176 PARASITIC MYMENOPTERA, iii., 



iu a squarish dilation iu the middle of their apical half; 

 tubercles, an irregular, lai'ge, o\al, vei'tical spot in the centre 

 of basal half of mesopleurEe, a mark on lower apical half, nar- 

 rowed into a triangle at the base, the apex above obliquely 

 widened into a triangle, low^er edge slightly narrowed in 

 middle, a narrow line, narrowed below% on the suture between 

 meso- and metapieurae on the upper three-fourths, and nar- 

 row lines on the apices of all the abdominal segments, the lines 

 becoming gradually narrower, yellow; legs red, base of coxae 

 broadly, apex narrowly on outer side pallid yellow ; almost 

 the apical half of hinder femora, base of tibite narrowly, 

 almost their apical third, first joint of hind tarsi and basal 

 three-fourths of second black, the rest white. Wings hyaline, 

 stigma and nervures black, areolet moderately large, larger 

 along the radius and cubitus than along the transverse cubi- 

 tals, slightly narrowed behind, recurrent nervure received 

 near apex, second transverse cubital not faint, transverse 

 median received shortly behind transverse basal. $ . Length, 

 12 mm. ; terebra, 2 mm. 



Merriwa, N.S.W. ; "parasitic upon many lepidopterous lar- 

 vae, but more particularly upon the cup-moths, Dorafifera and 

 Liniacodes" (W. W. Froggatt). 



Front depressed, irregularly transversely striated ; a single, 

 stout, longish conical tooth, dilated at the base above, imme- 

 diately over the antennas. Face and clypeus strongly, closely 

 punctured, closely covered with short white pubescence. Meso- 

 notum closely punctured, with distinct parapsidal furrows on 

 the basal three-fourths. Scutellum as strongly, but not so 

 closely punctured; post-scutellum smooth. Base of metano- 

 tum with a narrow, smooth, curved band, beyond this it is 

 punctured to the basal keel, which is not very distinct, and 

 roundly curved ; it does not end in distinct teeth, nor is it 

 dilated laterally : central region finely and closely, apex more 

 strongly and less closely, longitudinally reticulated. Pleurae 

 strongly punctured, metapleurje more closely than the rest ; 



