Some New Parasitic Hymenoptera from Australia. 



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3. Anteon apterus sp. nov. 

 Female: Length, 3.50 mm. 



Like coriaceus Perkins but all the coxae are black; posterior 

 and intermediate femora almost black; base of cephalic femora 

 black; entirely wingless. 



(From 1 specimen, etc.) 



Male: Unknown. 



Described from a Single $ specimen caught while sweeping 

 on edge of streamlet in forest, Nelson, N. Q., 15th April, '13 (Alan 

 P. Dodd). 



Habitat: North Queensland (Nelson, near Cairns). 

 Type: South Australian Museum, a £ tagmounted. 



4. Anteon superbus sp. nov. 

 Female: Length, 3.50 mm. 



Head and thorax black; abdomen bright orange yellow; 

 legs, antennae and mandibles pale lemon yellow. 



Head reticulately rugulose: Antennae 10-jointed; gradually 

 widening towards the apex; scape a little longer than the pedicel; 

 pedicel slender; Ist funicle joint a little ionger than the pedicel; 

 2nd as long as the Ist; 3rd distinctly shorter than the 2nd but 

 distinctly longer than wide. 



Pronotum rather long, longitudinally rugulose; mesonotum 

 smooth, with a few small scattered punctures; scutellumimpunctate; 

 metathorax long, almost as long as the rest of the thorax, reticu- 

 lately rugulose, with two longitudinal grooves converging towards 

 the apex. 



Forewings hyaline; venation pale yellow. 

 (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). 

 Habitat: North Queensland (Kuranda, near Cairns). 

 Type: South Australian Museum, a $ tagmounted. 



Anteonella nov. gen. 



Female: Of very robust form. Head large, its Vertex a little 

 concave; ocelli in an equilateral triangle. Antennae a little clavate, 

 nearly as long as the body; Ist funicle joint slightly longer than 

 the 2nd. 



Forelegs with the trochanters rather long; femora exceedingly 

 stout; Ist tarsal joint very long; 2nd and 3rd extremely short, 

 transverse; 4th as long as the Ist; 5th joint freely extensile, 

 reaching back a little beyond the base of the 4th joint. 



Pronotum short, reaching back on the sides as far as the 

 tegulae; mesonotum with deep, distinct parapsidal furrows, reaching 

 the posterior edge of the mesonotum; scutellum semicircular; 

 metathorax very short. 



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