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<2) Dusky-black, legs mostly dusky. \ 



Forewings reaching apex of abdo- 

 men ; antennal club-joints 1-4 

 longer than wide niger, Dodd 



Forewings extending well beyond 

 tip of abdomen ; antennal club- 

 joints 1-4 wider than long montanus, Dodd 



Coal-black, legs yellow. 



Antennal scape yellow, club-joints 



1-4 wider than long ciiravlti. Dodd 



Antennal scape fuscous, club-joints 



1-4 longer than Avide nelsonensis, Dodd 



(3) Dusky-black. 



ForeAvings reaching to one-half 

 abdominal length, club-joints 1-4 

 longer than wide longicorpus, Dodd 



Forewings reaching apex of abdo- 

 men, club-joints 1-4 wider than 



long longipennis. Dodd 



Coal-black. 



Legs dusky-yellow ; first f unicle- 

 joint of antennae longer than 

 Avide, 2-4 wider than long nigricorpus, Dodd 



Legs golden-yellow ; all funicle- 



joints longer than wide ... ... longicornis, Dodd 



Genus Telenomus, Haliday. 

 A genus comprising nearly 200 species. 



Telenomus cteatus, Walker, 1839, Tasmania. 



Telenomus japyx, Walker, 1839, Western Australia. 



Telenomus charmus, Walker, 1839, Western Australia. 



From the descriptions of these species it Avould be impos- 

 sible to recognize them. 



Telenomus odyssea, sp. nov. 

 9 • Dusky-black : trochanters, tibiae, and tarsi pale- 

 yellow. Head transverse, slightly Avider than the thorax. 

 Antennae 11 -jointed ; scape equal to next five joints combined ; 

 pedicel short, one-half longer than wide ; funicle- joints small, 

 first a little longer than wide ; second and third as wide as 

 long; fourth a little wider than long; club 5-jointed, first 

 joint small, 2-4 a little wider than long. Thorax a little 

 longer than \Adde, much Avider than the abdomen. Forewings 

 when closed extending well beyond tip of abdomen ; hyaline ; 

 moderately broad ; paddle-shaped : longest marginal cilia 

 equal to one-sixth greatest wing width ; discal cilia fine, dense, 

 in about twenty-four rows ; venation fuscous ; submarginal 

 vein attaining the costa about the middle of the wing ; mar- 

 ginal vein one-half length of the stigmal ; postmarginal fully 

 twice as long as the stigmal. . Abdomen no longer than the 



