344 NEW Z3ALAND AND AUSTRALIAN PARASITIC IIYMENOPTERA, 



tegulae brownish-yellow; thorax and abdomen entirely black; legs, 

 except coxse which are dark fuscous, yellow. Wings hyaline, 

 venation brown, postmarginal vein one-half longer than marginal, 

 stigmal vein slightly longer than marginal 4 but scarcely so long 

 as postmarginal, subclavate, with an uncus at apex. Head trans- 

 verse, a little more than thrice wider than long, face above 

 insertion of antennae subconvex, ocelli arranged in an obtuse 

 triangle. Antenna? inserted on, or near, middle of face, scape 

 rather short, subcompressed, pedicel subglobose, joints of funicle 

 short, wider than long, outer apical angles acute. 



Thorax with distinct, entire parapsidal furrows, metathorax 

 very short, abrupt and smooth medially, mesopleural ridges 

 closely punctate or rugulose, spiracles small, rounded. Abdomen 

 as seen from above broadly oval, shorter than thorax, dorsum 

 flat, beneath convex, first dorsal segment occupying nearly half 

 the whole surface, the following segments short, subequal. 



Type—^o. 4897, U.S.N.M. 



Hob. — Sydney, N.S.W. Bred by Mr. Froggatt, from a lumpy 

 gall on a Eucalyptus twig. 



Genus Coelocyba, Ashmead, n.g. 

 (31) Coelocyba nigrocincta, n.sp. 



Q. — Length 3 mm. Brownish-yellow, shagreened ; ocelli 

 arranged in a triangle, black; eyes brown; occiput, anterior face 

 of pronotum, parapsidal furrows, sutures of scutellum, metathorax, 

 and broad bands at base of all dorsal abdominal segments black; 

 wings hyaline, venation pale yellowish. 



Head transverse, less than thrice as long as thick antero- 

 posteriorly, vertex convex, face concave for reception of antennae 

 which are inserted far anteriorly. Antennae short, pedicel oblong, 

 swollen, flagellum short, clavate, all the joints very short, trans- 

 verse-linear. Thorax a little more than twice longer than wide, 

 pronotum short but almost as wide as mesonotum, rounded 

 anteriorly; mesonotum a little wider than long, with distinct 

 sharply defined parapsidal furrows; scutellum proper (middle 



