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yellow, rest of antennae black ; pedicel twice as lone a? 

 wide ; sul)eqnal to 2nd funicle joint, the 1st distinctly 

 longer. 



Hah: New Sonth Wales (Elizabeth Baj'. Sydney). 

 Described from on° male Avith the preceding species. 



Type : Macleay Mnseum, Sydney ; Hymenoptera 11 d, 

 -a (^ on a tag, the antennae and forewings on a slide. 



Genus Dicroteleia, Kieffer. 



DiCROTELEIA SOLITARIA, sp. UOV. 



9 Length, 4.40 mm. 



Shining black ; legs (including coxte) and antennal 

 scape, golden yellow. 



Head subqnaclrate, Avith large circular punctures, the 

 surface with a dull opaqueness ; eyes large, bare ; ocelli 

 large, in an equilateral triangle, the lateral ones touching 

 the eye margins ; on the occiput, the punctures form 

 transverse rugose punctation. Thorax nearly twice as 

 long as wide, the pronotum not visible from above ; scutum 

 sculptured like the head, the punctures in irregular trans- 

 verse rows separated b}' ridges ; punctures less dense on 

 scuteUum. Parapsidal furrows deep, distinct, the median 

 carina of scutum conspicuous and corresponding to a median 

 carina on the scutellum ; postscutellum almost scjuare. 

 Abdomen one-half longer than the head and thorax united ; 

 no wider than thorax ; sessile, the apex pointed ; 1st 

 segment with a blunt prominence ; first four segments 

 longitudinally rugose ; the apical two with scattered punc- 

 tures ; 2nd and 3rd the longest, subecjual, distinctly longer 

 than wide. Body with inconspicuous pubescence. Fore- 

 wings reaching to middle of 5th abdominal segment ; broad ; 

 infuscated ; discal cilia rather coarse and dense ; venation 

 fuscous, as in the Austrahan species of Sceliomorpha 

 Ashmead, the stigmal vein long and oblique ; marginal 

 punctiform ; submarginal rather remote from costa ; no 

 other veins. Pedicel one-half longer than wide ; 1st 

 funicle joint distinctly longer ; 2nd as long as pedicel, 

 3rcl shorter ; 4th as wide as long ; club 6-jointed, 1st 

 joint largest, as long as wide ; 2-5 wider than long. 



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