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as the head and thorax united ; second segment occupying most 

 of the surface, smooth. Antennae 10-jointed ; scape long, equal 

 to next three joints combined; pedicel long and slender, five 

 times as long as wide; first funicle-joint a little narrower and 

 much shorter than the pedicel, four times as long as wide ; 

 remaining joints all distinctly longer than wide ; sixth abruptly 

 larger than fifth ; last joint two and a half times as long as 

 wide, two-thirds as long as the scape. Forewings just reaching 

 apex of abdomen; narrow, the apex rather pointed; hyaline; 

 discal cilia fine and dense ; submarginal vein terminating about 

 middle of wing ; marginal vein two-thirds as long as the 

 stigmal, which is moderately long, its apex distant from the 

 wing margin by one-half its own length; venation fuscous; 

 the stigmal vein pale-yellow. Length, 1*50 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Nelson. Described from one 

 female caught by sweeping in forest, August 31, 1913 (A. A. 

 Girault) . 



Type. — I. 2028, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Ceraphron calliope, sp. nov. 



9 • Shining-black; femora brown ; tibiae and tarsi golden- 

 yellow ; first five antennal- joints suffused with brown. Head 

 no wider than the thorax. Thorax scarcely longer than wide ; 

 finely polygonally sculptured ; scutellum scarcely longer than 

 wide. Abdomen wider than the thorax; no longer than the 

 head and thorax united. Antennas 10-jointed ; scape equal to 

 next three joints combined ; pedicel long and slender, three 

 times as long as wide ; first funicle-joint almost as long as the 

 pedicel ; second shorter, one-half longer than wide ; third and 

 fourth as wide as long ; fifth abruptly larger than the fourth ; 

 5-8 all distinctly longer than wide. Forewings almost reaching 

 apex of abdomen ; moderately narrow, the apex rather pointed ; 

 infuscated, the infuscation deepest in centre of wing ; discal 

 cilia fine and dense ; marginal vein scarcely one-third as long 

 as the stigmal, which is long, its apex distant from the wing 

 margin by about one-eighth its own length. Length, 1'60 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Ayr. Described from one fe~ 

 male caught by sweeping in forest, November 7, 1912 (A. A. 

 Girault). 



Type. — I. 2029, South Australian Museum. A female on 

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



Ceraphron omphale, sp. nov. 



9- Shining-black; legs and first seven antennal-joints 



golden-yellow. Head and thorax with scattered, minute r 



setigerous pin -punctures. Head a little wider than the thorax.. 



Thorax a little longer than wide; scutellum longer than wide. 



