92 AUSTRALIAN PKOCTOTRYPOIDEA 



Structure very similar to ashmeadi Dodd, but the 

 punctures on the scutum and scutellum, are smaller and 

 more dense. First abdominal segment striate, the rest 

 smooth. Fore Mings somewhat infuscated, the margins 

 distinctly not equally inclined. Antenna? as in ashmeadi. 



Hab : New South Wales (Upper Tweed River). De- 

 scribed from one male caught by sweeping in 0];en forest, 

 1000 feet, 17th May, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type : South Australian Mu eum, a rj on a tag, the 

 antennse and forewings on a slid'-. 



Dedicated to Arnold Fcerst(:\ 



Mallateleia westwoodi, sp., nov. 



(J Length, 1.95 mm. 



Black ; femora, tibias and antennal scape, fuscous ; 

 tarsi yellow. Head transverse, with fine scaly sculpture 

 and moderately dense, not large, thimble punctures, also 

 short fine white pubescence ; eyes large, bare. Thorax 

 slightly longer than wide : scutum and scutellum with 

 similar sculpture to the head : parapsidal furrows distinct 

 and complete. Abdomen a little longer than the head 

 and thorax united, a little wider than the thorax ; the 

 segments all more or less wider than long ; 1st striate ; 

 the 2nd with striae far laterad smooth and glabrous mesad ; 

 3rd as long as following united, practically smooth mesad, 

 then With very fine scaly sculpture : the remaining seg- 

 ments wholly finely sculptured. Forewings long ; rather 

 broad ; almost hj^aline ; cephalic and caudal margins about 

 equally inclined ; discal cilia fine, exceedingly dens^. Pedi- 

 cel short, a little longer than wide ; 1st funicle joint a little 

 longer, the 2nd quadrate, the 3rd longer than 2nd, but 

 shorter than 1st ; 3-9 subequal. 



Hab : North Queensland (Pentland, 200 miles west 

 of Townsville). Described from one male caught by 

 sweeping in forest. September, 1914 (A. A. Girault). 



Type : In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, a ^ 

 on a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



Dedicated to John Obadiah Westwood. 



