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ocelli subtriangular arranged, the front ocellus a little farther away from 

 the hind ocelli than are these to each other; maxillary palpi 4-jointed ; 

 antennae i3-jointed, widely separated at base, inserted rather close to the 

 mouth, or below an imaginary line drawn from base of eves, the scape 

 long, cylindrical, slightly curved; flagellum rather slender, subclavate, 

 the pedicel longer than the first joint of funicle. 



Thorax as in Anastatus, the scutellum with narrow base against meso- 

 notum but the axillae do not quite meet at base; wings clouded, the 

 stigmal vein nearly as long as the submarginal, the stigmal vein oblique, 

 subclavate, about half the length of the postmarginal, which is about two- 

 thirds the length of the marginal; legs as in Eupelmits except the hind 

 tibiae are distinctly flattened, but not so broad as in Metapelma. 



Abdomen clavate, narrowed toward base, depressed and ending in a long 

 ovipositor, as long as, or nearlv as long as. the abdomen; dorsal seg 

 ments 13 incised at apical margins medially. 



Resembles the genus Anastatus but differs in shape of head 

 in having the hind tibias flattened, by the pubescent eyes, long 

 ovipositor and by the incisions of dorsal abdominal segments. 



fi) Tineobius citri n. sp. 



Female. Length 3.5 mm. General color brownish-yellow or light 

 ferruginous; flagellum black; eyes brown-black, pubescent; face below 

 and between antennae metallic green; pronotum at sides and disk of 

 mesopleura violaceous, clothed with silvery pubescence; mesonotum, 

 except the elevation anteriorly which is metallic green, the short metanotum 

 and the abdomen except basal segment above and beneath which is white, 

 aeneous black; ovipositor as long as abdomen, black ringed with white 

 before apex. Hind legs fuscous, hind femora paler beneath, the sharp 

 ridge of hind tibiae and spot at base of first tarsal joint white; middle 

 tibia? dusky outwardly. Wings, except basal one third and extreme 

 apex which are hyaline, fuscous. 



Type, No. 3465, U. S. N. M. 

 Hab. Paramatta, New South Wales. 



Described from one female bred by A. Koebele from a Tineid 

 larva predaceous upon Chionaspis citri. 



(i) Tineobius californicus n. sp. 



Female. Length 3.5 mm. Stature and general color similar to T. citri 

 but the face below antennae is not metallic, the prothorax is entirely 

 brownish-yellow, the mesonotum has only a slight metallic tinge, the disk 

 of the lobes being fuscous, the mesopleura have a silvery sheen due to a 

 fine silvery pubescence, while, joints 1-3 of middle tarsi and joints 2-4 of 

 hind tarsi are white, the basal joint being entirely fuscous without the 

 white spot, the hind tibia3. however, and the legs otherwise, except the 

 middle tibia is not fuscous outwardly, are as in T. citri. The abdomen, 



