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moderately broad, rounded at apex. Antennae 8-jointed; 

 pedicel longer than any of the funicle joints, of which 1 is 

 smaller than 2 or 3, which are about subequal, all somewhat 

 longer than wide ; club a little wider than funicle, joint 2 

 scarcely longer than 1, about one-third longer than wide. 

 Venation thick and distinct, the marginal vein as long as the 

 submarginal, the stigmal almost parallel with the marginal; 

 no postmarginal vein. 



Hah. — Northern Territory : Darwin (several females in 

 vial with Aphelinus ciliatus and Aphelinus, sp., and labelled 

 "From Aspidiotus on Eucalyptus miniatus, 6/7/15, G. F. 

 Hill"). 



Type. — A female on a slide, with type of Aphelinus 

 ciliatus. 



Aphelinus ciliatus, n. sp. 



9 . Length, 0*45 mm. Pale lemon-yellow, the legs and 

 antennae concolorous, the abdomen with indications of dusky 

 cross -stripes. 



Forewings hyaline ; moderately broad ; marginal cilia 

 short; discal cilia coarse in patches, the spaces between with 

 very fine cilia, forming a colourless pattern ; patches of coarse 

 cilia arranged as follows: — A square area against anterior 

 margin some distance beyond marginal vein ; a large oval area 

 against distal margin ; an area running from stigmal vein 

 disto-posteriorly to near centre, narrowed at base, thickened 

 at apex; a small area below apex of this last area, connected 

 with an irregular long area against posterior margin and 

 continued proximad to hairless line ; a small area against 

 disto-posterior margin ; a small area centrally against and 

 distad of hairless line ; a large round area proximad of hairless 

 line, this last area with fine cilia in centre; venation yellow. 

 Pedicel a little longer than first club joint, which is quadrate, 

 the funicle joints very short, transverse, 1 smaller than 2 ; 

 second club joint nearly four times as long as first. 



Hab . — Northern Territory: Darwin (four females 

 labelled as with Coccopha'gus clams). 



Type. — Two females on a slide, with type of Coccophagus 

 clarus. 



Allied with perissoptroides, Girault, but the coarse 

 discal cilia are broken up into more areas, the semi-naked 

 areas being more numerous. 



SiGtNiphora reticulata, Girault. 

 A series bred from puparia of Drosophilid fly, predaceous 

 on Pseudococcus on sugarcane, October, 1915, A. P. Dodd. 

 The host is the same as that of Pterosemoidea drosophilae, 

 Dodd. 



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