January, 1939 
The Queensland Naturalist 
21 
The male has the entire face except the median line 
nearly to the mouth, the antennae and the lower fourth of 
the head golden, the segments of the funicle a bit longer 
than wide, exceeding the shorter pedicel, the club un- 
jointed, the flagellum with moderately long, bristly hairs. 
Described from many specimens reared from a new species 
of Cleptes, Taroom, Queensland, the host upon brigalow, 
October 31, 1931, Austin Theobald and J. A. Weddell. 
Tetrastichus palgravei Gir. 
On account of the rapid changes in respect to the 
knowledge of the Chalcididae, it has been my practice to 
be constantly revising descriptions. I have found that 
what is valuable in respect to one genus is not so in 
another; that often the very character necessary to know 
has been neglected heretofore ; e.g., in Spalangia, an old 
genus, who can now recognise any of the species, especially 
those of Europe? The essential characters to know have 
never even been mentioned. I need not apologise farther 
for this note upon this Javanese species. 
The fore and middle femora are yellow. There is no 
postmarginal vein. The metatarsus is about four times 
longer than wide, equal to the second segment, but the 
third and fourth segments are shorter (hind legs). The 
second wing bears fourteen lines of cilia. Fore wings 
wide, densely, finely ciliate. In reference to this latter, 
discal ciliation, one character often occurs that is seldom 
noted, namely, whether or not the so-called basal and 
cubital nerves are present (of Foerster). Whatever their 
value may prove to be (I think they may prove to have 
inter-family significance), in genera and species they are 
often of great importance. I am working along that line 
just at present in reference to classification of the families. 
But to be short, here in this species, the basal nerve meets 
the cubital in a point and bears five cilia; after meeting, 
the two continue proximad for 1 eilium. Of the bristles 
of the sub-marginal vein none were seen, but one is prob- 
ably present. This character seems to me very indeter- 
minate; and the material I have does not allow much to 
be done. However, this character should not be neglected. 
In the original description of this species, as printed, 
the following corrections are necessary: Line 1 — hind 
femur 1 should have been hind femur and femur 1 : line 4, 
ovate should have been acute. 
Mesastymaehus keatsi nov. 
From the genotype: Scape much convexly dilated, 
hemispherical-clavate ; purple except the vertex, distal 
half of the scutum and the scutellum, these orange ; tibial 
tips and the spur, metatarsus and the middle tarsi and 
