Some New Parasitic Hymenoptera from Australia. 



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Head as wide as the thorax, smooth. Thorax one-half longer 

 than wide, smooth; parapsidal furrows distinct. Abdomen as 

 long as the head and thorax united ; wider than the thorax ; Ist 

 segment short, 2nd segment rather long; 3rd the longest; Ist and 

 2nd segments striate. The whole body is sparsely clothed with 

 long, stout hairs. 



Antennae 12-jointed; scape equal to next four joints combined; 

 pedicel one-half longer than wide; Ist funicle joint as long as the 

 pedicel; the others gradually diminishing in length, the 4th very 

 small; club 6-jointed, joints 1—5 much wider than long. 



Forewings rudimentary; very narrow; infuscated; venation 

 giving off long stout hairs; submarginal vein attaining the costa 

 at three fourths the wing length; marginal vein a little longer 

 than the very short stigmal vein; postmarginal vein twice as long 

 as the marginal. 



Ovipositor exserted for about the abdominal length. 



(From 1 specimen, etc.) 



Male: Unknown. 



Described from a Single $ specimen caught while sweeping 

 foliage in a jungle, Kuranda, N. Q., 19th May, 13 (Alan P. Dodd). 

 H abitat: North Queensland (Kuranda, near Cairns). 



Type: South Australian Museum, a $ tagmounted plus a 

 slide bearing head, antennae and forewing. 



Genus Ceratoteleia Kieffer. 



1. Ceratoteleia bella Dodd. 



A $ of this species was caught while sweeping jungle growth 

 along a forest streamlet, Nelson, N. Q., 18th June, '13 (A. P. Dodd). 



2. Ceratoteleia venusta Dodd. 



A $ of this species was caught while sweeping foliage in a 

 jungle, Nelson, N. Q., 14th June, 13 (A. P. Dodd). 



3. Ceratoteleia speciosa sp. nov. 

 Fe male: Length, 1.60 mm. 



Agrees in color and structure with eximia Dodd but differs 

 in antennal and wing characters. 



Antennae with the pedicel slender, twice as long as wide; 

 Ist funicle joint as long as the pedicel; 2nd short er, one-half longer 

 than wide; 3rd and 4th wider than long. 



Forewings not reaching apex of abdomen; moderately broad; 

 first band distinctly before the marginal vein; submarginal vein 

 attaining the costa a little beyond the middle of the wing ; marginal 

 vein short; stigmal vein very oblique, its apex curved slightly 

 caudad; postmarginal vein nearly thrice as long as the stigmal; 

 basal vein distinct. 



Ovipositor not exserted. 



(From 1 specimen, etc.) 



Male: Unknown. 



6. Heft 



