on a tag and 
two heads, two hind tibiae on a slide. 
A female at Cooktown, Queensland, jungle, March 3, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 
In the original description, antea, p. 153, footnote, line 1, axillce advanced cephalad of' 
scutum should read axillce advanced wholly cephakid of scutellum. 
Genus AMESTOCHAETS Girault. 
The species goondiensis is the genotype. 
1. AMESTOCHARIS NYMPHA Girault. 
Antea, p. 148, in the original description, it is stated that funicle 2 is barely longer 
than 3 and not tapering at apex as much as in concoloripcs. Funicles 1 and 2 are meant,, 
respectively. 
A. AMESTOCHARIS NYMPHA PERSIMILIS new variety. 
Female: — Length, 1.20 mm. 
Exactly similar to nympha but the first funicle joint is as in concoloripes, that is, tapers- 
toAvard apex and is plainly longer than the second (the two are subequal in nympha), the 
mandibles are somewhat broader. Otherwise, I cannot distinguisli between them. Both varieties- 
bear broad fore wings. The parapsidal furrows are represented by mere depressions caudad in 
both. 
Male: — Not known. 
Described from one female captured by sweeping in virgin jungle (or else from a 
Avindow), December 30, 1911. 
Hahilat: Yiingaburra, Queensland. 
Type: No. lIyS478, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the aboA’e specimen on a tag, the- 
head and hind legs on a slide. 
Later, tAvo females A\'ere found from Proserpine, Queensland, captured by SA\'ee 2 ')ing the- 
dry bed of the Proserpine Eiver, November 3, 1912. The vertex Avas nearly smooth, the face- 
lined imlygonally. 
