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not oblique; nervelliis arising below the middle of the cell; sub- 

 median cell in hind wing very short. 



cf .Length 7 mm. Similar, but with the middle part of the 

 first abdominal segment longer and blackened on the apical half. 

 Eyes no longer than those of the female. 



Type from Lobasa, Fiji; eleven female and one male paratj'pe 

 from Lobasa, Navai and Vunisea, Fiji (W. M. Mann). 



I have not been able to compare this with any other species of 

 the genus, but am satisfied that it is properly placed. It differs 

 from Archibracon (Pseudobracon) in the basally bent cubitus, 

 shorter, distinctly ovate abdomen and more clearly cubical head. 

 It is evidently a common Fijian species. 



Palinzele Gen. no v. 



Related to Zele Curtis, but differing in the immargined head, 

 non-convex propodeum, with the abdomen inserted well above 

 the hind coxse. ]Malar space as long as the basal width of the 

 mandible; hind coxae long and slender; nervulus post-f ureal; 

 second cubital cell elongate; ovipositor very short; spur of hind 

 tibia half as long as the metatarsus; tarsal claws simple. 



Type: Palinzele oceanica sp. nov. 



This genus is similar to Zele, but differs in the absence of a 

 margin on the head behind and in the higher insertion of the 

 abdomen. The slender hind coxse as well as the other two char- 

 acters just mentioned are similar to Macrocentrus and the several 

 genera grouped about it. On account of the very short ovipositor 

 and habitus, however, the type appears to approach Zele and 

 its allies more closely. 



Palinzele oceanica sp. nov. 

 9 . 8-8.5 mm. Pale ferruginous, the face and anterior legs 

 paler yellowish; flagellum of antennae, ocellar space and sheaths of 

 ovipositor black; hind tibiie, except knees, and hind tarsi piceous; 

 wings subhyaline, with a brownish tinge, stigma and veins very 

 dark brown. Head more than twice as broad as thick, not mar- 

 gined behind; its surface smooth, except for minute punctures 

 on the face, more conspicuous medially and on the clypeus; 



