AUSTRALIAN HTMENOPTEEA CHALCIDOIDEA, II.—GIBAULT. 157 



or not at all on the scapulas; propodenm with two raised lines or longitudinal carina?. Tarsi 

 5-jointed. Apical cilia of front wings short, many times shorter than the greatest width of 

 the wings. Abdomen pedicellate. 



" Ooctomts australiensis, sp. nov. 



" Black, shining, antennae of the male black, of the female with the scape mostly pais 

 yellowish-brown, 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 tibiae more 

 or less darkened. Abdomen pedicellate, brownish black or piceous. Length If mm. 



" Habitat: Cairns, Queensland; two examples extracted from eggs of a conspicuous 

 Tettigonia common in the cane fields." 



5. GONATOCERUS CINGULATUS Perkins. Female. 



" Yellow; the face, the whole of the flagellum of the antennae, two adjacent spots on 

 the front of the mesonotnm which do not reach back to the middle, one on the anterior angle 

 of the scapulae, another on each side adjoining the tegula? and a median one between those, 

 the propodenm. the meso- and metapleura, hind coxa?, all tibia?, tarsi above, two bands near 

 middle of abdomen (appearing as one very broad one in contracted specimens) and sheaths of 

 ovipositor dark, black or blackish fuscous. Scape and second joint of antennae and front and 

 middle coxa? more or less dark on margins. Front tibia? with distinct, small, stout spines, 

 placed remotely and in line. Length If mm. 



"Habitat: Brisbane, Queensland." 



6. GONATOCERUS SULCATUS new species. 



Male: — Length, 1.25 mm. 



Velvety black, the wings transparent, the body marked with intense golden yellow as- 

 follows: Head (excepting upper occiput and vertex), prothorax, legs except caudal two pairs 

 of tibia? (caudal tibiae darker than middle, black), sides and venter of cephalic half of 

 mesothorax and the scape. Antenna' dusky yellow, the scape very short (without the bulla 

 wider than long), the pedicel a little shorter than the scape; funicle 1 over twice the size of 

 the pedicel, a little longer than wide, 2 a little longer than 1, 3 and following each a little 

 longer than 2, subequal; funicle and club joints longitudinally striate; joints 9 and 10 of 

 'funicle a little the longest, nearly twice longer than wide and not so thick as 1. Thorax coarsely 

 scaly, the propodenm with fine sculpture, long, with a median carina and carinated lateral 

 margin. Scutum with a distinct median sulcus. Hind tibial spur long, slender. Cephalic tibia? 

 armed as in shdkespearei. Caudal wings broad with short caudal marginal cilia. Wings not 

 visible plainly in balsam mounts but the marginal cilia very short. 



Female: — Not known. 



Described from one male captured April 15, 1914 in forest (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Cloncurry, Queensland. 



Type: Xo. HyS450, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a slide with type 

 of Gonatocerus ayrensis Girault. 



7. GONATOCERUS NONSULCATUS now species. 



Male: — Length, 1 mm. 



Very similar to the preceding but the scutum simple, the thoracic sculpture somewhat 

 finer, the mesothorax concolorous and also the caudal coxa? and femora. Fore wings subtruncate 

 at apex, very transparent. Pronotum above dark. 



Female : — Unknown. 



From one male captured at the same place with sulcatus. 



Habitat : Cloncurry, Queensland. 



Type: No. Hy 2451, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a slide. 



