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ON A COLLECTION OF PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA 

 (CHIEFLY BRED), MADE BY Mr. W. W. FROGGATT, 

 F.L.8., IN NEW SOUTH WALES, WITH DESCRIP- 

 TIONS OF NEW GENERA AND SPECIES. Pabt i. 



By p. Cameron. 

 (Communicated by IF. TT'. Frogc/aft.) 



This paper may be looked upon as a continuation of one 

 by the late Dr. Wm. H. Ashmead, published in the Society's 

 Proceedings for 1900: and is of the same nature, dealingr. 

 as it does, with Parasitic Hymenoptera caught, and more 

 particularly, bred by Mr. Walter W. Froggatt, F.L.S., the 

 Government Entomologist. Some of the bred species may 

 prove to be of economic importance, as, for example, O-pius 

 fri/nni, reared from the Dipterous fruit-fly, Dacus tryoni. 

 Of geographical interest is the occurrence in Australia of a 

 species of FhUojJsyche, a genus hitherto known only from 

 Ceylon, in which island is to be found, it is to be noted, a 

 species of the Australian genus Lissopimphi. 



CRYPTIN.E. 



Erythromesostenus, g.n. 



Head wider than thorax, which is thrice longer than wide : 

 parapsidal furrows distinct on the basal two-thirds. Scutel- 

 lum hardly raised above mesonotum, the sides keeled to 

 beyond the middle. Metanotum with distinct lateral spines, 

 a transverse basal keel ; metapleuras with a complete keel, 

 the spiracles small, longish-oval, areolet punctiform, open 

 at apex, recurrent nervure received shortly beyond trans- 

 verse cubital ; transverse median almost interstitial ; disco- 

 cubital nervure roundly curved, unbroken ; transverse 

 median nervure in hind wings broken near middle. Post- 



