BY ALAN P. DODD. 12.> 



Telenomus AJAX, Np. IIOV. 



9 Length. 0.90 mm. 



Similar to cegeus but the head, viewed from above, 

 is distinctly more than twice as wide as long, the vertex 

 and frons not convex ; the thorax distinctly Avider than 

 the abdomen ; the 2nd segment with the polygonal sculpture 

 not so distinct, the segment almost wholly finely striate, 

 and occupying over two-thirds of the surface, the remaining 

 segments smooth, without punctures ; antennae more 

 yellow, the 2nd club joint broAvnish, the first funicle joint 

 scarcely longer than wide, the second wider than long. 



Hab : North Queensland (Gordon vale, near Cairns). 

 Described from one female captured with the preceding 

 species . 



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

 slide. 



Subfamily Bseinae. 



Genus Ceratob.i;oides, Dodd. 



The type and second species of this genus, have been 

 re-examined finding the following additional generic charac- 

 ters : — Postscutellum Avith a long, erect spine ; head 

 viewed from in front, triangular, distinctly longer (dorso- 

 A'entrad) than greatest AA'-idth. 



Ceratob^eoides spinosus, sp. nov. 



9 Length, 1.60 mm. 



Golden yellow ; eyes, ocelli, a square patch against 

 cephalic margin of scutum mesad and adjacent border 

 of occiput, and horn on basal abdominal segment, black : 

 apical club joints dusky black. 



Head vieAved from aljOA^e, transverse, someAvhat Avider 

 than the thorax ; the latter as Avide as long ; head and thorax 

 finely densely reticulate and pubescent. Parapsidal 

 furrows present on posterior half of scutum. Abdomen some- 

 what longer than head and thorax united ; 1st segment 

 as wide as long, Avith a blunt horn ; 3rd a little longer than 

 2nd. the remaining segments very short ; 1st and 2nd 

 segments striate, the 3rd finely densely granulate. Fore- 



