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Head as wide as the thorax ; thorax a little longer than wide, finely 

 polygonally sculptured ; abdomen a little longer and wider than the 

 thorax, first and second segments striate, first segment short, second 

 segment very large. 



Antennae n-jointed; scape long and slender equal to next six joints 

 combined; pedicel slender, twice as long as wide; first funicle joint 

 shorter and narrower than the pedicel, twice as long as wide ; second and 

 third shorter, but longer than wide; fourth as wide as long; club 5- 

 jointed; joints 1-4 wider than long, first joint small, second the longest 

 and widest. 



Forewings reaching a little beyond tip of abdomen ; rather narrow ; 

 hyaline ; marginal cilia moderately long ; discal cilia very fine and dense ; 

 submarginal vein attaining the costa a little before the middle of the 

 wing; marginal vein not as long as the stigmal which is rather short; 

 postmarginal vein very long. 



$ . Unknown. 



Described from a single specimen caught while sweeping in 

 forest, April 13, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat. North Queensland (Nelson, near Cairns). Type. 

 A female on a slide. 



(2) Telenomus otho sp. nov. 

 9. Length 1.30 mm. 



Like oenone Dodd, but the f orewings are broader, the venation darker, 

 the legs are darker, and the head and thorax are reticulately rugulose. 

 $ . Unknown. 



Described from two specimens caught while sweeping in 

 forest, April, 1913 (A. A. Girault). 



Habitat. North Queensland (Nelson, near Cairns). Type. 

 A female tagmounted plus a slide bearing antennae and 

 forewings. 



(3) Telenomus oenone Dodd. This common species has been 

 found in another locality, a female having been caught by Mr. A. 

 A. Girault by sweeping grass, etc., Castle Hill, Townsville, North 

 Queensland, 23rd January, 1913. 



(4) Telenomus oeta sp. nov. 

 9. Length i.oo mm. 



Like oenone Dodd, but the femora are black, antennae black, scarcely 

 suffused with red ; the short first abdominal segment is striate, the re- 

 maining segments are smooth; antennal club only 5-jointed, the third 

 joint the longest and widest; marginal vein only one-fourth as long 

 as the stigmal. 



$ . Unknown. 



