96 Mr. Rowland E. Turner on 



coxis femoribusque posticis, tibiis posticis dimidio apicali, tarsisque 

 posticis apice nigris; alis dimidio basali ilavis, dimidio apicali fuscis, 

 stigmate maculaque sub-stigmate ilavis. 



<J. Feminae similis. 



Long. $, 8 mm. ; terebrae long. 2-5 mm. ; o, 3-9 mm. 

 ■ $. Antennae as long as the whole insect, including the terebra; 

 scape less than twice as long as broad. Head smooth and shining, 

 the face with scattered punctures. Thorax and median segment 

 smooth and shining, parapsidal furrows distinct. Abdomen smooth 

 and shining; the first tergite scarcely longer than its apical breadth, 

 the raised median portion long and narrow, without carinae, the 

 lateral grooves almost as wide as the raised area. Second tergite 

 short and broad, about twice as broad at the base as long, elevated 

 in the middle at the base, but without a defined basal area; the 

 basal angles with a broad raised area which touches the elevation 

 in the middle of the anterior margin, and extends nearly to the 

 apical angles ; second suture not quite straight, very feebly arched 

 in the middle, very delicately crenulated. Areas of the anterior 

 angles of the third tergite large, those of the fourth tergite smaller. 

 Recurrent nervure interstitial, first abscissa of the cubitus straight. 



Hab. N. Queensland, Mackay (Turner), February to 

 May 1900; Kuranda (Turner), May and June 1913; 

 Northern Territory, Port Darwin (J.J. Walker), June; 

 N. W. Australia, Baudin Island (./. J. Walker). 



This is one of the commonest Braconidae in Northern 

 Australia. It approaches Cyanopterus very closely, but 

 has the second suture finely crenulated, so cannot be 

 included in that genus as defined by Szepligeti. 



Genus Macrobracon, Szep. 



Macrobracon nobilis, sp. n, 



$. Rufa ; capite, mandibulis palpisque exceptis, valvulis terebrae, 



tarsis posticis, unguiculisque nigris; alis dimidio basali flavis, 

 dimidio apicali fiiscis, stigmate, cellula cubitali prima, secunda fere 

 tota, cellula discoidali secunda macula magna basali, cellulaque 

 radiella macula basali Ilavis. 



c?: Feminae similis; oculis maximis. 



Long. § J, 17 mm.; terebrae long, 6 mm. 



$. Antennae as long as the whole insect; front opaipie, rugose; 

 vertex shining with very minute and sparse punctures. Mesonotum 

 smooth and shining, the parapsidal furrows obsolete posteriorly. 

 .Median segment short, shining, with a few small scattered punctures. 



