BY ALAN P. DODD. 133 



Dendrocerus variipes, sji. nov\ 



9 Length, 1.10 mm. 



Dark dull brown, the head and scutum lighter ; eyes 

 and ocelli, black ; legs (including the coxae), pale silvery 

 yellow, the posterior femora, and apical third of posterior 

 tibiae black ; pedicel and first three funicle joints silvery 

 white, contrasting Avith the fuscous i-emaining antennal 

 joints. 



Head somewhat wider than the thorax ; transverse. 

 Thorax over one-half longer than wide ; densely fineh- 

 granulate, except the metanotum, which is smooth and 

 shining ; scutum with a median groove not very distinct : 

 scutellum longer than wide, convex. Abdomen conic- 

 ovate ; pointed at apex ; no longer or M'ider than the 

 thorax ; convex above and beneath, almost as high as long. 

 Forewings reaching apex of abdomen ; moderatelj- broad 

 base and apex hj-aline, the rest deeply clouded ; discal 

 cilia fine, Yevy dense ; stigma semicircular, the stigmal 

 vein scarcely longer and almost straight. Antennae slightly 

 widest in centre, the joints all longer than wide ; pedicel 

 one half longer than wide, a little shorter than first funicle 

 joint which is a little longer than the second or third, the 

 fourth slightly the longest. 



Hab : New South Wales (Upper Tweed River). De- 

 scribed from one female caught by sweeping in open forest, 

 1,000 feet, 17th May, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



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

 tag, the antennae and forewings on a slide. 



Genus Megaspilus, Westwood. 

 Megaspilus conspicufs, sj). nov. 



9 Length, 2.10 mm. 



Black ; legs (including coxae), and antennal scape, 

 pedicel, and first funicle joint more or less, bright golden 

 yeUow . 



Head and thorax with circular punctures, not large 

 or confluent, the punctures absent on a mesal path of 

 scutellum, this path quite smooth, the propodeum lugulose. 

 AH punctures setigerous. Thorax longer than wide; 



