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(8) Basal abdominal segment with a 



horn ... 6. Odontacolus, Kieffer 



Basal abdominal segment without a 



horn ... (9) 



(9) Abdomen sessile 7. Dyscritobceus, Perkins 



Abdomen petiolate 8. Pseudobceus, Perkins 



(10) Scutellum absent 9. Bceus, Haliday 



Scutellum present (11) 



(11) Basal abdominal segment with a 



horn ... 3. Ccratobczus, Ashmead 



Basal abdominal segment without a 



horn 10. Psilacolus, Kieffer 



(12) Antennal funicle 4-jointed (13) 



Antennal funicle 5-jointed ; wingless (15) 



(13) Wingless ; scutellum absent ; anten- 



nal club 4-jointed 11. Parubccus, Kieffer 



Winged; scutellum present (14) 



(14) Basal abdominal segment with a 



horn; antennal club 4-jointed; 



parapsidal furrows absent ... ... 12. Ceratobceoides, Dodd 



Basal abdominal segment without 

 a horn; antennal club 6-jointed; 

 parapsidal furrows present 13. Thoron, Haliday 



(15) Scutellum present 14. Mirobceus, nov. gen. 



Scutellum absent 15. Mirobceoides, nov. gen. 



ACOLOMORPHA MINUTA, Dodd, 1913. 



9- Shining-black; legs and antennae black. Length,, 

 0-75 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Nelson, forest. 



Type. — I. 1948, South Australian Museum. A female 

 on a slide. 



Aphanomerus (!) aureus, Dodd, 1913. 



9 . Differs from pusillus, Perkins, in its larger and more' 

 robust form, its rather darker colour, and in having the ab- 

 domen no longer than wide (fully one-half longer than wide 

 in pusillus). Length, 1'30 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Nelson, forest. 



Type. — I. 1949, South Australian Museum. A female 

 on a slide. 



Aphanomerus bicolor, Perkins. 



"Queensland. Common. Bred from leaf hopper eggs."' 

 I have caught this species at Nelson and Kuranda, near Cairns. 



Aphanomerus niger, Perkins. 

 "Queensland : Bundaberg. Bred from Fulgorid eggs." 



(1) This genus appears to belong to the family Platygasteridce, 

 since it has all the characters of that family except the solid 

 antennal club. Its position in that family is apparently firmly 

 established through its relationship with the genus Aphanomerella,. 

 Dodd. 



