BY ALAN P. DODD. i 13 



no witler than thorax, the 8rd segment slightly the longest. 

 Forewings reaching almost to apex of abdomen ; broad ; 

 rather darkly infuscated ; venation not very distinct, the 

 stigmal vein moderately long, scarcely oblique, straight ; 

 stigmal spot rather distinct, irregularly circular. Antennae 

 shoit and stout, the joints beyond the third all much wider 

 than long : pedicel over twice as long as wide, slightly 

 longer than 1st funicle joint. Metanotum with white 

 pubescence laterally. 



Hah : West Queensland (Cloncurry). Described from 

 one female caught on ground, I8th April, 1014 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type : In the South Australian Museum, a $ on a tag, 

 antenna? and forewings on a slide. 



SCELIO PARVICORNIS, S/J. noi\ 



9 Length, 3.75 mm. 



Black : legs reddish yellow, the coxse black, the 

 femora dusky, antennae wholly black. 



Head with scattered moderately large punctures. Thorax 

 rugose-punctate ; parapsidal furrows distinct. Abdomen 

 fully as long as head and thorax united, fully twice as long 

 as its greatest width ; 1st and 2nd segments striate, the 

 rest finely longitudinally reticulate, 3rd and 4th segments 

 a little the largest. Forewings reaching apex of abdomen ; 

 moderately broad ; not much infuscated ; discal cilia 

 dense, rather fine ; venation pale yellow ; stigmal vein 

 moderately long, not very oblique, straight ; stigmal spot 

 not well defined. Antemise short and stout : pedicel 

 one-half longer than wide ; 1st funicle joint a little shorter 

 and narrower than pedicel ; remaining joints much wider 

 than long, the last six forming a stout club. 



-^ Forewings practically hyaline. Antenna' black at 

 base, becoming suffused with brown towards apex, scape 

 slightly thickened ; pedicel short and stout ; 1st funicle 

 joint a little longer than wide : 2-7 distinctly wider than 

 long. 3rd the widest but not much enlarged. 



Hab : South Australia. Described from one pair in 

 the collections of the Macleay Museum. 



Ty2)e.s : Macleay Museum. Sydney ; Hymenoptera 4d, 

 the above specimen.s on a tag. (J and 9 antennae and 

 forewings on a slide. 



