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Ceratoteleia fusca, sp. nov. 



9 . Like nigra, but first funicle-joint of antennae a little 

 shorter than the pedicel ; second one-half length of first ; 

 stigmal vein not very oblique, longer than in nigra. Ovipositor 

 not'exserted. Length, 2*30 mm. 



Described from a single specimen caught on window of a 

 wool store, October, 1911. 



Hah. — Queensland: Brisbane (A. A. Girault). 



Type. — I. 1439, South Australian Museum. A female, 

 tagmounted, plus a slide bearing antennae and forewings. 



Genus B^oneura, Foerster. 



B^ONEUEA GIRAULTI, Sp. nOV. 



$ . Head and thorax black ; abdomen and legs, includ- 

 ing coxae, golden-yellow; antennal scape, pedicel, and funicle- 

 joints honey-yellow; club light-brown. Head transverse; 

 polished; as wide as the thorax. Antennae 12-jointed ; scape 

 slender; pedicel twice as long as wide; funicle- joints minute, 

 much narrower and shorter than the pedicel ; club 5- jointed, 

 first joint small ; 2-4 large ; last joint very small, scarcely 

 visible. Thorax subquadrate, scarcely longer than wide ; 

 polished ; mesonotum smooth, with a median carina ; scutellum 

 rather short. Forewings when closed extending to tip of 

 -abdomen; very narrow; hyaline; marginal cilia very long, 

 the longest fully twice the greatest wing width ; submarginal 

 vein terminating before the middle of the wing. Abdomen 

 fusiform ; as wide as the thorax ; twice as long as head and 

 thorax combined ; first segment short ; second and third the 

 longest and widest segments. Length, 1*10 mm. 



Described from a single female specimen caught while 

 sweeping foliage and grass in forest, January 4, 1913 (A. A. 

 Girault). This curious little genus contains but one other 

 species, B. hicolor, Ashmead, from North America. I have 

 much pleasure in naming the species in honour of Mr. A. A. 

 Girault for his kindness in assisting me in my work on the 

 Proctotrypoidea, and for the numerous species he has collected. 



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

 Townsville. 



Type. — I. 1440, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Genus Hoploteleia, Ashmead. 



HOPLOTELEIA GRANDIS, Sp. UOV. 



Shining-black; legs (including coxae) reddish-yellow. 

 Thorax two-thirds longer than wide ; pronotum, mesonotum, 

 and scutellum with large circular punctures. These punctures 

 are not arranged regularly, some having their margins touching, 



