128 Mr. F. P. Dodd's Notes v/pon some remarJcaUe 



Antennoe 7-jointeil, scape sraootli flagellnm pilose opaque, the joints 

 distinct ; eyes large, bulging out on either side of the head. Thorax, 

 sutures between pro- and mesonotum, scutellum, postscutellum and 

 median segment distinct ; wings hyaline iridescent ; legs slender. 

 Abdomen lanceolate apically acute, above depressed, concave, oviposi- 

 tor not exserted. Head, thorax and abdomen metallic-blue, flagellum 

 of the antenna? and the femora of the legs except at apex dark 

 brown, scape of the antennas and apex of femora, tibire and tarsi 

 pale yellow. 



(J. Only differs from the $ in being smaller, the antenna3 are 

 10-jointed with the flagellum more densely pilose ; head and thorax 

 minutely but densely punctured, and the abdomen short, rounded 

 posteriorly, not acute. 



Length ? 2|, ^^ 1| mm. Exp. (^ ? 4 mm. 



Types in Hope Department; co-types in British Museum 

 of Natural History. 



Ilah. N. Queensland, Townsville (F. P. Dodd). 



Hyperparasitic upon A'panteles deliadis (page 125). 



No. 7. Stomatoceras fasciatipennis, form. nov. 



9. Head and thorax closely and evenly punctured. Clypeus and 

 face below the base of the antenme cribrate ; face and front above 

 the Ijase of the antenn;« deeply and widely vertically sulcate, the 

 furrow bordered on each side and above, just below the vertex, liy a 

 well-marked carina ; scape of antennse long about one-third of the 

 whole length of the latter, smooth but minutely pilose, flagellum 

 s"mple, granulo?e, 10-jointed. Thorax : robust, pronotum margined 

 anteriorly ; scutellum large oval convex overhanging the median 

 segment, bidentate at apex, posteriorly with a very narrow sub- 

 marginal furrow or channel ; median segment short, truncate, bearing 

 on its posterior vertical face a median looped carina and two lateral 

 oblique carinas ; wings hyaline with sub-basal and post-median broad 

 transverse fuscous fascisv ; legs minutely pilose, posterior femora edged 

 posteriorly with numerous extremely minute teeth. Abdomen 

 subsessile smooth and shining, the basal abdominal segment as long 

 as the rest united. Head, thorax and dorsal surface of abdomen 

 black ; aj^ex of scape of antennjB, tegulas of wings, the legs, and 

 sides and ventral surface of abdomen blood-red. 



Length 9 5 inn^. Exp. 8 mm. 



$ type in Hope Department. 



Eab. N. Queensland, Townsville {F. P. Dodd). 



