the Hymenoptera of Fiji. : » !•» 



I'.i. Henicospilus apicifumatus, Mori. 

 Henicospilus apicifumatus, Mori., Entomologist, xlviii, 

 p. 139, HMO. 

 #a&. Nadi, Nadovi and Sigatoka (/.'. Veitch), March and 

 September. 



Apparently a common species. 



50. Faniscus opaculus, Thorns. 

 Paniscus opaculus, Thorns.. Opusc. Entom., p. L199, L888. 



Hab. Nadi. Also from the whole Eastern hemisphere. 



Apparently identical with Queensland specimens deter- 

 mined by Morley. 



Subfamily ICHNEUMON IN AE. 



51. Ichneumon (Euichneumon) promissorius, Erichs. 



Ichneumon 'promissorius, Erichs., Arch. E. Naturges, vm, 



1, p. 256, 18 1 1 . 

 Probolus albocinctus, Cam., Entomologist, p. L81, L906, . 

 Probolus varilineatus, Cain.. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, p. 194, 1912, <?. 

 ffa&. Natova (B. Feifcft), April. Also from Tasmania 

 and E. Australia as far north as Mackay. 



I cannot rind any specific distinction between Fijian 

 and Australian specimens, and conclude that the species 

 has been recently imported into Fiji. 



Family BEACONIDAE. 

 Subfamily CHELONINAE. 

 52. Chelonus vitiensis, sp. n. 

 ,;. Niger; tnandibulis, scapo, tegulis, pedibusque, coxis inclusis, 

 rufo-testaceis ; fcibiis posticis apice Leviter infumatis, tarsis posticis 

 fuscis; palpis pallidis; alis hyalinis, iridescentibus, stigmate 

 venisque fuse-is. 

 Long. :'> mm. 

 ;. Antennae 24-jointed ; head transverse, distinctly narrowed 

 behind the eyes, opaque and minutely punctured. Mesonotum 

 closely punctured-rugulose, mine coarsely posteriorly than anteriorly ; 

 scutellum finely punctured, with a strongly crenulate transverse 

 basal groove; mesopleurae coarsely punctured. Postscutellum 

 longitudinally striated. .Median segment short, transverse, coarsely 



