BV p. CAMfitloN. 175 



verse median nervure received sliortly beyond the transverse 

 basal ; recurrent nervure shortly beyond the middle flagellum 

 of antennae rufous, apical half black above. ^.Length, 12 mm. 



Richmond, Sydney, Noundoc, etc., N.S.W. ; bred from 

 moth-pupa?(W. W. Froggatt). 



Head and thorax densely coveied with white pubescence, 

 closely punctured : metanotum rugosely punctvired, almost 

 reticulated, the areola longer than wide, of equal width, trans- 

 verse at base and apex, the lateral keels bulging out slightly, 

 inside closely, irregularly, longitudinally striated, the striae 

 intertwining. The puncturation on the j^leurae runs into 

 reticulations. The raised central part of postpetiole closely, 

 longitudinally striated, the strias intertwining, tiie sides more 

 strongly striated, reticulated on the inner edge : the other seg 

 ments closely punctured, the puncturation becoming gradu- 

 ally finer. Gastracoeli wide, deep, obliquely widened out- 

 wardly, the centre with two stout strise, roundly bulging out- 

 wardly. 



Comes near to /'. a^borinrfus Cam., but is not, I consider, 

 its male. 



CKYPTIN.E. 

 Mesostenini. 



POLYCYRTUS( ?) CUKVI LINEATUS, SJJ.n. 



Black ; an ovalish mark in middle <if face, united to a similar 

 but wider one in centre of clypeus, reaching close to apex, a 

 moderately wide line on inner and \ipper orbits, a wider one, 

 but narrowed above, on lower three-fourths of the outer, 

 extending on to the malar space, but not uniting with the 

 inner line ; a broad line on pronotum, slightly, broadly nar- 

 rowed below, a spot, slightly narrowed behind, where it is 

 rounded, the base slightly dilated in the middle, tegulae, 

 almost the apical half of scutellum, apex of postscutellum 

 narrowly, a broad line on either side of it, a broad curved line 

 on either side of centre of metanotum ending on the pleura; 



