178 fAKASITIC HYMEXOPTElCA, 111., 



edge of mesosternum, close to the furrow, a large mark below 

 the hind wings, almost square below, the apex above project- 

 ing obliquely, and not much longer than wide, and a large 

 conical spot on the lower apical part of the metapleurs and 

 the apices of the abdominal segments, the lines on fifth and 

 sixth broken, on the others complete : on the ventral segments 

 they are all complete. 9 • Length, 12 mm. ; terebra, 5 mm. 

 Tweed River, N.S.W.; in November; (W. W. Froggatt). 



Vertex strongly, obliquely striated, front almost entirel}' 

 smodth, a stout keel down it from the ocelli. Base of mesono- 

 tum transverse, sides rounded : puncturation close, moderately 

 strong, scutellum sparsely punctured, the sloping sides 

 strongly striated. Metanotum closely, strongly reticulated, 

 weakly at the base, becoming stronger towards apex. Pleurre 

 strongly punctured, the puncturation running into reticula- 

 tions on mesopleurse and metapleurse. 



Mesostenus pomonell^, sp.n. 



Black; face, clypeus, mandibles at base, palpi, orbits 

 except near the centre of the top of the eyes, a broad, longish 

 oval line, the narrowed end at the base, on the sides of pro- 

 notum, tegulas, tubercles, a large oblique mark, twice longer 

 than wide, the edges rounded, on the lower apical part of the 

 mesopleui'se, a wide, conical mark on the apex of the middle 

 lobe of mesonotum, scutellum, sides of apical slope of meta- 

 notum widely, the yellow extending on to the pleural, the 

 apices of the abdominal segments — the basal broadly, the 

 bands becoming gradually narrower — pallid yellow. Legs 

 reddish-yellow, the posterior deeper in tint, the four coxae 

 and trochanters whitish-yellow : more than apical third of 

 hind femora, more than apical half of hind tibiae and the 

 metatarsus, black, the rest of the hind tarsi and of the tibice 

 white ; wings hyaline, stigma and nervures black, areolet 

 small, twice longer than wide, narrowed towards apex, recur- 

 rent nervure interstitial with the second transverse cubital, 



