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5. MEGASTIGMUS BRACHYSCELIDIS Ashmead. Female ; male. 



Lengtli, 2 iiiin. Bkuk or ,laik lji„uii: uvij.ositnr a little sliorter than tli.> l,odv; orbits 

 broadly, lower part of faee, proiuitiini, iiarajisides and sometimes the scutum, axilhe, a transverse 

 Kne back of scntellum, mouth jiarts except teeth of mandibles and legs (exfopt hind coxa;), 

 pale yellowish. Abdomen paler beneath and at apex. Antenna; brown, s.'ape pale beneath! 

 flagellum subchivate, first joint of funielc aljout one and a half times longer than wide, the 

 following joints gradually shortening, joint 7 a little wider than long. Stigma and venation 

 brown; wings hyaline. Vertex and mesonutuni deli.-ately transversely striate, the scntellum 

 and metanotum delicately shagreened. 



The male measures l.sd mm. Hlaik, sliiniiig; cubits and laci> ventrad of antenna?, a 

 transverse baud on liind margin of prouotum. par.ipsides caudad, mesal suture of axilla;, 

 extreme tip of abdomen and the legs (except the hind coxa), yellowish. Antenuio brown, the 

 funielc joints scarcely longer than wide. Wings hyaliue, stigma, and venation brown-black. 



Hiihihil: Sydney, New South Wales. Associated with Brnclniscrlix erista OlIilT. 



T.IJP' : t'at Xo. -IS79. United States Natnuial Museuu', Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 



6. MEGASTIGMUS SULCICOLLIS Cameron. Female. 

 Length, 1 2..jil nun. 



Yellow; mesonotum, scutelluni and abdomen tinged with fulvous, legs paler; flagellum 

 darker, more fulvous, the apices of the joints narrowly black; wings hyaline, venation testaceous, 

 the stigma long-conical. Tips of mandibles and ovijiositor valves black. Extruded jMjrtion 

 of ovijiositor as long as the body. Smooth; timrax finely, closely transversely striated; a 

 narrow-, transverse furrow before tlie middle of ]u-onotum and a sliorter, wider, more distinct 

 one at the apex. Thorax (exccjit lu-oiiodcnm) s|iarsely clothed with Inngish, black hairs; 

 propodeum nuirc coarsely stri.-ited tliau the tliiuax. Hase of nu'sonoturn, base ami sides of 

 seutellum ami of ]u-opodeum, the sides of the latter more broadly, base uf the jiarapsidal 

 furrows and the dejiressions at the sides of the mesonotum, black. 



}Iahil(il : Kii-limoncl. Xew Suutli Wales. Associated with galls cm kurrajcmg. 



Ti/in : (finery. 



7. MEGASTIGMUS MACULATIPENNIS (liirault). Female, (tenotx-pe oi 

 XANTHOSOMOIDES. 



Length, variable but alicmt 2..")0 mm. ex.-lncliiig ovipositoi', tlie exserted |iortion of which 

 is about three fourths the length of the body. 



Pale cadmiiun yellow, the head, jironotum, legs and a transverse spot latcrad of the 

 mesopostscutellum (the spot ceplmlad of the ]iic)])odeal spiracle) contrasting, lighter lenmn- 

 yellow; also more or less, the ])roclucecl |i.-irt of the ventral abdomen. Lateral suture of 

 seutellum, the visilile (clcusal. laleral) portions ccf thc> occip\it and llie cephalic nuirgin of the 

 Jiropodeum, black. Dorsal aspect of aiidomen sutfLised irregularly with brown. N'enation black. 

 Fore wings hyaline, tlie globe-like stigmal spot black, lliscal cilialion iiorm.-il .-incl dense, the 

 marginal cilia very short. Antennae yellow suffused with niuc-li black. Ovipositor brown, the 

 valves black. Thorax delicately, transversely wrinkled. Funielc 1 wicleriirig dislad. nearly 

 twice longer than wide af apex. Scape yellow, black aliove. Lateral ocelli distant from the 

 eye margins. Face subquadrate, wide. Propodeal spiracle ellijitic-.al. Fuiiicle joints not much 

 longer than wide, a little longer than the pedicel. I'ostmarginal vein nearly as long as the 

 marginal. Abdomen sessile. Club .'1-jointed. Propodeum noncarinate. Corrected description. 

 Type re-examined. 



Hfibitat : Prisliane, <|)iiecnslaucl. Kearecl from galls. 



Tiipr: No. IIijlVJJ. t:^ucciislaud Museum. Prisbane, the tciiiale on a inr.l. 



8. MEGASTIGMUS TASMANIENSIS UirauU. Female. 

 " A Tasmanian species, Idac-k with a yellow c-oll:ir. was labelh'.l ' Wi'arcMl from larva' 

 of flies attacking flelirlirysnm .^.•oc/cio/i/c.s-. K". .\. lUack.' They were ac-ci.lentally destroyed. 



