llymenoptera frnm New Caledonia. 231 



helore tlu; apox of the first culatal cell ; first ahscissa of the 

 railiiis shoit, ahout one-fifth of the length of the sucoiid, first 

 abscissa of the cubitus straight. 



I lab. Plaine des Lacs, February 26, 1014 ; 1 ? . 



Nearly allied to the Australian C.rufus, 8z('|)., and C. pro- 

 Jiscator, Fabr., but has tlio torobra much shorter than in 

 I'ilher. 'i'he hind logs arc without black as in (,'. craxsi- 

 randin, Szep., but the torubia is much shorter than in that 

 species. 



Bracon consju'cienduSf sp. n. 



2 . Rufa ; capito, antcnnis, terobrtc valvulis, abdorainoqao, eog;- 

 nicntis duobus basahbus cxceptis, nigris ; terj^ito secuiido apice 

 lateiiij^ro; pedibiis tlavo-tt'stacoiB ; alis anticis fuscis, basi fere 

 ad medium tlavis ; stipmato inaculaquu sub stigmate tiavis ; 

 posticis tlavis, tertio apicali fuscu-hyalinis. 



Long. 8 mm. ; tcrebra) loug. 2 mm. 



$ . Smooth and shininfi; ; head transverse, slightly nar- 

 rowed behind the eyes ; front suhopaquo and very finely 

 punctured on the sides, with sparse short black hairs, sinootii 

 in the middle. Antennje as hmg as the whole insect, sca|)o 

 smooth and shininfj above, clothed with short .sparse hairs 

 beneath. Parapsidal furrow-^ distinct, smooth. First tergite 

 with a deep longitudinal groove on each side; second tergitc 

 strongly bisinuate at the base, twice as broad at the aj)ex as 

 at the base, about halt as long again as the basal breadth, 

 much longer than the third tergite; valvulae stout and 

 clothed with short black hairs; hypopygium acute, not 

 reaching beyond the apical tergitc. Stigma large, half as broad 

 as hmg ; cubitus sharply bent tlownwards a little beyond one- 

 third from the base of tlic first cubital cell ; recurrent nervure 

 received just before the ape.\ of the first cubital cell, almost 

 interstitial ; first abscissa of the radius about two-fifths of 

 the length of the second, the third a little longer than the 

 second. Tibiai and tarsi clothed with short golden pubes- 

 cence ; hind calcaria short, about one-quarter of the length of 

 the hind metatarsus. 



Hub. Mt. Mou, March 12, 1014; 1 ? . 



This is nearly related to Bracon walkeriy Turn., from 

 N. Australia, the colour of the wings and tho neuration 

 being almost identical. But in tcalkeri the abdomen is 

 wholly red, the terebra slightly shorter and the second tergite 

 a little narrower at the base. 



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