644 PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA, ii., 



the middle more finely transversely striated. Base of meta- 

 notiim with a crenulated furrow, centre almost smooth, sides 

 with some oblique striae. The top of propleurse with a few 

 oblique stout striae running from the base to the apex, the 

 rest more finely and closely striated, the striae running from 

 the apex to the base. Upper basal half of mesopleurae finely 

 striated, the striae more or less curved. Metapleuras smooth, 

 the lower half depressed, rounded above, the sides margineii. 

 Abdomen smooth above, the sides finely, closely, obliquely 

 striated. Legs closely covered with white pubescence; hinder 

 coxae closely, finely reticulated ; hinder femora finely punc- 

 tured. 



Megastigmus sulcicollis, sp.n. 



Yellow ; mesonotum, scutellum, and abdomen tinged with 

 fulvous, legs of a paler yellow colour ; flagellum of antennae 

 darker, more fulvous in tint, the apices of the joints nar- 

 rowly black ; wings hyaline, nervures testaceous, stigmal spot 

 longish-conical. Tips of mandibles and sheath of ovipositor 

 black. $. Length, 1-2-5 mm.; ovipositor as long as the body. 



Richmond, N.S.W. ; bred from galls in the flowers of the 

 " Kurrajong," in August (specimens from C. T. Musson). 



Smooth, pronotum finely, closely, transversely striated ; a 

 narrow transverse furrow before the middle, a shorter, wider, 

 more distinct one at the apex. Pro- and mesonotum, and 

 scutellum sparsely covered with longish black hairs ; finely, 

 closely, transversely striated, metanotum more coarsely stri- 

 ated. Base of mesonotum, base and sides of scutellum and 

 of metanotum, the sides of the latter more broadly, base of 

 the parapsidal furrows, and the depressions at the sides of 

 the mesonotum, black. 



POLMON OLENUS Walk. 



Mon. Chal. ii., 7. 



Sydney; in February; bred from egg-cases of Mantis: Cooma, 

 N.S.W.(W. W. Froggatt). 



