130 AUSTRALIAN PROCTOTRYPOIDEA. 



Vertex of head, scutum, scutelluiii, and postscutellum 

 very finely granulate-rugose, and with silvery white pube- 

 scence ; face finely longitudinally rugulose-striate : prono- 

 tum very finely, subconcentrically rugulose. Parajisidal 

 furrows very feebly indicated. Metanotum ^v^th raised 

 irregularly longitudinal reticulation and finely densely gran- 

 ulate. Abdomen minutely microscopically sculptured, not 

 shining. Forewings with three smoky bands : base of wing 

 hyaline : the 1st band much wider than the 2nd Avhich is 

 quite narrow and covers apex of basal cells : 3rd band 

 much broader than the others, commencing at half length of 

 stigma, its dista.1 margin somewhat convex ; apex of wing 

 hyaline. Antennae slender, the flagellura gently incrassate, 

 the 1st funicle joint very long, almost as long as three follow- 

 ing joints united. 



Hah : Ncav South Wales ((^hindera. Tweed Hivor). 

 Described from one female caught by sweeping foliage 

 and grass in a swamp, 14th May, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type : In the South Australian Museum, a 9 <'H a 

 tag. This species will )je easily distinguished from the 

 three other Australian species, koebelei Perkins, nelson i 

 Perkins, and raptor. Perkins, by the trifasciate wing. 



Subfamily Anteoninse. 

 Genus Anteon, Jurine. 

 Anteon parvulus, Perkins. 



One female sweeping in forest on hills. Maclean, 

 Clarence River, Ncav South Wales, 27th May, 1914 (A. P. 

 Dodd). 



Family PLATYGASTERIDiE. 



Genus Platygastoides, Dodd. 



Platygastoides nitidus, sp. nov. 



$ Length, 2.65 mm. 



Black ; the legs concolorous, except proximal third 

 of the tibise, and tarsi, which are ferruginous, also the 

 antennal pedicel and first funicle joint. 



