214 PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA, ill., 



yellow. Apex of clypeus sliglitly, roundly incised. Mandibles 

 fuscous. (^5. Length, l"5mm. 



Under a high magnifying glass, the tliorax is seeii to be finely, 

 closely punctured, and sparsely haired: the abdomen is much 

 more shining. The under side of the base of the aiitennal 

 Hagellum may be testaceous; the coxse may be blackish. The 

 stigmal vein is as long as the postmarginal; the two form, at 

 their junction, a sharp angle. Thorax roundly narrowed at the 

 base; the furrow at the base of the scutellum is straiglit, trans- 

 verse at the scutellum; the lateral furrows are narrower, and slope 

 slightly towards the teguhe. Scutellum large, longer than wide, 

 the apex broadly rounded. Abdomen shorter than the thoi'ax, 

 and wider than it, broadly oval. In some S2:)ecimens, the apical 

 three joints of the antennae appear to be flattened, and, thei'efore, 

 dilated laterally. 



Hay, N.8. W. Bred from moth Y>^npve{Agn)tif< sp.), the larvfe of 

 which were destroying saltbush; in November. Probabl}' a 

 common species. 



TU1CH0GLENES(?) BRACONOPHAGUS, Sp.H. 



Head and thorax dark bronzy-black, closely reticulated; abdo- 

 men smooth and siiining, \iolaceous-l)lack; metanotum slightl}' 

 more finely reticulated than the scutellum, its sides bordered by 

 a distinct, roundly curved furrow; its apex is much more strongly- 

 reticulated than the rest; pronotum less strongly than mesonotum; 

 apex of inetanotum with a rounded slope. Antenna) scape and 

 legs rufo-fulvous. Wings hyaline, nervures rufo-testaceous; 

 stigmal branch longish, curved, as long as postmarginal, dilated 

 at the apex; the two forming a longish triangle, longer than it is 

 wide at the apex: a[)ex of wings sliortly ciliated. (J$. Length, 

 1 -5 nun. 



Sydney; "parasitic on a Thaconid parasite"; 21st June. 



From the appearance and structure of the cocoons, T have no 

 doubt that they are those of an Apduislcx, which, from their 

 spinning their cocoons in company, are preyed upon by various 

 Parasitic Hymenoptera, Ichneumonida' (e.g., Ilemik'lcs), Bnwo- 

 nidce, Chalcididd' and Proctotryindie. 



