356 NEW ZEALAND AND AUSTRALIAN PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA, 



18-jointedj and a little longer than body. Mesonotum and 

 scutellum closely punctate, opaque or subopaque, lateral hind 

 angles of the former shining and less closely punctate; mesopleura 

 with a large, smooth, shining, impunctate disc, but the surface 

 surrounding it, as well as the mesosternum, closely punctate; 

 metathorax rugulose, without a median carina. Wings hyaline, 

 stigma and veins light brown, costal veins, in both wings, to near 

 their apex pale yellowish; areolet open behind, the inner side, or 

 what represents the transverse cubitus, being as long as first 

 abscissa of radius. Abdomen, except as noted, black polished, 

 first two segments sculptured or irregularly longitudinally rugu- 

 lose; first segment trapezoidal, a little longer than wide at apex, 

 one-half longer than second, second and third about equal, fourth, 

 fifth and sixth subequal, shorter than third; ovipositor with its 

 tip alone exposed. 



g. — Length 1*5 mm. Differs from the female only in its 

 smaller size, in having longer antenna?, smaller abdomen, and by 

 the second dorsal segment of abdomen being less distinctly 

 sculptured and a little shorter than third. 



Type- No. 4912, TJ.S.N.M. 



Hah. — Sydney, N.S. Wales. 



Host — Lepid./ Agrotis sp. Bred by Mr. Froggatt. 



(58) Apanteles australiensis, n.sp 



£. — Length 4 mm. Black, shining; palpi pale yellowish; legs 

 peach-yellow, hind pair a little darker or obfuscated, all coxa? 

 black, smooth, impunctate, hind femora with a black spot at 

 extreme apex, apical third of their tibia? and their tarsi fuscous; 

 membranous lateral margins of dorsal abdominal segments 1-2 

 and ventral segments 1-3 yellowish. 



Head smooth, shining, impunctate, face with a longitudinal 

 median ridge. Thorax shining, mesonotum punctate, but the 

 punctures shallow, not close nor dense; scutellum smooth, im- 

 punctate, or at most with a few faint, scarcely impressed punc- 



