Braconidue in the British Museum. 1G7 



Austrohelcon meridional is, sp. n. 



2 . Nigra ; clypeo apice mandibulisque basi fusco-fcrrugineis ; 

 abdomine rufo-fcrruginco, valvulis terebraa nigris ; antennis 

 43-articulatis, articulis 11-22 albido-flavis ; pedibus rufo-testa- 

 ceis, tibiis posticis tertio apicali, tarsis posticis articulo apicali, 

 unguiculisque nigris ; alis hyalinis, venis fuscis ; tegulis testaceis. 



Long. 9-11 mm. ; terebrae long. 13-14 mm. 



? . Clypeus short, the apical margin deflexed and straight, 

 not reaching to the mandibles, leaving a space in which the 

 ciliated labium is exposed. Face closely punctured, with 

 more or less developed striae, and a low but distinct longi- 

 tudinal carina. Front and vertex smooth and shining, the 

 frontal depression large but not very deep, the lower portion 

 distinctly margined laterally. Pronotum rugose ; the median 

 lobe of the mesonotum rather prominent, shining in front, 

 coarsely and irregularly reticulate posteriorly, the parapsidal 

 furrows very coarsely crenulated : lateral lobes of the meso- 

 notum smooth and shining; pleurae rugulose, the mesopleuise 

 smooth and shining in the middle ; scutellum finely punctured, 

 with a longitudinally striated depression at the base. Median 

 segment coarsely and irregularly rugose reticulate. Abdomen 

 smooth and shining ; the first tergite with two longitudinal 

 carinas from the base to beyond the middle, the basal half 

 finely punctured, about three times as long as its apical 

 breadth. Hind metatarsus not quite as long as the three 

 following joints combined. Radius not quite reaching the 

 apex of the fore wing ; second abscissa of the radius distinctly 

 longer than the first, about equal to the second transverse 

 cubital nervine ; first discoidal cell distinctly petiolate. 



I lab. Victoria (French). 



The colour varies considerably, some specimens having the 

 hind tarsi whitish yellow except at the extreme apex and 

 some having the upper portion of the propleurse fusco- 

 ferruginous. A specimen from Hobart differs in having the 

 hind metatarsus black and the second abscissa of the radius 

 nearly half as long again as the second transverse cubital 

 nervure. 



Auslrohehon erythrocephatus, sp. n. 



2 . Ilufo-testacea ; thorace nigro, proplenris supra ferrugineis ; 

 segmento mediano nigro-suffuso ; tibiis posticis tertio apicali, 

 metatarso postico dimidio basali, unguiculisquo nigris ; antennis 



