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memoit:^ of tee Queensland museum. 
Pedicel distinctly longer than funicle 1 which is suljquadrate, longer than 2 which is narrower 
and subquadrate, 3 like 2 but shorter, hence -wider than long. Mandibles with three acute teeth. 
Stigmal vein shorter tlmn with moriim which this species resembles in form. 
This species resembles closely flaviscutcllim Girault but the fore wings are narrower, the- 
base of the abdomen yellowish, the cephalic margin of scutum not yellow, tlie hind femur not 
dusky along proximal half and the abdomen is rounded, not cylindrical (though obtuse at apex) 
as in flaviscuieUum. 
From one female captured in forest, December 24, 1912, 
Habit at : Capoville ( Pentland), Queensland. 
Tyt)e: No. Uy^584, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a slide. 
Genus NEOTETEASTICHODES Girault. 
Antea, p. 228, line 2, Girault should read Ashmead-, line 3, the word male should precede- 
the word female. 
1. NEOTETRASTICHODES FLAVUS Girault. 
Length of female, 1.80 mm.; of male. 1.30 mm. The types Avere captured by sweeping, 
grass in forest, April 30, 1912. The ty]>es are one pair on a slide. 
2. NEOTETRASTICHODES SILVENSIS (Girault). 
Removed from Ootetro.'it-lelms. Type re-examined. The following descriptive notes from 
a second female from the type locality, forest, April 3, 1914 are correct: — 
Length, 1.30 mm. 
.^ueons green, the Avings hyaline, the scape, legs except the concolorons Iiind coxa and 
someAAbat over proximal third of abdomen creamy Avhite; rest of abdomen dark metallic purple. 
Lateral margin of abdomen at base for a sliort distance metallic ])iirple; proximal margin of 
purple of abdomen (dorsal asjiect) rather deeply concaved (so that at the margins, the purple 
proceeds nearer to base than at center). Mandibles tridentate, the third tooth broad, obliquely 
truncate. Funicle 1 shorter than the club, longest, about Iavo and a fourth times longer than its 
greatest width, 2 someAvliat shorter than it, 3 a fourth shorter than 1, sligbtly longer than the 
pedicel. Cheeks short. Abdomen conic-ovate, soineAvhat longer than the thorax. Propodeum 
with a distinct median carina and wliat a})pears to be two lateral carinm running to base of 
caudal coxa from each side of the spiracle and not .side by side (probably due to an ixupression 
due to drying, thus ghdng the appearance of t.Avo carina'). Propodemn finely reticnlatod; rest 
of thorax with the usual very fine longitudixial sheening of the group. Abdomen pointed at tip. 
Club with a A'ery short nipple, the three joints not much unequal. Scape normal. 
3. NEOTETRASTICHODES MAXIMUS new species of A. P. Dodd and A. A. Girault. 
Female: — Lengtlx, 2.30 mm. 
Very dark metallic bine, the coxat and femora concolorons; rest of legs and antennal 
scajje golden yclloAA', rest of antennm black. Fore AA'ings hyaline. Stigmal vein with a distinct 
knob, postmarginal vein two thirds lengtJi of stigmal. Abdomen short and stout, convex above, 
straight beneath. Scutum and scutellnm naked. Propodeum almost smooth, glabrous, uot very 
short, with a median earma. Scape scarcely compressed; pedicel not elongate, snbequal to 
funicle joint 2, 1 a little larger than 2, 3 a little smaller; club not much shorter than the funicle, 
the joints about subequal; ring-joints large and distinct. 
From one female caught by sweeping in jungle, August 7, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 
Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 
Type: No. HyS585, Queensland Mnseiun, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag, the head on a 
slide. 
