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states of Australia and also in New 
Zealand. 
Genus Ephedrus Haliday, 1833 
persicae Froggatt 
Froggatt (1904: 611) 9 descr. 
Froggatt (1907: 86) note, fig. 
Froggatt (1910: 342) host, fig. 
Loc: New South Wales. 
Host: Peach aphis. 
Type: N.K. 
Note: This species is probably a European 
species that has become established 
in Australia. 
Subfamily EUPHORINAE 
(= Meteorinae) 
The members of this subfamily attack a 
wide range of hosts, but all species are in- 
ternal parasites. 
Genus Aridelus Marshall, 1887 
Helorimorpha Schmied., 1907) 
exiles (Turner) 
Turner [Helormorpha] (1927: 558) cf descr. 
Loc: Mackay, Queensland. 
Type: B.M. 
Genus Meteorus Haliday, 1835 
(== P rote his EoQVSttr:, 1862) 
Most species of this genus are parasitic on 
lepidopterous larvae, but some are known to 
parasitise Coleoptera. 
antipodalis Ashmead 
Ashmead (1900: 353) 9 descr. 
Loc.: New South Wales. 
Type: U.S.N.M. (No. 4908). 
bicolor Szepligeti 
Szepligeti (1905: 53) 9 descr. 
Loc: New South Wales. 
Type: N.H.M. 
dumbletoni Muesebeck 
Muesebeck (1939: 172) cT* 9 descr. 
Dumbleton (1940: 325a) host, bioL, distr. 
Loc: Hobart, Tasmania. 
Host: Tortrix postvittana Walk. 
Type: U.S.N.M. (No. 53341). 
lutens (Cameron) 
Cameron [Protelus] (1911: 341) 9 descr. 
Loc: Sydney, New South Wales. 
Host: Teara sp. [Notodontid.]. 
Type: B.M. 
Genus Perilitus Nees, 1818 
(= Dinocampus PoQtstQT, 1862) 
The species of this genus are internal para- 
sites of adult Coleoptera. 
coccinellae (Schrank) 
Schrank [Ichneumon] (1802, 2: 310) 9 descr. 
'^QQs[Braconterminatus]{lSll\26) 9 descr. 
Nees [Perilitus terminatus] (1834: 30) 9 
descr. 
Dalla Torre (1898: 122) listed. 
Szepligeti [Dinocampus terminatus] (1904: 
175) listed. 
Timberlake [D. terminatus] (1918: 401) 
Austr. record. 
Cushman [Dinocampus] (1922: 242) syn. 
Muesebeck (1951: 101) syn., listed. 
Loc: Queensland. This species is nearly 
cosmopolitan. 
Hosts: Hippodamia convergens Guer. 
H. 3-signata (Kby.). 
Coccinella californica Mann. 
Coleomegilla maculata (Deg.), 
Cycloneda sanguinea (L.). 
C. trifasciata juliana Moils. 
Type: N.K. 
Subfamily MACROCENTRINAE 
Internal parasites of lepidopterous larvae. 
The gregarious forms seem to be polyembry- 
onic. 
Genus Macrocentrus Curtis, 1833 
(= Amicroplus Eoetster, 1862) 
( = Ehogra Cameron, 1901^) 
ancylivorus Rohwer 
Rohwer (1923: 56) 9 descr., N. America. 
Loc: Liberated 'in Goulburn Valley, Vic- 
toria. 
Host: Grapholitha molesta, Busck. [Ole- 
threutid.]. 
Type: U.S.N.M. 
