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A. A. Girault: 



vein; pronotum (except laterad), cephalic margin of scutum, a 

 large eggshaped spot filling the center of scutellum from base to 

 apex, two large areas on metathorax their lateral margins invol- 

 ving the spiracle and separated broadly at meson and distal half 

 or more of the abdornen purplish black. Head black, also the 

 antennae except distal fifth or more of scape, a little less than 

 distal half of the pedicel, distal (sixth) funicle joint and the club 

 white. Head and thorax finely, densely alutaceous, the Vertex and 

 scutum with many pin-punctures. Distal funicle joint a little over 

 half of the first one which is three and a half times longer than wide. 

 Male: Unknown. 



Described from one female captured by sweeping forest, top 

 of coast ränge (1500 feet), May 30, 1913. 



Habit at: Australia — Nelson (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above 

 specimen on a tag, the head on a slide. 



Family Callimomidae. 

 Mon od ont omerinae . 



Genus Macrodontomerus Girault. 



1. Macrodontomerus unimaculatus new species. 



Female: Length, 2.43 mm, excluding ovipositor which is 

 a little longer than the abdomen. 



Dark metallic coppery green, the abdomen brown, black 

 above, the ovipositor valves black, the scape and pedicel brown, 

 rest of antenna black. Second segment of abdomen incised at 

 meson of caudal margin. Legs yellowish, including the coxa. 

 Fore wings with a large, conspicuous, ovate, brownish spot in the 

 middle, its long axis obliqued, its biunter end just caudad of the 

 stigmal vein. Head and thorax densely punctate, the propodeum 

 smooth except along cephalic margin, brilliant coppery and with 

 a median carina. 



All funicle joints longer than wide, the first longest, subequal 

 to the pedicel, the sixth a third shorter, only slightly longer than 

 wide. Mandibles tridentate. 



Male: Unknown. 



Described from one female captured February 16, 1913. 



Habit at: Australia — Ingham, Queensland. 



Type: In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above 

 specimen on a tag and a slide with head, fore wing and first and 

 last legs. 



Family Chaleididae. 

 Chalcitellini. 



Nearretocera new genus. 

 Type: The following species. 

 1. Nearretocera johnstoni new species. 



