6V P. CAMERON. 193 



BRACONID.E. 

 Braconinse. 



B K A c o N, F. Sec. Foer. Szep. 



BrACON AUSTRALASICUS, Sp.n. 



Black ; pro- and mesotliorax red, sides of iirst abdominal 

 segment narrowly, second except for a narrow line down the 

 middle, sides of third, fourth and fifth, and the ventral sur- 

 face yellowish-white ; apex of anterior femora, their tibiae and 

 tarsi testaceous; wings hyaline, stigma fuscous, costa and ner- 

 vures black ; first abscissa of radius one-quarter shorter than 

 second, which is about one-fourth of the length of third, re- 

 current nervure faint ; ovipositor longer than the body. 

 9 . Length, 4 : terebra, almost 5 mm. 



Reedy Creek, near Inverell. Caught on the wing, 9th 

 November (W. W. Froggatt). 



Smooth, shining ; thorax sparsely covered with white pubes- 

 cence. Mesonotum almost trilobate, but without distinct 

 parapsidal furrows. Furrow at base of scutellum closely cre- 

 nulated : there is an indistinct keel down the apical three- 

 fourths of the metanotum. First abdominal segment as long 

 as it is wide at the apex ; second with a stovit keel, not much 

 dilated at the base, down the middle. Suturiform articula- 

 tion closely, strongly crenidated. Third and following seg- 

 ments narrowly lined with white. 



Bracon pilitarsis, sji.n. 



Black ; head red, apices of third and following abdominal 

 segments narrowly lined with pale yellow, basal ventral seg- 

 ments white ; wings fuscous, highly iridescent, stigma and 

 nervures black, recurrent nervure received in the first cubital 

 cellule ; second cubital cellule about four times longer than 

 wide. Smooth and shining, the area on second abdominal 

 segment large, longish-triangular, bordered by wide furrows. 



