. Australian insects. Insects. 76 HYMENOPTERA. heads, the males with short cylindrical bodies, but the laro:er females furnished with bristle-like ovipositors turning upward often longer than the whole insect. Megastigmus hrachyscelides measures yV ^^ ^^ inch, and is black to dark brown marked with yellow; it is bred from the large galls of BrachysceUs crispa. M. iamenus, originally described from Tasmania, I have bred from another gall coccid (B. pileata); also a larger light yellow species bred from dipterous galls on the Snow-bush /'Aster ramulosus) has been named by Ashmead M. astcrl; M. b
. Australian insects. Insects. 76 HYMENOPTERA. heads, the males with short cylindrical bodies, but the laro:er females furnished with bristle-like ovipositors turning upward often longer than the whole insect. Megastigmus hrachyscelides measures yV ^^ ^^ inch, and is black to dark brown marked with yellow; it is bred from the large galls of BrachysceUs crispa. M. iamenus, originally described from Tasmania, I have bred from another gall coccid (B. pileata); also a larger light yellow species bred from dipterous galls on the Snow-bush /'Aster ramulosus) has been named by Ashmead M. astcrl; M. br achy chiton i, i of an inch, reddish brown and yellow, is common in the large fleshy galls on the Kurra- jong Fig. ii.—Hypodiranchu aphidis (Froggatt.) A cynipa parasitic upon the peach aphis. (" AKrirultural Gazette," ) Stilhida peduncvlaris is a remarkable looking insect, with broad, rich metallic coppery red head and thorax; the basal portion of the abdomen forms a slender stalk with the apical tip produced into a small oval club. I have had a closely allied form out of the pupal cocoon of the red bull-dog ant. The Peril AM PI NAE comprise some of the largest and most remarkable chalcids; Thaumasura terehrator has been described and figured by Westwood; my specimens came from S. Australia, and were sent by Mr. Blackburn. It is a slender, rich metallic purple insect, about ^4 o^ ^^ incli in length to the apex of the flask-shaped body, which is con- tinued in a long jointed tail three times the length of the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Froggatt, W. W. (Walter Wilson), 1858-; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS; Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Sydney, W. Brooks
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