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from the wing margin by nearly one-half its own length. 

 Length, 0'90 mm. 



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

 female caught by sweeping in forest, January 1, 1913 (A. 

 P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 2038, South Australian Musuem. A female on 

 a slide with the type appendages of meridianvs, Dodd. 



Ceraphron sarpedon, sp. nov. 



9 . Dark reddish-brown ; legs golden-yellow ; antennae 

 wholly dark-brown. Structurally like jiaviceps, Dodd, but the 

 first funicle- joint is as wide as the pedicel, and the marginal 

 and stigmal veins are rather longer. Length, 1'20 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Mirani. Described from one 

 female caught on a window, October 18, 1911 (A. A. Girault). 



Type. — I. 2039, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Ceraphron mellicornis, sp. nov. 



9 . Colour as in magnicornis , Dodd. Antennae as in 

 flavus, Dodd, but the* first funicle- joint is much wider than 

 long. Forewings as in vulgaris, Dodd, but the marginal vein 

 is nearly one-half as long as the stigmal. Abdomen a little 

 longer and wider than the thorax. Length, 0'90 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Nelson. Described from two 

 females caught by sweeping in forest, July 3, 1912 (A. A. 

 Girault) . 



Type. — I. 2040, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Ceraphron megacephalus, sp. nov. 



9 . Dark-brown ; legs concolourous, the tarsi pale-yellow - r 

 antennae concolourous. Head much wider than the thorax, 

 which is narrow, much longer than wide, finely polygonally 

 sculptured ; abdomen a little longer and wider than the thorax. 

 Antennae 10- jointed ; scape rather swollen ; pedicel twice as 

 long as wide; funicle- joints gradually widening; first much 

 narrower than the pedicel, very small; 1-7 all a little wider 

 than long ; sixth abruptly larger than the fifth ; last joint 

 two-thirds as long as the scape. Forewings reaching apex of 

 abdomen; short; moderately broad; hyaline; marginal vein 

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

 wing margin by almost its own length. Length, 0'60 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Nelson. Described from one 

 female caught by sweeping in forest, May 26, 1913 (A. A. 

 Girault) . 



Type. — I. 2041, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



