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On account of the differences in coloration, the specimen 

 described as the male of this species possibly belongs to a 

 different one. 



Ceraphron queenslandicus, sp. nov. 



9 . Agreeing in colour, size, and structure of body, with 

 the female sex of pulcher, but differing in antenna! structure 

 as follows : — Pedicel only a little longer than wide ; first 

 funicle- joint as long as wide; 2-5 more transverse; sixth one- 

 half wider than long ; seventh longer, but distinctly wider than 

 long; last joint three times as long as the preceding one. 

 Length, 1'10 mm. 



Hah. — South Queensland : Mount Tambourine. Described 

 from one female received from the South Australian Museum, 

 and labelled: "Rotting leaves; A. M. Lea." 



Type. — I. 2058, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag. 



Ceraphron flavicoxa, sp. nov. 



9 . Very like tasmanicus, Dodd, but the base of abdo- 

 men, legs, and antennal scape are paler, and the first funicle- 

 joint is distinctly shorter than the pedicel, and scarcely one- 

 half longer than wide, also the forewings are less graceful. 

 Length, 1*10 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Kuranda. Described from one 

 female caught by sweeping on edge of jungle, May 19, 1913 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 2059, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide, with the male type of pulcher, Dodd. 



Ceraphron varicornis, sp. nov. 



9 . Golden -yellow; eyes, ocelli, pedicel, first three 

 funicle- and last three antennal- joints black; scape, fourth 

 and fifth funicle- joints, and the legs golden-yellow. Head a 

 little wider than the thorax. Thorax one-half longer than 

 wide; smooth, with only a few small scattered punctures; 

 scutellum a little longer than wide. Abdomen no longer or 

 wider than the thorax. Forewings reaching apex of abdomen; 

 not broad, the apex rather sharply rounded ; hyaline, with a 

 dark band involving marginal and apical half of submarginal 

 veins, and the wing apex is obscurely inf uscated ; discal cilia 

 fine and sparse; marginal vein nearly as long as the stigmal; 

 which is moderately long and curved, its apex distant from 

 the wing margin by one-fourth its own length. Antennae 

 10-jointed ; scape swollen at base, not long, but equal to next 

 five joints combined; pedicel one-half longer than wide; first 

 funicle- joint much narrower than the pedicel, small, wider 



