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Dendrocerus femoralis, sp. nov. 



$ . Black; antennal scape, all front legs, apex of middle 

 coxae, all middle trochanters, tibiae, and tarsi golden-yellow; 

 middle femora and all hind legs (except the knees) dusky- 

 black. Head a little wider than the thorax; the frons (viewed 

 from above) convex ; eyes hairy. Thorax nearly twice as long 

 as wide ; cephalic margin truncate ; mesonotum and scutellum 

 with fine polygonal sculpture; mesonotum with a distinct 

 median furrow; scutellum somewhat longer than wide. 

 Abdomen much shorter and narrower than the thorax, second 

 segment occupying four-fifths of surface. Posterior femora 

 much swollen; all tibiae with two apical spurs. Forewings 

 reaching a little beyond apex of abdomen ; broad ; hyaline, 

 with a dusky blotch beneath the stigma; discal cilia moderately 

 fine, dense; stigma large, semicircular; stigmal vein short, 

 straight, not as long as the stigma ; venation fuscous. Antennae 

 11 -jointed; scape long and slender; pedicel very small; first 

 four funicle-joints almost triangular, narrowed at base, 

 excised at apex, the apical margin concave; fifth only slightly 

 excised; 6-8 filiform, subequal, two-thirds longer than wide; 

 last joint somewhat longer than the preceding; all funicle- 

 joints with long hairs. Length, 1*45 mm. 



Hah. — North Queensland: Harvey Creek. Described 

 from one male caught by sweeping in jungle, November 15, 

 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 2011, South Australian Museum. A male on 

 a slide. 



Megaspilus australicus, sp. nov. 



9 . Shining-black ; legs (including the coxae) and first 

 four antennal- joints lemon-yellow. Head transverse, a little 

 wider than the thorax ; finely polygonally sculptured ; eyes 

 large, pubescent. Thorax distinctly longer than wide, finely 

 polygonally sculptured ; mesonotum large, with three distinct 

 furrows ; axillae meeting at the base of the scutellum ; scutel- 

 lum longer than wide ; postscutellum with a blunt bidentate 

 spine. Abdomen as long and as wide as the thorax, convex 

 below, slightly convex above ; second segment occupying two- 

 thirds abdominal length ; first and base of second segment 

 striate ; rest of second segment with regular, longitudinal lines 

 of shallow oval punctures; remaining segments striate. An- 

 tennae 11-jointed; scape long, rather slender, equal to next 

 four joints combined ; pedicel two and a half times as long 

 as wide; funicle-joints slightly widening towards the middle; 

 first slender, as long as the pedicel ; second a little wider than 

 long ; third as long as wide ; fourth longer than wide, the 

 widest joint in the antennae; 5-9 gradually narrowing, all 



