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iunicle-joints 2-8 all slightly wider than long; also the infus- 

 eation of the forewings is not regular, being deepest beneath 

 the stigmal vein. Length, 1*25 mm. 



Hah. — North Queensland: Magnetic Island, Mount 

 Pyramid (2,500-3,000 ft.), and Kuranda. Described from 

 one male caught* by sweeping grass and foliage, Magnetic 

 Island, January 27, 1913 (A. A. Girault) ; one male sweeping 

 forest, Mount Pyramid, 2,500-3,000 ft., June 2, 1913 (A. P. 

 Dodd); one male sweeping in forest, 1,500 ft., Kuranda, Sep- 

 tember 13, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 2068, South Australian Museum. A male on 

 a tag, the head, antennae, and forewings on a slide. 



Ceraphron leai, sp. nov. 



9 • Black ; base of abdomen, legs, and antennal scape 

 golden-yellow. Head no wider than the thorax. Thorax not 

 much longer than wide, finely polygonally sculptured; scutellum 

 longer than wide. Abdomen a little wider than the thorax; 

 long, longer than the head and thorax united. Wings rudi- 

 mentary, not reaching to middle of abdomen. Antennae 10- 

 jointed; scape equal to next five joints combined; pedicel 

 nearly thrice as long as wide; first funicle-joint as wide as 

 pedicel, but somewhat shorter; second shorter than first; 3-5 

 wider than long ; sixth abruptly larger than fifth, as long as 

 'wide; seventh a little longer; last joint one-half longer than 

 preceding one. Length, 1'70 mm. 



Hah. — Tasmania: Mount Wellington (A. M. Lea). The 

 species is named in honour of the collector. Described from 

 three females. 



Type. — I. 2069, South Australian Museum. Three 

 females on two tags. 



APPENDIX. 



The following new species have recently been found in 

 a collection of North Queensland Hymenoptera. One species 

 has been received from the Northern Territory, but all the 

 others were collected by Mr. A. A. Girault and myself in 

 the coastal districts of North Queensland. The types are in 

 the South Australian Museum. 



Family SCELIONID^E. 

 Subfamily TELENOMIN^. 



DlSSOLCOIDES EXSERTUS, Dodd. 



One female caught by sweeping in forest, Nelson, April 

 7, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



