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Alan P. Dodd: 



2. Neotelenomus austvalis sp. nov. 

 $ Length, 1 mm. 



Shining black; tarsiyellow; tibiae a little suffused with yellow. 

 Structure as in beatus Dodd but the 2nd abdominal segment is 

 wholly smooth. Antennae 10-jointed; scape equal to next four 

 joints combined; pedicel slender, 2% times as long as wide; 2nd 

 as wide as long; 3rd wider than long; club 5-jointed; Ist joint 

 rather small; 2nd the longest and widest; joints 1 — 4 much wider 

 than long. Forewings reaching distinctly beyond apex of abdomen ; 

 moderately broad, the apex rather rounded; hyaline; marginal 

 cilia moderately long; discal cilia fine and dense; submarginal 

 vein attaining the costa distinctly before the middle of the wing; 

 marginal vein one-third as long as the stigmal, which is modera- 

 tely long and oblique ; postmarginal vein twice as long as the stigmal ; 

 venation yellow, distinct. 



Habitat: North Queensland (Pentland, 200 miles west of 

 Townsville). Described from one 5 caught bv sweeping in forest, 

 26 th December, '12 (A. A. Girault). 



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



3. Neotelenomus pallidicornis sp. nov. 

 $ Length, 1.25 mm. 



Shining black; legs (including the coxae), and first six antennal 

 joints golden yellow. Structure as in beatus Dodd but the 2nd 

 abdominal segment covers three-fourths the surface. Antennae 

 10-jointed; pedicel 2 l / 2 times as long as wide; Ist funicle joint a 

 little shorter than the pedicel, twice as long as wide; 2nd as wide 

 as long; 3rd wider than long; club 5-jointed; joints 1 — 4 much 

 wider than long; Ist a little the longest and widest. Forewings 

 extending a little beyond apex of abdomen; broad; hyaline; mar- 

 ginal cilia rather short ; discal cilia moderately fine and dense ; 

 submarginal vein attaining the costa about the middle of the wing ; 

 marginal vein one-third as long as the stigmal, which is long, 

 rather oblique; postmarginal vein a little longer than the stigmal; 

 venation yellow, rather indistinct. 



Habitat: North Queensland (Nelson near Cairns). Described 

 from one $ caught by sweeping grass a long streamlet in forest, 

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



Type: South Australian Museum, a $ on a tag, plus a slide 

 bearing head, antennae, and forewings. 



4. Neotelenomus pallidiventris sp. nov. 

 ? Length 0.80 mm. 



Black; abdomen light brown; legs (including the coxae), and 

 antennal scape pale honey yellow; rest of antennae brown. 



Head distinctly wider than the thorax; thorax no longer than 

 wide; finely polygonally sculptured. Abdomen no longer or wider 

 than the thorax; Ist segment short, striate; 2nd segment occu- 



