Australian Braconidae in the British Museum. 107 



$. Smooth and shining, the face closely and minutely punctured; 

 antennae inserted further from each other than from the eyes, 

 35-jointed. Mesonotum minutely punctured, parapsidal furrows 

 deep and well marked, the median lohe furnished with a distinct 

 longitudinal carina. The sulcus at the base of the scutellum broad 

 and containing several longitudinal carinae ; median segment with 

 a well-defined elongate oval enclosed median area, which is trans- 

 versely striated, the remainder of the dorsal surface transversely 

 rugulose, a patch of yellowish white pubescence on each side before 

 the posterior coxae. First tergite a little longer than its apical 

 breadth, with a few delicate longitudinal carinae on the basal half; 

 impressed transverse line of the second tergite arched, close to the 

 base at the sides; curving to the middle of the segment. Second 

 cubital cell triangular, petiolate; nervulus interstitial. 



Hah. N. Queensland, Townsville (F. P. Dodd). 



Microdus xanthopsis, sp. n. 



$. Nigra; capite, pronoto, mesopleuris antice, pedibusque anticis 

 flavo-testaceis ; vertice fascia lata transversa antennisque nigris; 

 tibiis intermediis macula subbasali, posticis basi anguste et in medio 

 latissime, calcaribusque albis ; alis hyalinis, leviter infuscatis, 

 stigmate venisque fuscis. 



cj. Feminae siinilis. 



Long. 4 mm. ; terebrae long. 3 mm. 



§. Slender, smooth and shining; parapsidal furrows distinct but 

 not deep; scutellum long and narrow, with a slightly arched crenu- 

 lated sulcus at the base ; median segment coarsely punctured-rugose, 

 sparsely clothed with whitish hairs, the sides of the segment finely 

 punctured. Second tergite with a distinct transverse impressed 

 line near the middle; the first tergite subtriangular, longer than the 

 apical breadth. Hind coxae and femora finely punctured, clothed 

 with short white hairs; valvulae sparsely clothed with very short 

 black hairs. Antennae 27-jointed, the third joint distinctly longer 

 than the fourth, longer than the scape. Second cubital cell 

 triangular, sometimes subpetiolate. 



Hab. S. W. Australia, Yallingup (Turner), November 

 and December 1913. 



Microdus rufi thorax, sp. n. 



$. Nigra; mandibulis palpisque testaceis; thorace pedibusque 

 anticis et intermediis rufis; segniento dorsali secundo basi, tibiisque 



