iS\ i\ CAMERON. 179 



transverse median nervure interstitial. Length, 6 mm. : tere- 

 bra, 1 mm. 



Glen Innes, N.S.W. : in January (W. B. Stokes): bred 

 from Codling Moth {('(up()r(ti)s<( jjoiiio/ir/ld). 



Antennae longer than body, flagellum densely pilose, apex 

 of twelfth, and the thirteenth to seventeenth joints white, this 

 baud being near the base of the apical third. Head smooth, 

 a stout keel down the front. Mesonotum strongly, but not 

 closely punctured, a striated band on apex of middle lobe, 

 which is bluntly rounded. Metanotum, except at base, 

 strongly, closely transversely reticulated, metapleurae more 

 closely than metanotum : both transverse keels are present, 

 but there are no spines. Propleurye, except in the centre 

 above, strongly striated, the striae clearly separated, the basal 

 vertical, the apical transverse. Mesopleurpe strongh' irregu- 

 larly striated, the centre at the base smooth. Hind coxae 

 strongly punctured. Abdomen smooth and shining. 



Mesostenus Victori.e, sp.n. 



Black ; inner orbits from near the top of the eyes, the ])art 

 on the face roundly dilated, the lower three-fourths of the 

 outer, inalar space, a curved line slightly roundly dilated 

 in the middle on the top of the clypeus, labrum, base of 

 mandibles broadly, the mark broadly conical, palpi, a broad 

 line in the centre of the base of pronotum, a broad line on 

 sides of pronotum, not reaching to the tegulpe and longer 

 than the central black part, tegulae, tubercles, a longish oval 

 mark, twice longer than wide, its base irregular, scutellum, a 

 large wide mark, narrowed above, more than twice longer 

 than wide, on the centre of apical slope of metanotum, an 

 irregular oval max'k on basal upper half of mesopleura% a 

 slightly smaller, conical one on the lower apical part, the 

 usual triangular mark under hind wings, a mark, twice longer 

 than wide, the top sharply pointed, the bottom transverse, 

 on the middle of metapleurre, and lines on the apices of all 

 the abdominal segments, whitish-yellow ; legs red, apical third 



