MALAY PARASITIC IIYMENOPTEHA 47 



Burnett River, Qn'^'t'nslciiul. (H. Senioii leg.). 



Head cubital, closely distinctly, almost uniformly punctured, 

 the punctures in places almost forming reticulations ; the 

 occijtut sharply keeled ; the upper i)art almost bare, the face 

 and oral region thickly covered with longish white hair. Eyes 

 very little converging above ; the hinder ocelli separated from 

 each other by a distinctly greater distance than they are from 

 the eyes ; the anterior separated from the posterior by a 

 greater distance than the latter are from each other. Man- 

 dibles shining, bare, dark red at the base. First joint of flagel- 

 lum about one fourth shorter than the second. Thorax very 

 slightly pilose, except the apex of median segment which is 

 thickly covered with long white hair. Thorax punctured like 

 the head, the pleura3 more finely and closely than the upper 

 part ; the metanotum reticulated, closely at the base, more 

 widely at the apex ; the metapleurte closely reticulated, with 

 stout keels. Abdomen shining, especially at the base, the apical 

 segments finely, closely punctured ; the middle segments at the 

 sides fringed with white hair. Hind coxse coarsely, closely, 

 obliquely striated. There is a not very distinct furrow down 

 the scutellum, best marked in its centre ; there is a distinct, 

 moderately wide furrow down the basal part of the metanotum ; 

 it is bordered by stout keels and irregularly transversely 

 striated. 



Comes nearest to M. caudata Szép. from New South Wales. 



