6i2 PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA, ii., 



strongly punctured, the punctures on the mesonotum and scu- 

 tellum clearly separated. Mesopleurje, except at the base, closely, 

 regularly, longitudinally striated, the striae becoming shorter 

 below. Metapleurje (;losely, rugosely reticulated, armed with a 

 stout tooth, which is longer than wide at the base. Abdomen 

 nearly as long as head and thorax combined. 



Anachyptus ferrugineus, sp.n. 



Ferruginous; antennae lighter in tint; mesonotum, scutellum, 

 mesosternum, and the dilated apical part of the abdomen infus- 

 cated, the two hinder legs darker in tint than the four anterior; 

 abdominal petiole fully one-half the length of the thorax, and 

 longer than the rest oi the segments united; wings hyaline, very 

 iridescent, nervures black. ^. Length, 5 mm. 



Mittagong, N.S.W.; in January; caught on the wing ( W. W. 

 Froggatt). 



1:1 ead and thorax strongly, umbilically punctate, less strongly 

 and more sparsely on the sides of the vertex and in the middle of 

 the occiput, lateral lobes of mesonotum less strongly and more 

 sparsely than the middle one; scutellum as strongly, but not so 

 closely, its apex broadly rounded, and with a distinct margin 

 Propleuraj with two punctures above and two below. Meso 

 pleurae, at the top apical part, with a squarish, smooth space, 

 having one fovea in the middle of the base and three below; 

 apical basal part closely, finely, longitudinally striated, more 

 strongly and less closely at the top; the rest is strongly punc 

 tured, with the punctures clearly separated Metanotum strongly 

 aciculated, with two keels slightly diverging at the apex, in the 

 centre. INIetapleurse regularly reticulated. Abdominal petiole 

 aciculated, more strongly at the base than apex, its sides margined, 

 Aveakly so on apical half, the sides with two stout keels, and an 

 irregular one on basal half between them. 



Chalcitella piceiventris, sp.n. 



Black; antennal scape and four front legs rufo-testaceous, 

 hind legs and teguUe of a deeper, darker rufous colour, the 

 middle of the femora broadly black, sides and ventral surface of 



