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scarcely as long as the whole insect, hut the joints seem as 

 numerous. 



Hat). Victoria (French). (Possibly from a more northern 

 locality.) 



Stigmatobracon torresensis, sp. n. 



J. Rufa; capite, abdomine, tarsisque posticis nigris; segmentis 

 abdominalibus duobus basalibus rufis; mandibulis palpisque testa- 

 ccis; alis fuscis, stigmate nigro macula parva basali (lava. 



Long. 10 mm. 



<$. Differs from xanthostigma in the colour of the stigma. 

 The abdomen is more slender than in females of the genus, 

 the third tergite being fully as long as broad, as are also 

 the fourth and fifth tergites. The seventh tergite is short, 

 very broadly subtruncate at the apex. 



Hah. Queensland, Cape York (Turner), May 1902. 



Genus Beacon, Fabr. 

 Bracon walkeri, sp. n. 



$. Rufo-testacea, nitida; capite, valvulis terebrae, unguiculisque 

 nigris; alis dimidio basali flavis, dimidio apicali fuscis, stigmate 

 maculaque magna sub stigmate flavis. 



Long. 7 mm. ; terebrae long. 1*5 mm. 



$. Smooth and shining; head transverse, distinctly narrowed 

 behind the eyes ; scape short, ovate ; antennae fully as long as the 

 whole insect, excluding the terebra. Parapsidal furrows distinct. 

 Abdomen and neuration as in B. bimaris, but the second tergite 

 is as long as the third and much narrowed to the base, second suture 

 straight in l>oth species. 



Hub. N. Queensland, Kuranda (Turner), June and 

 July; Northern Territory, Adelaide River (J. J. 

 Walker), August 1890. 



Belongs to the group of B. urinator, Fabr. The colour 

 of the wings is prevalent among the Braconidae in tropical 

 Australia, especially in the genera Cyanopterus and Diso- 

 phrys, but I do not know another instance in the genus 

 Bracon. 



Bracon bimaris, sp. n. 



$. Rufa, nitida; capite prothorace, valvulis terebrae, pedibusque 

 nigris; segmentis abdominalibus apicalibus interdum etiam nigris; 

 alis venisque fuscis. 



Long. 7 mm.; terebrae long. 7 mm. 



