AUSTHALIAN BTMKNOl'TKItA CBALCI DOIDKA, XU'.—Gir.AVl.r. Sr,! 



4. NEARRETOCERA PERSIMILIS now species of A. P. Dorkl. 



Female: — Leugth, o.lO mm. 



Very similar to fuseii>eiiiii.s Do.ld Iml l„.si,l,'s tljc lumcnircs on ilin ;ipic;il ],r,rllon of 

 the abdomen tbere is also fine, scaly si-nljitvirp, tlie marfriiial vein is sliorter, the peilicel is 

 ferrugiueous, the first funicle joint is somewhat wiiler tlian long, the others a little sliorter 

 and of uniform width (in fd.tcipcnnis the funicle joints ar(^ slightly narrowed at the base, 

 so that the apex of one slightly overlaps the oHier). Otherwise, the same or nearly. 



Prom one female caught in forest, .\pril I, Mil:', (.\.A.(I.). 



Hahitot : Gordonvale (Cairns), t|)ui'ensl;nid. 



Type: No. ]ly3435. Queensland Mnseuni. Urislmne, the s|H'cinicn on a t;ig, the head 

 on a slide. 



Both species have a dark Ijlotch imnicilialcly nuclei- llic nnu-ginal vein. 



AKRETOCKKOinKS 



lu'w gemis. 



Somewhat like Arreiocerus Kirby but antenna' only 11-Jointed, the long club soli<i. one 

 very short ring-joint; funicle joints long. Marginal vein thickened but ratlu'r long; ])ost- 

 marginal absent; stigmal vein a mere projection from the marginal and witlnnit a knob; 

 submarginal vein very long an<l narrow; fore wings fumatcd. Anteinue inserted at nn)iith 

 border. Abdominal petiole short ami stout, the ulHiniucn oval. Posterior tibi;e simple; posterior 

 femur beneath with one acute tooth pro.siniad inuncMliately followed by many black coniblike 

 teeth — as in Stomatocerus. Pedicel small, (.'haracterized by the pecnii.'ir venation, antenn.al 

 and abdominal structures. With the habitus of the s.-elionid genus Scelio Ijatreille. 



1. ARRETOCEROIDES FERALIS new species. JIale. Genotype. 



Length, 4.75 mm. 



Black, pubescent and punctate; legs except coxa), the scajie. pedicel and ring-joint, 

 yellowish brown. Fore wing distinctly infnsi-ated but somewhat irregularly so; a small white 

 space just disto-ctmdad of \euation; first t'uuicle joint ulicnit thrice longer than wide, the 

 others shortening somewhat; cdub longi'st of the lluyclluni, subequal to the scape or somewhat 

 shorter. Venation black. 



Habitat: Proserpine, Queensland, .lunglc, .XoMuidicr 1, liHl'. 



Type: No. Hy 34,14, Queensland Museum, iJrisbane. .V slide. 



Gexi:.s ('IIALCITI:I,IJ)1IiIvS (liruult. 



Agreeing with the description of Clialeihlhi West wood but the .-intenuie only 

 11-jointed, no ring-joint, cluli li -jointed. Fore wings willnuit pc.stmurgimLl or stigmal veins, 

 the marginal long, slender and truncate at apex. Posterior fiiuur beneath with eight teeth, 

 the distal two small and equal; scutellum ending in a niinute tooth. Venter of propodcum 

 with a pair of stout teeth pointiug ventrad. Petiole of abdomen as long as the hind coxic. 

 Posterior tibia; witli a small acute tooth outwardly near base (proximal third). Wiugs 

 hyaline. Propodeum with a median carina. Corrected description. 



1. CHALCITELLOIDES NIGRISCUTUM Cnault. I'ei.iale. Genotype. 



Length, )! mm. 



Blood red, the wings hyaline; mesoscutum and axilhe black; also venter of thorax, 

 the lateral pieces'of scutellum and an oval spot in center of posterior coxa outwardly; venation 

 pale brown. Head black, the antennie red except ilistal two thirds of .dub. Umbilicately 



