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MEMO IBS OF TEE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 
1. CERATONEURONELLA NIGRIVENTRIS Girault. Female. Genotype. 
Yellowish red, the base of scutellum lemon yellow, the body of the abdomen black, the 
petiole red; legs red, the hind coxa with a linear black spot down the side; scape pale, pedicel 
yellowish, rest of antennas dusky yellowish. Fore wings with a large, subovate smoky spot 
centrally under distal venation. Funicle 1 much longer than the pedicel and only slightly 
longer than 2. 
Habitat: Nelson (Cairns), Queensland. Jungle. 
Type: No. Ey 1866, Queensland Museum. 
CER ATONE URON OM YI A new genus. 
Type: The following species. 
1. CERATONEURONOMYIA ARNOLDI new species. 
Female: — Length, 1.70 mm. 
Shining black, the wings hyaline, the tegulfu and legs (except the black coxae), reddish 
brown; also the scape. Propodeum with a strong median carina and rugose, the short, stout 
petiole also rugose, the second and third segments of abdomen longest, subequal, together 
occupying half of the surface. Sculpture otherwise as in Tetrastichus as are also all other 
characters except that the first funicle joint is elongate, as long as the club, the pedicel also 
longer than usual, subecjual to the second funicle joint, the third funicle joint distinctly 
longer than wide, longer than any of the three club joints, about half or less the length of 
the first funicle joint. Abdomen smooth. Mandibles tridentate. Second ring- joint very 
short, the first distinct; club with a short nipple. Abdomen short, ovate. Antennaa inserted 
in the middle of the face, the head triangular, the mandibles tridentate. 
Male : — Unknown. 
Described from one female captured by sweeping jungle foliage, July 25, 1912. The 
genus differs from Ccratoneura Ashmead in bearing the grooves on the thorax as in Tetras- 
tichus. The species is respectfully dedicated to Matthew Arnold. 
Habitat: Goondi (Innisfail) and Kuranda, Queensland. 
Type: No. Ey 1867 , Queensland Museum, the above specimen on a tag, the head on a 
slide. 
2. CERATONEURONOMYIA LONGISCAPUS new species. 
Female: — Length, 1.75 mm. 
Dark metallic green, the wings hyaline, the scape long and slender, white, the flagellum 
black, the pedicel and ring-joints dusky, the pedicel elongate, subequal to funicle 2; funicle 
1 elongate, over twice the length of 3 which is somewhat longer than wide; club pale toward 
tip. Mandibles tridentate. Club with a short nipple. Propodeum rugulose, with a distinct 
median carina and neck, the abdomen with a short petiole. Coxa) mostly concolorous. Segments 
2 and 3 of abdomen occupying only over a fourth of the surface. 
Male : — Not known. 
From one female, forest, September 16, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 
Habitat: Kuranda, Queensland. 
Type: No. Ey 1869, Queensland Museum, the above specimen on a tag, the head on a 
•slide. 
