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6. OOTETRASTICHUS NYMPHA new species. 
For diagnosis see antea, pp. 217-218. The species is here in the literature for the second 
time only. Immediate base of abdomen edged with metallic green. Flagellum dusky. Funicle 1 
not as long as the club. One female, jungle, May 8, 1913 (A. P, Podd). The type is on a slide. 
7. OOTETRASTICHUS GLORIOSUS new species of Giranlt and A. P. Dodd. 
Female: — Length, 2 mm. 
Brilliant metallic purple; all legs intense lemon yellow'; antenngo brownish yellow. 
Wings hyaline. Propodeum not very short, sculptured like the scutum and scutellum, with a 
median carina; spiracle small, circular, situated further caudad than is usual, "with 
<110 carinse or grooves about it. Abdomen pointed ovate, no longer than the head and thorax 
united. First funicle joint distinctly longer than the x>ediccl, two and a half times as long as 
wide; second distinctly shorter than first, no longer than pedicel; third a little shorter than 
pedicel; club not much longer than first funicle joint; second club joint slightly longer than 
first. 
Described from one female caught by sweeping in forest, November 6, 1912 (A. A. 
Girault). 
Habitat: Northern Queensland (Ayr, 50 miles south of Townsville). 
Type: No. Hy S564j Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above specimen on a tag, the 
head on a slide. 
“ A female at Gordonvale, Q., forest, January 8, 1914. General color dark aqueous; 
median carina of propodeum solid. Stigmal vein short, the marginal long. Club 1 distinct, 
shorter than 2. Antenna? darker than in the type specimen. Type compared. (A.A.G.) 
8. OOTETRASTICHUS BRUNNEIVENTRIS new' species of Girault and A. P. Dodd. 
Female: — Length, 1.60 mm. 
Dark brown; prouotum, scaitiim and scutellum dark metallic eoppci’y green; legs, 
including coxaj, pale straw yellow; antenmn wholly brownish yellow. Wings hyaline. Propo-’ 
deum not short, sculptured like rest of thorax, with a distinct median carina; lateral 
carina? absent. Spiracle situated against cephalic margin of propodeum. Abdomen no 
longer than the head and thorax united. First funicle joint two thirds longer than pedicel, 
fully four times as long as wide; 2 a little shorter than 1; 3 a little shoi’ter than 2, but one 
half longe^r than pedicel; club niiucli longer than first funicle joint, first club joint shorter 
than third funicle joint; second club joint longer than first, terminating in a spur. 
Described from one female caught by SAveeping in jungle, December 31, 1911 (A. A. 
Girault). 
HahU(tt : Northern Queensland (Yungabnrra, 2,500 feet, near Cairns). 
Type: No. lly25G5, Queensland Museum. Brisbane, the above specimen on a tag, the 
head on a slide. 
9. OOTETRASTICHUS SALTENSIS new species. 
Female: — Length, 1.50 mm. Valves of ovipositor prominent distad but not exserted, 
the abdomen long. 
Deep owange yelloAV and like fosciativeiiiTis Girault but the abdomen with three 
marginal spots the third pair connected transversely by a stripe across just distad of 
middle. First marginal spot well out from the base of abdomen. Cephalic half of each 
parapside metallic, the maikings deep metallic ]nirple. The marking on cephalic scutum 
is shorter and someAA'hat less cordate and it extends a short distance onto the pronotum. 
J’ropodcum w'holly metallic, with a distinct median caiina and no others. Tip of oripositor 
