10 Psyche [February 



conical and strongly chitinous teeth which do not seem to be 

 segregated in distinct divisions. Ventral pores present in a circ- 

 ular area on sternites of anterior region but absent from middle 

 and posterior regions, last ventral plate wide. Coxal gland one 

 on each side, this homogeneous, and, while large, was evident in 

 the type only after clearing of the specimen. Anal legs long, with 

 well developed claws, with sparse stiff hairs over surface in 

 general and numerous finer and shorter ones on ventral surface of 

 proximal joints in particular, as usual, e. g. in species of Nyctun- 

 guis. Palpus of second maxilla rather short and stout; claw short, 

 excavated, pectinate along the edge to and around the end, the 

 setae long. Number of pairs of legs, in female, fifty-five. Length, 

 about 18 mm. 



PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA FROM THE FIJI ISLANDS. i 

 By Charles T. Brues. 



Several years ago when Dr. Wm. M. Mann visited the South 

 Seas, he collected extensively in the British Solomons and in 

 Fiji where he obtained a small number of Parasitic Hymenoptera. 

 These he very kindly gave me for study and those from the 

 Solomons have already been dealt with.^ Meanwhile Turner has 

 published a list and descriptions of some new Hymenoptera from 

 Fiji in which he enumerates 53 species. 



Of Mann's material there remains a smaller, but perhaps even 

 more interesting series from Fiji and many of these are treated 

 in the present paper. I have also included one particularly 

 curious genus contained in a small lot of Serphoidea from Fiji 

 sent me by Mr. F. Muir who collected it when he visited these 

 islands in 1905. 



As will appear evident from the context, these groups at least, 

 show a strong Australian element in the fauna, but suggest the 

 probable occurrence of a considerable number of peculiar endemic 

 genera. 5 



iContribution from the Entomological Laboratory of the Btissey Institution Harvard Uni- 

 versity, No. 197. 



2Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 97-L^O, pi. 1 (May 1918). 



^Turner (Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1918, p. 334) has expressed a similar opinion, based 

 mainly on the aculeata of these islands. 



