140 AUSTRALIAN PROCTOTRYPOIDEA. 



Lygocerus ornatus, s-p. nov. 



^ Length, 1.70 mm. 



Coal black : legs (except the black coxae) fuscous, 

 the knees and tarsi yellow, the antennae, scape and pedicel 

 suffused red. 



Head lenticular ; viewed from above, transverse, 

 somewhat wider than the thorax : eyes larg?, pubescent. 

 Thorax one-half longer than wide ; parapsidal and median 

 furrows of scutuju distinct ; scutellum longer than wide. 

 Head, scutum, and scutellum with rather coarse, dense 

 scaly sculpture and rather sparse pubescence. Abdomen 

 somewhat shorter and narrower than the thorax ; convex 

 beneath, straight above, its apex distinctly upturned ; 

 second segment occupying nearly three-fourths of surface, 

 striate at its base, then smooth, the apical third with rather 

 dense, fine punctures ; remaining segments with scattered 

 fine punctures and pubescence. Forewings attaining apex 

 of abdomen, very broad ; hyaline : discal cilia not very 

 fine, rather dense ; stigma large, the stigmal vein only 

 slightly longer ; venation fuscous, the stigmal vein pale. 

 Antennae ramose, the first five funicle joints each bearing 

 a very long slender branch, that on the third slightlj^ the 

 longest ; scape rather stout ; pedicel stout ; first funicle 

 joint a little longer than pedicel, a little longer than wide ; 

 2-6 lengthening, the 5th over twice length of 1st, the 6th 

 -one half longer than 5th ; 7th slightly more than half 

 length of 6th. 



Hab : North Queensland (Harvey's Creek, near Cairns) 

 Described from one male caught on foliage of plants in 

 jungle country, 12th October, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type : In the South Australian Museum, a (^^ on a 

 tag, the antennae and forewings on a slide. 



