AUSTRALIAN HYMENOPTERA CHALCIDOIDEA, XIV.—GIRAULT. 351 
4. NEARRETOCERA PERSIMILIS new species of A. P. Dodd. 
Female :—Length, 3.10 mm. 
Very similar to fuscipennis Dodd but besides the punctures on the apical portion of 
the abdomen there is also fine, scaly sculpture, the marginal vein is shorter, the pedicel is 
ferrugineous, the first funicle joint is somewhat wider than long, the others a little shorter 
and of uniform width (in fuscipennis the funicle joints are slightly narrowed at the base, 
so that the apex of one slightly overlaps the other). Otherwise, the same or nearly. 
From one female caught in forest, April 4, 1913 (A.A.G.). 
Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 3425, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag, the head 
on a slide. ; 
Both species have a dark blotch immediately under the marginal vein. 
ARRETOCEROIDES new genus. 
Somewhat like Arretocerus Kirby but antennz only 11-jointed, the long club solid, one 
very short ring-joint; funicle joints long. Marginal vein thickened but rather long; post- 
marginal absent; stigmal vein a mere projection from the marginal and without a knob; 
submarginal vein very long and narrow; fore wings fumated. Antenne inserted at mouth 
border. Abdominal petiole short and stout, the abdomen oval. Posterior tibie simple; posterior 
femur beneath with one acute tooth proximad immediately followed by many black comblike 
teeth—as in Stomatocerus. Pedicel small. Characterized by the peculiar venation, antennal 
and abdominal structures. With the habitus of the scelionid genus Scelio Latreille. 
1. ARRETOCEROIDES FERALIS new species. Male. Genotype. 
Length, 4.75 mm. 
Black, pubescent and punctate; legs except coxw, the scape, pedicel and ring-joint, 
yellowish brown. Fore wing distinctly infuscated but somewhat irregularly so; a small white 
space just disto-caudad of venation; first funicle joint about thrice longer than wide, the 
others shortening somewhat; club longest of the flagellum, subequal to the scape or somewhat 
shorter. Venation black. 
Habitat: Proserpine, Queensland. Jungle, November 4, 1912. 
Type: No. Hy 3424, Queensland Museum, Brisbane. A slide. 
Genus CHALCITELLOIDES Girault. 
Agreeing with the description of Chalcitella Westwood but the antenne only 
11-jointed, no ring-joint, club 2-jointed. Fore wings without postmarginal or stigmal veins, 
the marginal long, slender and truncate at apex. Posterior femur beneath with eight teeth, 
the distal two small and equal; scutellum ending in a minute tooth. Venter of propodeum 
with a pair of stout teeth pointing ventrad. -Petiole of abdomen as long as the hind coxe. 
Posterior tibiz with a small acute tooth outwardly near base (proximal third). Wings 
hyaline. Propodeum with a median carina. Corrected description. 
1. CHALCITELLOIDES NIGRISCUTUM Girault. Female. Genotype. 
Length, 3 mm. 
Blood red, the wings hyaline; mesoscutum and axille 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 antenne red except distal two thirds of club. Umbilicately 
