An^TSAirtX UYMESOrTEUA (lIMCinOlllKA. H.—CIHACLT. i:,' 



or not at all on the scapula;; ]ivopocleum with two raised lines or longitudinal cariuw. Tarsi 

 .")-jointed. Apical cilin of front wings short, many times slimtev than the greatest width of 

 the wings. Abdomen pedii'ellate. 



" OodniniH aiistriilicnuis, sp. uov. 



" Black, shining, antenna' of the male black, of the female willi the si'ai)e mostly |)a!i'' 

 yoUowish-browii, the second joint also more or less brownish, the following three blackish, the 

 sixth also dark but less so than the preceding, seventh, eighth and ninth white, tenth much wider 

 than the ninth and black, club black. Legs brownish yellow or testaceous, posterior tibial more 

 or less darkened. Abdomen jiedicellate, brownish black or piceous. Length IJ mm. 



" n (tint 111 : Cairns. Qneensland; two examples extracted from eggs of a conspicuous 

 Ti ttigonui common in tlie cane fields.'' 



5. GONATOCERUS CINGULATUS Perkins. Female. 



'•' Yellow; the face, the whole of the tlagellum nf the antennai, two ad.jacent S]u)ts on 

 the front of the niesonotnm wliich do not reach back to the middle, one on the anterior angle 

 of the scapula', another on each side ad.joiniug the tegula^ and a median one between these, 

 tlie ]u'opodeum, the meso- and metaplenra, hind coxte, all tibia^, tarsi above, two bands near 

 middle of abdomen ("appearing as one very broad one in contraited s]ieeimens) and sheaths of 

 ovipositor dark, black or blarkish fusccnis. Scajie and serond .inint of antenna^ and front and 

 middle coxa^ more or less dark on maryins. Front tiliia' witli ilistinct. small, stout spines, 

 ]ilaced remoteh- and in line. Length 15 mm. 



"Habitat: rii-isbani', (^)ni'enslan.l. ' ' 



6. GONATOCERUS SULCATUS n, w species, 



Male: — Length, Llln nun. 



A'elvety black, the wings transparent, the body marked with intense golden yellow as 

 follows: Head (excepting up]ier occi]nit and vertex), j)rothorax. legs except caudal two ]iairs 

 of tibia) (caudal tibi» darker than middle, black), sides and venter of cephalic half of 

 mesothorax and the scajie. Antenna' dnsk.v yellow, tlie scape verv short (without the bulla 

 wider tlian long), the ]iedicel a litth» .shorter than the scape; funicle ] over twice the size of 

 the jiedicel, a little longer than wide, 2 a little longer than L '5 .'ind following each a little 

 longer than 2, subef|ual ; funicle and club .joints longitudinally striate; joints 9 and ]0 of 

 funicle a little the longest, n- arly twice longer than wide and not so thick as 1. Thorax coarsely 

 S'-aly, the propodenm witli fine sculjiture, long, with a median carina and carinated lateral 

 margin. .'Scutum with a distinct median sulcus. Hind tibial sinir long, slender. Cejihalic tiliiaj 

 armed as in sliaVcs/uarri. Caudal wings broad with short caudal marginal cilia. Wings not 

 \'isible jilainl.v in balsam mounts but the marginal cilia \'eiy short. 



h'rniali : — Not known. 



Described from one male captured .Vjiril l-">. 1014 in fonst ( .\. I^. Dodd). 



TJahitat : Cloucurry, Queensland. 



Tiipr: No. Hy3I;10. Queensland Museum. Brisbane, the sperinien on a slide with type 

 of Goiiatiircni.^ {iifrcnsi:^ (iii'ault, 



7. GONATOCERUS NONSULCATUS new species. 



Male: — Length, 1 mm. 



Very similar to the preceding but the scutum simjile. t)ie thoracic sculpture somewhat 

 finer, the mesothorax c<.»ncolorous and also the caudal coxa? and fmuora. Ft-re wings subtrnncate 

 at a])ex. verv transparent. Pronotum above dark. 



F I male : — Unknown. 



From one male captured at the same place with sulealiis-. 



Habitat: Cloncurrv, Qneensland. 



Tjipe: No. H\iS!5l, (^)ue(>nsland ituseum, Brisbane, the specimen on .'i slide. 



