﻿Exolic 
  Proctotrupoidea. 
  347 
  

  

  longitudinally 
  striate 
  and 
  between 
  the 
  striae 
  finely 
  coriaceous 
  ; 
  

   3 
  densely 
  and 
  finely 
  polygonally 
  reticulate, 
  somewhat 
  irregular 
  and 
  

   in 
  raised 
  lines 
  ; 
  4 
  with 
  similar 
  sculpture 
  in 
  centre 
  at 
  base, 
  otherwise 
  

   finely 
  striate; 
  5 
  striate. 
  Length 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  one 
  female 
  labelled 
  " 
  Yallingup, 
  S.W. 
  

   Australia, 
  Dec. 
  1913; 
  R. 
  E. 
  Turner." 
  

   Type 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

   The 
  abdomen 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  red 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  typical 
  form. 
  

  

  Scelio 
  melanogaster, 
  n. 
  sp. 
  

  

  $. 
  Head 
  and 
  abdomen 
  black; 
  thorax 
  bright 
  red, 
  the 
  scutellum 
  

   fuscous; 
  legs 
  wholly 
  reddish-yellow; 
  antennae 
  black, 
  the 
  scape 
  

   fuscous. 
  

  

  Head 
  normal; 
  vertex 
  rather 
  long, 
  not 
  twice 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  long; 
  

   without 
  pubescence 
  ; 
  with 
  very 
  large 
  confluent 
  punctures 
  ; 
  frontal 
  

   depression 
  smooth, 
  not 
  long, 
  not 
  as 
  wide 
  as 
  its 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  

   eye 
  margins; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  bare. 
  Antennae 
  12- 
  jointed; 
  scape 
  rather 
  

   stout 
  ; 
  pedicel 
  somewhat 
  longer 
  than 
  its 
  greatest 
  width 
  ; 
  funicle 
  2 
  

   wider 
  than 
  long; 
  club 
  6- 
  or 
  7-jointed. 
  Thorax 
  normal; 
  pro- 
  

   notum 
  truncate 
  anteriorly, 
  its 
  angles 
  rounded 
  ; 
  scutum 
  and 
  scutellum 
  

   coarsely 
  rugo-punctate, 
  with 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  tendency; 
  parapsidal 
  

   furrows 
  not 
  evident; 
  postscutellum 
  short, 
  faintly 
  emarginate; 
  

   median 
  segment 
  long, 
  without 
  pubescence, 
  more 
  finely 
  rugo-jiunc- 
  

   tate 
  than 
  the 
  scutum. 
  Fore-wings 
  long 
  and 
  broad 
  ; 
  rather 
  deeply 
  

   infuscate 
  ; 
  stigmal 
  sjiot 
  not 
  large, 
  the 
  stigmal 
  vein 
  moderately 
  long 
  

   and 
  oblique. 
  Abdomen 
  hardly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  its 
  greatest 
  width 
  ; 
  

   segment 
  4 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  3, 
  which 
  is 
  almost 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  combined 
  ; 
  

   2 
  strongly 
  depressed 
  at 
  base; 
  1-4 
  rugo-pimcto-striate, 
  apex 
  of 
  4, 
  

   and 
  5 
  and 
  C 
  more 
  plainly 
  striate. 
  Length, 
  3 
  mm. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  one 
  female 
  labelled 
  " 
  Mackay, 
  Queens- 
  

   land, 
  May 
  1897 
  ; 
  R. 
  E. 
  Turner." 
  

   Type 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Scelio 
  gobar 
  Walker. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  examined 
  the 
  types, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  original 
  descrip- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  very 
  insufficient, 
  I 
  give 
  a 
  short 
  description. 
  

  

  $. 
  Black, 
  the 
  antennae 
  concolorous, 
  the 
  pedicel 
  brownish; 
  

   coxae 
  black, 
  femora 
  dusky, 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  yellow. 
  

  

  Frons 
  with 
  large 
  confluent 
  punctures, 
  the 
  lower 
  half 
  with 
  striae 
  

   converging 
  toward 
  mouth 
  ; 
  centre 
  of 
  vertex 
  partly 
  smooth. 
  Scutum 
  

   and 
  scutellum 
  coarsely 
  rugo-punctate 
  ; 
  parapsidal 
  furrows 
  present. 
  

  

  