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Ceraphron vulgaris, sp. nov. 



9 . Head and thorax bright brownish-yellow ; abdomen,. 

 legs, and first three antennal- joints golden-yellow ; rest of 

 antennae brown; eyes and ocelli black. Head no wider than 

 the thorax. Thorax a little longer than wide, finely poly- 

 gonally sculptured; scutellum slightly longer than wide. Ab- 

 domen a little longer than the head and thorax united ; wider 

 than the thorax. Antennae 10-jointed; scape equal to next 

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

 wide ; first funicle- joint as wide as the pedicel, one-half longer 

 than wide ; 2-5 all somewhat wider than long ; sixth rather 

 abruptly larger that the fifth ; sixth and seventh longer than 

 wide ; last joint two-thirds as long as the scape. Forewings 

 scarcely reaching apex of abdomen ; rather narrow, the apex 

 rounded ; a little inf uscated ; discal cilia fine and dense ;. 

 marginal vein one-third as long as the stigmal, which is long 

 and curved, its apex distant from the wing margin by about 

 one-eighth its own length ; venation fuscous, the stigmal vein 

 paler. Length, 1*25 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland : Horn and Thursday Islands, 

 Torres Straits; Magnetic Island, near Townsville ; and Proser- 

 pine. Described from one female caught by sweeping in forest,. 

 Horn Island, March 3, 1912 (A. A. Girault) ; one female 

 sweeping in forest, Thursday Island, March 2, 1912 (A. A. 

 Girault) ; one female sweeping in old Chinese garden, over- 

 grown with weeds, Proserpine, November 3, 1912 (A. A. 

 Girault) ; and one female sweeping in forest, Magnetic Island,. 

 January 19, 1913 (A. A. Girault). Also found at Nelson. 



Type. — I. 2032, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Ceraphron lycaon, sp. nov. 



9 • Like vulgaris, Dodd, but the abdomen is no wider, 

 and is twice as long as the thorax ; the f orewings reach to only 

 two-thirds length of the abdomen. Length, 1'25 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Nelson. Described from one- 

 female caught by sweeping in forest, September 13, 1912 (A. 

 A. Girault). 



Type. — I. 2033, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Ceraphron Helena, sp. nov. 



9 • Like vulgaris, but the second and third funicle- joints- 

 are slightly longer than wide; the marginal vein is almost as- 

 long as the stigmal, which is not so long as in vulgaris, its; 

 apex distant from the wing margin by one-third its own 

 length. Length, 1'10 mm. 



