120 'USTRALIAN PROCTOTRYPOIDEA. 



margin at l)a.se, the cephalic and distal margins (tf the 

 wing shaped like a section of a balloon ; marginal cilia absent 

 on both the cephalic and caudal margins, the distal margin 

 serrated and with extremely dense, long, curved cilia, 

 quite as long as the greatest wing width, and appear- 

 ing like plumes ; discal cilia apparently absent, or so fine 

 as not to be seen: wings just reaching apex of a)>domen, 

 and not much longer than their greatest width ; totally 

 Without venation. 



This genus is utterly unlike any other Scelionid genus 

 known. Its thoracic and abdominal characters suggest 

 its relationship with the genus Hadronotns, but its extra- 

 ordinarily shaped head, the absence of ocelli, and the 

 peculiar wings make it unique for the family. It is un- 

 doubtedly the most remarkable Scelionid genus at present 

 known to science. 



Tyjje : Encyrtoscelio mirissimus described herewith. 



Encyrtoscelio mirissimus. sj). nov. 



9 Length, 1.15 mm. 



Coal black ; the legs (except the coxse) and first seven 

 antennal joints golden yellow, the funicle joints a little 

 dusky. 



Head and thorax with fine, poh^gonal, scaly sculpture, 

 the head also with small scattered punctures, the punctures 

 not setigerous. Abdomen with close polygonal reticulation, 

 the reticulation in raised lines. Antennae 12-jointed ; 

 scape long and slender ; pedicel one-half longer than wide, 

 fully as long as first two funicle joints combined ; funicle 

 joints transverse, the 1st narrower than the others ; club 

 5-jointed, joints 1-4 distinctly wider than long, 2nd slightly 

 the widest. Forewings somewhat infuscated, opaque. 



Hah : North Queensland (Gordonvale, near Cairns). 

 Described from one 9 caught by sweeping in forest, 3rd 

 January, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



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

 tag, the anteuupe and forewings on a slide. 



