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articulation narrow, smooth ; there arc no oblique furrows, 

 but there are indistinct transverse ones on the ai)ices of the 

 third and fourth. Temples obliquely roundly narrowed. 

 Palpi testaceous. 



Platybracon insularis, sp.n. 



9 ■ Luteous : antennae and tips of mandibles black ; head 

 and thorax smooth, a band of fine striae down middle of 

 metanotum, the band becoming wider towards apex ; basal 

 four abdominal segments closely striated, the striae stronger 

 on the basal two segments ; apices of third and fourth nar- 

 rowly smooth ; second with a straight oblique furrow running 

 from base near middle to near apex, the space between the 

 two at the base raised and striated, of equal width and bor- 

 dered by a transversely striated furrow : furrows on third 

 shorter, reaching to middle, wider and roundly curved. 

 Wings blackish-fuscous, more or less hyaline at base of 

 stigma, which is pallid ochraceous, narrowly black at apex ; 

 second cubital cellule about thrice longer than wide ; third 

 abscissa of radius as long as the basal two united ; recurrent 

 nervure received about the length of the basal absci.s.sa of 

 radius in first cubital cellule from each apex. Length, 10; 

 terebra, 7 mm. 



Basal segment of abdomen regularly, somewhat strongly 

 striated, the raised central part roundly narrowed at baDe, 

 its apex a little narrower than sides at apex. Sheaths of 

 ovijDositor stout, black, pilose, almost as long as nietauotum 

 and abdomen united. 



Nedinoschiza, gen. no v. 



Head large, cubital, temples one-half longer than the top 

 of eyes, rounded behind ; occiput transverse, not margined. 

 Apex of clypeus with a short, semicircular incision, the 

 sides of which form teeth. Abdomen with only one trans- 



