BY WILLIAM H. ASHMEAD. 343 



veins longer than marginal. Ovipositor about the length of basal 

 joint of hind tarsi, sheaths broad. 



Type— So. 4895, U.S.N.M. 



Hab. — Australia (A. Koebele, collector). 



Family lxix. -PTEROM ALLEGE. 



Subfamily i.— MERISIN.E. 



Genus B r a c h y s c e l i d I p h a g a, Ashmead, n.g. 



(29) Brachyscelidiphaga plava, n.sp. 



$. — Length 1-2 to 14 mm. Yellow, smooth, impunctate, or at 

 most with the surface feebly alutaceous; eyes and ocelli black; 

 occiput, pronotum on anterior face, a spot on middle lobe of 

 mesonotum, a spot on inner angle of lateral lobes, a large spot on 

 disc of scutellum, sutures surrounding scutellum and meta thorax 

 brown-black ; abdomen above, except basal segment, dusty or 

 brownish. Wings hyaline, venation dark brown; marginal and 

 postmarginal veins about equal, one-third length of subcostal 

 vein; stigmal vein a little shorter than marginal, terminating in 

 a rounded knob, with an uncus. Antennae short, flagellum 

 clavate, pedicel stout, obconical, about twice as long as thick at 

 apex and very much longer and stouter than first three or four 

 funicle joints united; first joint of funicle very small, about as 

 long as thick, second also small, a little wider than long, the 

 following gradually increasing in size and width and all wider 

 than long. 



Type-So. 4898, U.S.N.M. 



Hab. — Sydney, N.S W. Bred by Mr. Froggatt from Brachy- 

 scelis pileata. 



Genus Terobiella, Ashmead, n.g. 



(30) Terobiella flavifrons, n.sp. 



$. — Length 2-8 mm. Mostly black, polished and impunctate; 

 head on vertex and posteriorly including temples black; face 

 below front ocellus, cheeks, mandibles, palpi, antennae and 



