110 AUSTRALIAN PROCTOTRYPOIDEA. 



Hab : South Queensland (Childers). Described from 

 one female caught by sweeping in the open forest, 2nd 

 July, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type : In the South Australian Museum, a 9 on a 

 tag, the head and forewings on a slide. 



Genus Cremastoscelio, Dodd. 

 Cbemastoscelio flaviventris, sp. nov. 



9 Length, 1.35 mm. 



Head and thorax black ; abdomen golden yellow, 

 like the legs, its apex black ; first four antennal joints yellow, 

 next four slightly suffused with yellow, jhe club black. 



Very similar in structure to the three other species in 

 the genus, but the abdomen is more slender, distinctly 

 longer than the head and thorax united. Mandibles 4 

 dentate ; discal cilia not very fine, dense, in about 30 rows. 



Hab : New South Wales (Upper T^veed River). De- 

 scribed from one female caught by sweeping foliage and 

 grass in forest, 1,000 feet, 17th May, 1914 (A. P. Dodd)- 



Type : In the South Australian Museum, a <^ oa a, 

 slide. Later another female was found labelled " Sweepng 

 forest on hills, Maclean, Clarence River, N.S.W., 30th 

 May. 1914 (A. P. Dodd.) " 



Genus Scelio Laireille. 



Table of Australian Species. 



Males ; females. 



(1) Body wholly black = (4) 



Body more or less bright reddish or yellowish. . .. .. = (2) 



<2) Abdomen black = (3) 



Thorax and abdomen wholly red ; female 



= cruentalus sj). nov. (West Queensland) 

 {3) Scutellum black ; abdomen wholly striate 



= nigris cut elh( 711 Dodd (North Queensland) 

 Thorax uniformly red ; 1st, 2nd, and 5th abdominal seg- 

 ments striate, 3rd and 4th polygonally reticulate ; female 



= semisangtiineus, Girault (Northern Territory) 

 (4 ) Vertex of head with scattered punctures . . . . . . = (6) 



Vertex of head with large dense punctures . . . . . , == (9) 



Vertex of head reticulately rugose .. .. .. .. =(11) 



