276 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



A SECOND NEW GENUS OF CHALCIDOID HYMENOP- 



TERA OF THE FAMILY MYMARID^ 



FROM AUSTRALIA. 



BY A. A. GIRAULT, NELSON (CAIRNS) QUEENSLAND. 



The following genus has the general appearance of certain 

 Entedoninse and resembles also species of Gonatocerus, but it is 

 very small. It is allied with Gonatocerus. Its many-jointed an- 

 tenna? are unique for the family. 



Agonatocerus, new genus. 



Normal position. 



Female: Like Gonatocerus Nees, but the antennae 13-jointed, 

 the body much smaller. Proximal four funicle joints small, sub- 

 equal, the distal six subequal, each over four times longer than any 

 ot the proximal four, subequal in length to the pedicel. Fore wings 

 with short marginal fringes. Club solid, not long. Abdomen sub- 

 sessile, the phragma absent. Scutum with a median grooved line. 



Male: Not known. 



Type: A. humboldti, described herewith. 



1. Agonatocerus humboldti, new species. 



Female: Length, 0.65 mm. 



Dusky brown, the base of the abdomen golden yellow, the 

 wings hyaline. Antennae and legs somewhat darker, dusky, the 

 proximal half of the scape pallid. Fore wings without discal cilia 

 under the venation or for some distance beyond, distad bearing 

 about eighteen lines. Mid-longitudinal line of posterior wing with- 

 out discal cilia. 



(From one specimen, two-third-inch objective, one-inch optic, 

 Bausch and Lomb.) 



Male: Not known. 



Described from a single female captured in the first week of 

 December, 1912, by Mr. Alan P. Dodd by sweeping in a forest. 



Habitat: Australia — Nelson (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above 

 specimen in xylol-balsam. 



Respectfully dedicated to Alexander von Humboldt. 



Mailed August 5th, 1913 



