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Alan P. Dodd: 



2. Telenomus opis sp. nov. 

 $ Length, 1.10 mm. 



Shining black; tarsi yellow; tibiae somewhat suffused with 

 yellow. 



Head slightly wider than the thorax which is one-half longer 

 than wide; finely polygonally sculptured. Abdomen as long as 

 the head and thorax united, no wider than the thorax ; 1 st segment 

 short, striate; 2nd equal to one-half the abdominal length, smooth. 

 Very similar to ossa Dodd but the Ist funicle joint is one-half 

 longer than wide, 2nd no wider than long; forewings scarcely as 

 broad; marginal vein fully one-half as long as the stigmal, only 

 one-fourth as long in ossa; stigmal vein rather shorter, quite 

 straight. 



Habitat: North Queensland (Nelson, near Cairns). Des- 

 cribed from one $ caught by sweeping in forest and jungle, 30 th 

 August, '13 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type: South Australian Museum, a $ on a slide. 



3. Telenomus ophiusa sp. nov. 

 $ Length, 1.25 mm. 



Shining black, Ist abdominal segment golden yellow; legs 

 (including the coxae) and first seven antennal joints lemon yellow; 

 last four joints brown. 



Head a little wider than the thorax. Thorax a little longer 

 than wide; finely polygonally sculptured. Abdomen no wider 

 than the thorax, as long as the head and thorax united, 

 distinctly longer than wide; Ist segment short; 2nd as 

 long as wide, equal to three-fourths the abdominal length; Ist 

 and 2nd segments striate. Antennae 11-jointed; scape equal 

 to next six joints combined; pedicel twice as long as wide; Ist 

 funicle joint distinctly narrower than the pedicel and almost as 

 long, almost three times as long as wide; 2nd scarcely longer than 

 wide, 3rd as wide as long; 4th wider than long; club 5-jointed; 

 joints 1 — 4 much wider than long; 3rd the longest and widest. 

 Forewings extending a little beyond apex of abdomen; moderately 

 broad; hyaline; marginal cilia moderately long; discal cilia mode- 

 rately fine, dense; submarginal vein attaining the costa a little 

 before the middle of the wing; marginal vein as long as the stigmal, 

 which is rather short, scarcely oblique; postmarginal vein twice 

 as long as the marginal; venation very pale yellow. 



Habitat: North Queensland (Nelson, near Cairns). Des- 

 cribed from one ? caught by sweeping in jungle, 5th June, T3 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type: South Australian Museum, a $ on a slide. 



4. Telenomus gloriosus sp. nov. 

 $ Length 0.85 mm. 



