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distinctly margined on vertex and sides : maxillary palpi 

 6- jointed, extending back as far as hind margin of head 

 beneath : labial palpi 3- jointed. Pronotum truncate at 

 anterior margin, with irregular outline (lateral aspect), 

 smooth and shining like the head, except for a meso-posterior 

 hump which is densely irregularly striate ; scutum and 

 scutellum smooth and shining ; parapsidal furrows wanting ; 

 postscutellum about one-fourth as long as scutellum; meta- 

 notum long, coarsely reticulately rugose. Abdomen smooth, 

 shining, impunctate or nearly so. Forewings normal ; tri- 

 f asciate ; base of wing and a long apical portion, hyaline; 

 first band longest, the second, which is at the basal vein, 

 narrower ; all bands dark. Scape two-thirds longer than 

 pedicel; first funicle joint twice as long as second. First 

 joint of anterior tarsi distinctly longer than fourth, the apical 

 joint and chelar claw rather densely spinulose, the ante- 

 apical tooth of the latter well-marked. Length, 6"50 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns district. One female, jungle, 

 August, 1915 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 5421, South Australian Museum. A female 

 on a tag, antennae, anterior tibiae and tarsi, and forewings 

 on a slide. 



The absence of parapsidal furrows, the short post- 

 scutellum, and the smooth head, prothorax, and mesothorax 

 are distinctive. The two former characters suggest 

 Neodryinus, Perkins, but the pronotum is not divided and 

 the vertex of the head is not concave. 



Pseudogonatopus dichromus, Perkins. 



One female, on window, Cairns district, October, 1914 

 {A. P. Dodd). 



Family SCELIONIDAE. 



Cacellus, Ashmead. 



This genus is very similar to Macroteleia, "West wood. 

 The females are readily enough distinguished by the presence 

 of the bidentate spine on the metanotum ; this character, 

 however, is not present in the male, and hence the males 

 of the two genera can be distinguished with difficulty. 

 Marroteleia nigriscapiis, Dodd, and Macroteleia paucipwnc- 

 tata, Dodd, probably both belong to Cacelhis. In the 

 descriptions of some of the Australian species the bidentate 

 spine is said to be on the post-scutellum, but this is incorrect. 



Cacellus distinctus, Dodd. 



Macroteleia distincta, Dodd : Proe. Roval Soc\, Qld., vol. 

 xxvi., 1914, p. 100. 



