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Telenomus ogyges, sp. nov. 



9 . Coal-black : tibise and tarsi yellow, suffused witt 

 black. Like cenont, but differs in colour; the first funicle- 

 joint is scarcely as long as the pedicel, and the venation is very 

 distinct. Length, 1 mm. 



Described from several specimens caught while sweeping 

 along Cape River, January 13. 



Hah. — Xorth Queensland: Pentland, 200 miles west of 

 Townsville (A. A. Girault). 



Tijpe. — I. 1417, South Australian Museum. Three- 

 females on a slide, 



Telenomus olympus, sp. nov. 



9 . Coal - black : legs (excluding cox^e) and first six 

 antennal joints pale-yellow; coxse black; antenna! club 

 brown. Forewings almost as in cenone, but submarginal vein, 

 attaining the costa about the middle of the wing : postmarginal 

 vein scarcely longer than the stigmal. Antennae with the scape- 

 equal to next three joints combined ; pedicel slender, fully 

 twice as long as wide : first funicle- joint a little shorter and 

 narrower than the pedicel : second slightly shorter than first, 

 not twice as long as wide : third as wide as long : fourth a 

 little wider tlian long : club 5- jointed, joints 2-4 only slightly^ 

 wider than long. Length, 1 mm. 



Described from a single specimen caught while sweeping 

 on edge of jungle, April 5, 1913. Also one female on edge of 

 jungle, Kuranda, May 18, 1913. 



Hah. — Xorth Queensland: Nelson, near Cairns. 



Type. — I, 1418, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Telenomus omphale, sp. nov, 



9 . Coal-black ; legs (excluding coxae) and first seven 

 antennal joints reddish-yellow : cox« black. Head rugulose ;. 

 ocelli very large, lateral ones close to the eye margins ; thorax 

 scarcely longer than wide, reticulately rugiilose ; abdomen 

 nearlv as wide as the thorax, and scarcely longer : second seg- 

 ment verv large; first and second segments striate. Antennae- 

 as in olympus, but pedicel nearly three times as long as wide ;. 

 first funicle-joint as long as the pedicel: 2-4 diminishing in 

 length, fourth as wide as long ; club 5-jointed ; second joint 

 the longest and widest. Forewings long, very broad, hyaline; 

 almost as in a^cleus: submarginal vein attaining the costa dis- 

 tinctly before the middle of the wing : marginal vein two-fifth& 

 as long as the stigmal, which is very long, oblique, the end 

 curved distad : postmarginal vein a little longer than the 

 stigmal : venation pale-yellow. Length, 2 mm. : very large 

 for the genus. 



