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tudinally striated, the apex in the middle more finely transversely striated. Base of meta- 
notum with a crenulated furrow, centre almost smooth, sides with some oblique stria. The 
top of propleure with a few oblique stout striw ru.ming from the base to the apex, the rest 
more finely and closely striated, the striw more or less curved. Metapleure smooth, the 
lower half depressed, rounded above, the sides margined. Abdomen smooth above, the sides 
finely, closely, obliquely striated. Legs closely covered with white pubescence; hinder cox 
closely, finely reticulated; hinder femora finely punctured.’’ 
2. CALLIMOME GRAMINIS Cameron. 
‘“ Green with blue and brassy tints, flagellum of antenne black; the four anterior 
knees, tibiw and tarsi and the base and apex of hind tibie and hind tarsi, pale straw- 
yellow; palpi of a paler yellow; wings hyaline, their apex ciliated, nervures black. 
6: Length, nearly 2 mm. 
Boggabri, N.S.W.; in January; bred from seeds of the grass Panicum sp. (W. W. 
Froggatt). 
Flagellum of antenne fuscous on the apex and under side closely covered with a 
microscopic pile; its second joint twice longer than wide, clearly longer than the third. 
Head minutely punctured and with scattered punctures. Middle lobe of mesonotum closely, 
distinctly punctured and with some indications of minute strie#; parapsidal furrows distinctly 
curved; the lateral lobes almost smooth, the puncturation much finer than it is on the middle 
lobe. Scutellum finely, closely regularly punctured, more so than the mesonotum. Central 
part of metanotum finely, closely punctured, somewhat more strongly so than the seutellum; 
the sides are smooth and are bounded by a distinct, clearly detined, oblique furrow, which 
makes the sides triangular. Upper part of mesopleure smooth, this smooth part forming an 
irregular curve; the centre is depressed, closely finely striated; this striated part is roundly 
curved above; below bounded by an oblique straight margin. In the wings the stigmal 
vein is of the same length as the postmarginal, while with some, at least, of the Huropean 
species, it is shorter. I do not know that any of the species of Callimome, like some, at least, 
of Megastigmus, have been shown to be phytophagous. (See my paper in ‘‘ The Ento- 
mologist,’’ April, 1910, pp. 114-115.) The present species fits in better with Callimome than 
with Torymus, but I am unable to examine the mandibles properly.’’ 
3. CALLIMOME RETICULATUS Cameron. 
‘* Green, abdomen largely tipped with blue, probably almost entirely so. in some 
specimens, antennal scape and pedicel green, flagellum bronzy brown, covered with a micro- 
scopic pile. Head aciculated, sparsely punctured. Mesonotum finely, closely reticulated, the 
lateral lobes more finely and closely than the central; the furrows distinct, curved, not very 
deep; a shallow furrow down the middle of the basal half. Scutellum more finely and closely 
reticulated than the mesonotum, its apex broadly rounded. Center of metanotum finely, 
closely reticulated, the sides smooth. Pleura smooth, apex of mesopleure with a steep slope, 
which forms almost a furrow. Legs dark green, tinged with blue, apex of femora and tibie 
and the greater part of the tarsi yellow. Wings hyaline, nervures black, postmarginal branch 
distinctly longer than the stigmal, the knob of the latter with the apex broadly rounded, 
the base triangular. 
ae Length, 2 mm. 
Boggabri, N.S.W; in January; bred from seeds of Panicum. 
This species was gummed on the same card with C. graminis, both species represented 
by males only. They are, I consider, good species; C. reticulatus should be known by the 
closely reticulated mesonotum of which the lateral lobes are not smooth, as in C. graminis, 
but reticulated; the mesopleural furrow is narrower and more clearly defined; C. graminis has 
no furrow on the center of the mesonotum. Its abdomen is longer, compared with the thorax; 
and the flagellum of the antennz has a more distinctly metallic tinge. ’’ 
