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scutellum smooth. Abdomen a little longer and wider 

 than the thorax; first segment a little wider than long; first, 

 second, and base of third segment striate; rest of abdomen 

 smooth. Mandibles large, with two acute teeth. Posterior 

 femora distinctly swollen ; intermediate tibiae with short 

 spines. Postscutellum with two short spines; posterior angles 

 of the metanotum acute. Antennas a little longer than the 

 body; pedicel short; first funicle-joint slightly longer than 

 the second; 2-9 subequal; two very small apparent ring-joints 

 are present. Forewings long; broad, the apex squarely 

 rounded; somewhat infuscated; marginal cilia short; discal 

 cilia rather coarse, dense; marginal vein terminating beyond 

 the middle of the wing ; stigmal vein short, rather oblique ; 

 venation fuscous. Length, 1*80 mm. 



Hah. — North Queensland: Proserpine. Described from 

 one male caught by sweeping foliage and grass in forest, 

 November 3, 1912. (A. A. Girault). 



Type. — I. 2008, South Australian Museum. A male on 

 a tag, plus a slide bearing head, antennae, and forewings. 



The species is named in honour of Mr. J. C. Crawford, 

 of the United States National Museum, for his work on the 

 parasitic Hymenoptera . 



Gryonella bruesi, sp. nov. 



9 . Very similar to the type species, but the tibiae and 

 tarsi are clear reddish-yellow; the scutellum is reticulated 

 like the mesonotum ; and the forewings are not so broad, the 

 infuscation much darker. Antennae 12-jointed; scape moder- 

 ately long and slender ; pedicel nearly twice as long as wide ; 

 first funicle-joint shorter but no narrower than the pedicel, 

 somewhat longer than wide; second as wide as long; third and 

 fourth small, transverse; club rather compact, 6-jointed; 

 joints 1-5 much wider than long, third slightly the widest. 

 Length, 1'70 mm. 



Hah. — North Queensland: Nelson. Described from one 

 female caught by sweeping in forest, January 3, 1914 (A. A. 

 Girault) . 



The species is named in honour of Mr. C. T. Brues, of 

 Harvard University, U.S.A., for his work on the parasitic 

 Hymenoptera. 



Type. — I. 2009, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, plus a slide bearing antennae and forewings. 



Family CERAPHRONID^E. 



The C eraphronidce have never been worked in Australia, 

 and hitherto not one species has been recorded. In working 

 up this family I was greatlv surprised at the small number 



