117 



fifth hyaline ; discal cilia fine and dense ; marginal vein one- 

 third as long as the stigmal, which is long and curved, its 

 apex almost touching the wing margin. Length, 1'20 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Harvey Creek. Described 

 from one female caught by sweeping in jungle, November 15, 

 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 2065, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Ceraphron bicolor, sp. nov. 



9 . Head and thorax black ; abdomen bright orange- 

 yellow ; legs and antennal scape golden-yellow ; rest of antennae 

 brownish-black; first two pairs of coxae, femora, and tibiae 

 dusky-black. Head distinctly wider than the thorax, which 

 is rather slender; abdomen stout, wider but no longer than 

 thorax. Antennae 10- jointed; scape swollen at base, equal to 

 next five joints combined ; pedicel twice as long as wide ; first 

 funicle- joint a little narrower than pedicel, as wide as long; 

 2-7 all distinctly wider than long, the sixth abruptly larger 

 than fifth; club nearly twice as long as wide, two-thirds as 

 long as scape. Forewings reaching apex of abdomen; moder- 

 ately broad, the apex rounded; slightly infuscated; discal 

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

 stigmal, which is not very long, its apex distant from the 

 wing margin by fully one-half its own length. Length, 

 0'80 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Nelson. Described from one 

 female caught by sweeping in forest, June 30, 1912 (A. A. 

 Girault). Subsequently other females were caught. 



Type. — I. 2066, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide with the type of Conostigmus leai, Dodd. 



Ceraphron splendidus, sp. nov. 



9 . Like bicolor, Dodd, but the first two pairs of coxae, 

 tibiae, and femora are only slightly dusky; the pedicel is 

 slender, three times as long as wide; first funicle- joint fully 

 twice as long as wide; 2-7 all a little longer than wide; last 

 joint fully two and a half times as long as wide. Length, 

 0'90 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Port Douglas. Described 

 from one female caught on a window, March 25, 1912 (A. A. 

 Girault) . 



Type. — I. 2067, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Ceraphron daphnis, sp. nov. 



d . Shining-black; tibiae and tarsi suffused with yellow. 

 Agreeing with austr aliens, Dodd, but the abdomen is as wide 

 and no longer than the thorax, truncately rounded at apex; 



