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Ceraphron niger, sp. nov. 



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

 na! scape and pedicel golden-yellow. Head no wider than the 

 thorax. Thorax one-half longer than wide, with fine, sparse 

 punctures; scutellum somewhat longer than wide. Abdomen 

 a little wider than the thorax, as long as the head and thorax 

 united. Antennas 10-jointed; scape a little swollen, equal to 

 next four joints combined; pedicel three times as long as 

 wide : first funicle- joint as wide but shorter than the pedicel, 

 twice as long as wide ; 2-4 all a little wider than long ; fifth 

 abruptly larger than the fourth; 5-7 almost subequal, all a 

 little longer than wide ; last joint long, two-thirds as long as . 

 the scape. Forewings reaching apex of abdomen ; moderately 

 broad, the apex sharply rounded, a little infuscated; discal 

 cilia fine and dense ; marginal vein two -fifths as long as the 

 stigmal, which is long and curved, its apex almost touching 

 the wing margin. Length, 1*50 mm. 



Hab.— North Queensland, Nelson. A common species 

 along edges of jungles. 



y y ^ e ._I. 2042, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, plus a slide bearing head, antennae, and forewing, with 

 the type appendages of australicus, Dodd. 



Ceraphron io, sp. nov. 



9 . Head and thorax black ; abdomen brown ; legs and 

 antennal scape and pedicel golden-yellow; rest of antennae 

 dark-brown. Head scarcely as wide as the thorax. Thorax 

 one-half longer than wide, with only a few scattered punc- 

 tures; scutellum longer than wide. Abdomen much longer 

 than the head and thorax united, wider than the thorax. 

 Antennae 10-jointed; scape scarcely swollen, equal to next 

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

 wide; funicle- joints gradually widening towards the apex; 

 first funicle- joint as long and as wide as the pedicel; second 

 as wide as long ; third and fourth somewhat wider than long ; 

 fifth abruptly larger than fourth, a little longer than wide; 

 sixth and seventh subequal, each somewhat longer than the 

 fifth; last joint long, one-half as long as the scape. Fore- 

 wings only reaching to two-thirds the abdominal length; 

 moderately broad; the apex rather rounded; infuscated; 

 marginal vein two-fifths as long as the stigmal, which is long 

 and curved, its apex almost reaching the wing margin. 

 Length, 2'60 mm. 



Hab — North Queensland: Nelson. Described from two 

 females caught by sweeping in. forest, August 10, 1912 (A. A. 

 Girault). 



