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MEMOIJRS OF THE QVEEHSLAHH HVSEUH. 
Gexus ACHRYSOCHARIS Gu-aiilt. 
Differs from CJosierocerns Westwood in having filiform antennas; fimirde 2-jointed, club 
3-jointed; wings usually hyaline. Similar to Chr ysocharis Foerster but the postmarginal 
vein slightly shorter than the stigmal and the club is 3-jointed. Third club joint terminating 
in a spine-like seta; pedicel subequal to or longer than the moderately long cylindrical funicle 
joints, the single ring-joint minute. Parapsidal furrows distinct only for cephalic two 
thirds, sometimes complete. Propodeura very short, its spiracle minute, round, the earina 3 absent. 
Yellow marked with brilliant metallic green or all green. Abdomen long conic-ovate, 
pointed. 
1. ACHRYSOCHARIS MAGNIFICA Girault. Female. Genotype. 
Length, 1.75 mm. 
Pale cadmium yellow marked with deep metallic green as follows: — Head excei^t face 
ventrad of the antennal bulbs; pronotinn, all of niesoscutnm except latero-caiidal halves of each 
parapside, base of abdomen in the dorsal aspect, the propodeum except laterad, a narrow line 
down the median line of the scutellum for about proximal two thirds and the cephalic third 
of the axilla\ A dark round spot dorsal aspect on each side of the abdomen about the 
middle, the space between them darkened (across tlie meson). Tip of abdomen dusky. Scape 
])ale. the anteunai ycdlow. Legs whitish, including the coxau Body densely polygonally 
reticulated, the mesoscutiim more roughly, being almost punctate, A more or less obscure 
brownish area laterad of the scutellum. cephalad of propodeal spiracle. Pedicel subequal 
in length to proximal funicle joint, proximal club joint distinctly longer than wide. Tip of 
ovipositor valves black. 
Captured December 3, 1912, Gordonvale, Queensland. 
Type: A female on a tag (minus head). 
Proximal club joint distinctly longer than’ wide, not as originally stated. For the 
variety varicolor, see later. 
2. ACHRYSOCHARIS PULCHRA Girault. 
Length, 1.90 nim. 
Like the ty])ical species but the metallic green on the scutellnm does not form a 
straight line down the median line but is much broader and ovate in shape, variable in size; 
the metallic green strij;>e across the base of abdomen is longer and the tij) of the abdomen 
dark metallic. Moreover, the i>edicel is longer, longer than the i^roximal funicle joint, the 
proximal club joint shorter but still longer than wide. Same color pattern as magnifiea. 
Hind wings with about 10 lines of discal cilia, broad. 
Captured with magnifica. 
Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 
Types: Two females on tags. 
3. ACHRYSOCHARIS GRANDIS Girault. Female. 
Length, 2 mm. 
Like puJchra but whole thorax metallic green; abdomen only slightly so at extreme tip; 
somewhat distad of middle there is a round dot near each lateral margin. Like the other two 
species. Fore wings very broad, pyriform, the apex subtriiucate but not differing from those 
of the others. 
Captured September 3, 1912. 
The metallic green median line of scutellum is as in the genotype and is outlined by 
being shiny and coarsely scaly, the rest of the scutellum opaque and nearly smooth. 
Type : A female on a slide. 
