BY WILLIAM II. ASHMEAI). 333 



Type— No. 4878, U.S.N.M. 



#«&._Sydney, N.S.W. 



Host — Dipt. Described from 3 9 and 2 £ specimens, bred by 

 Mr. Froggatt from a dipterous gall on Snowbush (Aster 

 ramulosus). 



(11) Megastigmus hraciiyscelidis, n.sp. 



9.— Length 2 mm. Black or dark brown, ovipositor a little 

 shorter than body; orbits broadly, lower part of face, pronotum, 

 lateral lobes of mesonotum, and sometimes middle lobe, axillae, a 

 narrow transverse line back of scutellum, mouth parts, except 

 teeth of mandibles, and legs, except hind coxae, pale yellowish. 

 Abdomen paler beneath and at apex. Antennas brown, scape 

 pale beneath, flagellum subclavate, first joint of funicle about once 

 and one-half as long as thick, following joints gradually shortening, 

 seventh a little wider than long. Wings hyaline, stigma and 

 veins brown. Vertex of head and mesonotum delicately trans- 

 versely striate, scutellum and metanotum delicately shagreened. 



$■ — Length 1*8 mm. Black, shining; orbits and face below 

 antenna 1 , a transverse band on hind margin of pronotum, lateral 

 lobes of mesonotum posteriorly, axillae along their inner suture, 

 extreme tip of abdomen, and legs, except hind coxae, all yellowish. 

 Antennae brown, joints of funicle scarcely longer than wide ; 

 wings hyaline, stigma and veins brown-black. 



Type— No. 4879, U.S.N.M. 



Hob.— Sydney, N.S.W. 



Host — Rhynch. : Brachyscelis crispa, Olliff (Froggatt). De- 

 scribed from 2 9 and 2 g specimens. 



Family lxii. — CHALCIDID^. 



Subfamily ii— CHALCIDIN5:. 



Genus Haltichella, Spinola. 



(12) Haltichella hicolor, n.sp. 



9- — Length 3-5 mm. Head and thorax black, closely punctate, 

 and clothed with a sparse, silvery white pubescence; scape, legs 



