Australian Braconidae — PARROTT 
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Type: B.M. 
Subfamily CHELONINAE 
Parasites of lepidopterous larvae. Eggs are 
laid in eggs of the hosts but the larvae of the 
parasite do not become mature until the hosts 
have reached maturity. 
Genus Ascogaster Wesmael, 1835 
abdominalis Szepligeti 
Szepligeti (I 9 O 8 A 319) 9 descr. 
Loc; S.W. Australia. 
Type: N.H.M. 
antennalis Szepligeti 
Szepligeti (I 9 O 8 A 319) descr. 
Loc: S.W. Australia. 
Type: N.H.M. 
australiensis Szepligeti 
Szepligeti (1905: 47) descr. 
Loc: S.W. Australia. 
Type: N.H.M. 
caudata Szepligeti 
Szepligeti (1905: 46) descr. 
Loc: Australia. 
Type: N.H.M. 
cinctus Baker 
Baker (1926: 477) 9 descr., key. 
Loc: New South Wales. 
Type: U.S.N.M. 
detectus Baker 
Baker (1926: 478) cf descr., key. 
Loc: New South Wales. 
Type: U.S.N.M. 
distinctus Baker 
Baker (1926: 481) 9 descr., key. 
Loc: New South Wales. 
Type: U.S.N.M. 
erythropus Cameron 
Cameron [Areogaster] (1911: 340) 9 descr. 
Loc: Mittagong, New South Wales. 
Type: B.M. 
Note: Areogaster, which occurs in Camer- 
on, 1911 , is an evident typographi- 
cal error for Ascogaster. 
intensus Baker 
Baker (1926: 473) cf descr., key. 
Loc: New South Wales. 
Type: U.S.N.M. 
laeviventris Baker 
Baker (1926: 475) 9 descr., key. 
Loc: New South Wales. 
Type: U.S.N.M. 
maculaticeps Baker 
Baker (1926: 482) <T descr., key. 
Loc: New South Wales. 
Type: U.S.N.M. 
modestus Baker 
Baker (1926: 474) 9 descr., key. 
Loc: New South Wales. 
Type: U.S.N.M. 
palpalis Szepligeti 
Szepligeti (1905: 46) descr. 
Loc: ' Australia. 
Type: N.H.M. 
tegularis Szepligeti 
Szepligeti (1905: 46) descr. 
Loc: Australia. 
Type: N.H.M. 
tricolor Szepligeti 
Szepligeti (1905: 46) descr. 
Loc: Mt. Victoria, New South Wales. 
Type: N.H.M. 
vividus Baker 
Baker (1926: 479) cT’ descr., key. 
Loc: New South Wales. 
Type: U.S.N.M. 
Genus Chelonus Panzer, 1806 
australiensis Szepligeti 
Szepligeti (1905: 46) descr. 
Loc: New South Wales. 
Type: N.H.M. 
coriaceus Szepligeti 
Szepligeti (1905: 45) descr. 
Loc: New South Wales. 
Type: N.H.M. 
megaspilus Cameron 
Cameron (1911: 341) 9 descr. 
Loc: Tamworth, New South Wales. 
Type: B.M. 
similis Szepligeti 
Szepligeti (1905: 44) descr. 
Loc: New South Wales. 
Type: N.H.M. 
