340 PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA, I., • 



to apex. Malar space two-thirds of length of eyes. Head 

 narrower than eyes, temples obliquely narrowed. 



Bracon eucalypti, sp.n. 



cT $ . Black ; head, underside of antennal scape, prothorax, 

 basal three abdominal segments, and the four front legs pale 

 rufo-testaceous ; wings hyaline, very iridescent, stigma and 

 nervures black. Length, 3 ; terebra, 1mm. 



Sydney. Bred from reddish galls on leaves of Eucalyptus 

 sp. (W. W. Froggatt). 



Smooth and shining, sparsely covered with white pubes- 

 cence, legs more densely so than body. Apical abscissa of 

 radius about one-third longer than the basal two united ; 

 recurrent nervure received in apex of first cubital cellule ; 

 second cubital cellule about thrice longer than wide. The 

 colouration of the legs varies ; the middle may be marked 

 with black and the hinder with testaceous. 



CHELONIN^. 



Areogaster erythropus, sp.n. 



$ . Black ; scape of antennae and legs red, hind coxae black 

 at base to shortly beyond middle ; covered with a white pile 

 which is longer and denser on metanotum ; palpi pale testa- 

 ceous ; wings hyaline, costa pale testaceous, stigma and ner- 

 vures black. Length, 5 mm. 



Mittagong, N.S.W. : on 14th October (W. W. Froggatt). 



Basal joint of flagellum obscure brown Head closely 

 distinctly, but not very strongly punctured, front and vertex 

 less strongly than the face, w liich is separated from the 

 clypeus by a rounded, clearly defined furrow. Thorax closely, 

 distinctly punctured, apical half of mesonotum irregularly 

 reticulated. Scutellum more strongly and less closely punc- 

 tured than mesonotum ; a row of deep fovese, almost square, 

 at the base. Abdomen alutaceous, base irregularly longitu- 

 dinally striated. 



