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longer and rather abruptly wider than the sixth, but twice 

 as wide as long; eighth still wider; last joint large : distinctly 

 longer than wide, nearly as long as the scape. Thorax nar- 

 row ; distinctly longer than wide ; pronotum large, with an 

 impressed line that continues into the mesonotum ; mesonotum 

 small, semicircular ; scutellum small ; metanotum small, with 

 a curved line of well-marked foveae ; posterior angles of the 

 metanotum with a short spine. Wings entirely absent. Ab- 

 domen much longer and wider than the thorax : smooth, with 

 a few impressed lines at its base. Length, 1 mm. 



Hab. — South Queensland: Mount Tambourine. De- 

 scribed from one female caught by Mr. A. M. Lea. 



Type. — I. 2021, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, plus a slide bearing head and antennae with the type 

 appendages of Ceraphron mitscophilus, Dodd. 



Aphanogmus braconis, sp. nov. 



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

 antennal-joints golden-yellow. Head no wider than the thorax. 

 Thorax a little longer than wide, finely polygonally sculptured ; 

 mesonotum large, median furrow almost obsolete ; scutellum 

 highly convex, longer than wide. Abdomen as long as the 

 head and thorax united, scarcely wider than the thorax ; first 

 segment short, striate ; second segment occupying most of the 

 abdominal length, smooth. Antennae 10-jointed; scape swollen 

 basally, as long as next five joints combined ; pedicel slender, 

 two and a half times as long as wide ; funicle- joints widening 

 towards the apex ; first shorter and narrower than the pedicel, 

 twice as long as wide ; 2-5 short, distinctly wider than long ; 

 sixth very abruptly larger than the fifth, a little longer than 

 wide; seventh equal to sixth; last joint one-half longer than 

 the preceding, fully twice as long as wide, two-thirds as long 

 as the scape. Forewings reaching a little beyond apex of 

 abdomen; moderately broad, the apex rather rounded; hya- 

 line ; marginal cilia rather short ; discal cilia moderately fine, 

 not very dense ; submarginal vein terminating about the 

 middle of the wing ; marginal vein one-fourth as long as the 

 submarginal ; stigmal vein short, scarcely as long as the 

 marginal; venation yellow. Length, 1*50 mm. 



d . First seven antennal-joints yellow, the last four 

 l>rown. Antennae 11-jointed ; pedicel slightly longer than first 

 funicle-joint ; funicle-joints 1-8 scarcely longer than wide, 

 with rather long hairs, the hairs a little wider than the joints. 

 Length, 1 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Nelson. Described from 

 numerous specimens reared from Braconid cocoons on several 

 ■occasions. This record is of considerable interest as, previously, 



