134 AUSTRALIAN PROCTOTRYPOIDEA. 



median and parapsidal furrows of scutum, distinct : scute) - 

 lum longer than wide : postscutellum produced into a 

 triangular blunt spine ; posterior angles of the metanotum, 

 acute. Abdomen as long as the head and thorax united : 

 first segment occupying two -thirds of surface, striate for 

 its basal third, smooth for the rest : the remaining segments 

 pubescent. Fore wings reaching apex of abdomen ; broad ; 

 somewhat infuscate ; stigma semicircular : stigmal vein 

 scarcely curved, twice as long as the stigma ; venation 

 fuscous. Scape long and slender : pedicel almost twice 

 as long as wide : first funicle joint a little longer than pedicel; 

 .second shorter : the remainder slightly and gradually 

 widening : 4-8 a little wider than long. 



Hab : South Queensland (Burnett Heads. Bundaberg). 

 Described from two females caught by sweeping in forest, 

 20th June. 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Tyiye : In the South Australian Museum, a 9 <^ii ^ 

 tag, the antennae and forewings on a slide. 



Megaspilus punctativextris. sp. nov. 



9 Length, 1.90 mm. 



Coal black ; legs and antennal scape, golden yellow, 

 the coxae black. 



Head not very transverse ; lenticular, the frons and 

 vertex gently convex : finely rugulose ; eyes very large, 

 pubescent. Thorax one-half longer than wide ; scutum 

 and scutellum with rather coarse, dense scalj' sculpture 

 and whitish pubescence ; median and parapsidal furrows 

 of scutum distinct ; scutellum longer than wide ; post- 

 scutellum with a short, stout spine. Abdomen no longer 

 or wider than the thorax ; pointed at apex ; convex beneath, 

 straight above, the apex somewhat upturned ; second 

 segment occupjdng over two thirds of surface, striate at 

 its base, then with dense longitudinal rows of rather small 

 oval punctures. Forewings reacliing apex of abdomen ; 

 broad, the apex squarely rounded ; hyaline ; discal cilia 

 moderately coarse, rather dense, venation pale fuscous, 

 the stigma pale yellow ; stigma semicircular, the stigmal 

 vein no longer than the stigma. Antennae 11 -jointed ; 

 scape longer than next four joints combined ; pedicel 



