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Brues — Parasitic Hymenoptera from Fiji 
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not oblique; nervellus arising below the middle of the cell; sub- 
median cell in hind wing very short. 
cf. Length 7 mm. Similar, but with the middle part of the 
first abdominal segment longer and blackened on the apical half. 
Eyes no longer than those of the female. 
Type from Lobasa, Fiji; eleven female and one male paratype 
from Lobasa, Navai and Vunisea, Fiji (W. M. Mann). 
I have not been able to compare this with any other species of 
the genus, but am satisfied that it is properly placed. It differs 
from Archibracon ( Pseudobracon ) in the basally bent cubitus, 
shorter, distinctly ovate abdomen and more clearly cubical head. 
It is evidently a common Fijian species. 
Palinzele Gen. nov. 
Related to Zele Curtis, but differing in the immargined head, 
non-convex propodeum, with the abdomen inserted well above 
the hind coxae. Malar space as long as the basal width of the 
mandible; hind coxae long and slender; nervulus post-furcal; 
second cubital cell elongate; ovipositor very short; spur of hind 
tibia half as long as the metatarsus; tarsal claws simple. 
Type: Palinzele oceanica sp. nov. 
This genus is similar to Zele, but differs in the absence of a 
margin on the head behind and in the higher insertion of the 
abdomen. The slender hind coxae as well as the other two char- 
acters just mentioned are similar to Macrocentrus and the several 
genera grouped about it. On account of the very short ovipositor 
and habitus, however, the type appears to approach Zele and 
its allies more closely. 
Palinzele oceanica sp. nov. 
9 . 8-8.5 mm. Pale ferruginous, the face and anterior legs 
paler yellowish; flagellum of antennae, ocellar space and sheaths of 
ovipositor black; hind tibiae, except knees, and hind tarsi piceous; 
wings subhyaline, with a brownish tinge, stigma and veins very 
dark brown. Head more than twice as broad as thick, not mar- 
gined behind; its surface smooth, except for minute punctures 
on the face, more conspicuous medially and on the clypeus; 
