INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 145 



Neostomatoceras chalcidiformis, new species. 



Black; legs (except first four coxae, tarsi 3, tibia 1 dorsal 

 centrally, tibia 2 except at each end), abdomen 2 and 3 laterad 

 and ventrad red. A fuscous mark under marginal ; apex hind 

 wing faintly dusky. Marginal somewhat longer than post- 

 marginal, latter twice the short stigmal. Scutellum weakly 

 bilobed at apex. Antennae as in Chalets, with a distinct ring- 

 joint, divisions of the conical club not distinct ; f unicle 1 some- 

 what longer than wide, exceeding pedicel. Teeth of femur 3 

 as in Stoinatoceras, along distal half. Punctate. Abdomen 2 

 with distal half above punctulate, nearly all of 3 so, 4 and fol- 

 lowing with dorsal white hairs from larger punctures. Mandi- 

 bles bidentate. Femoral furrow cross-striate. 



Brisbane (H. Hacker). 



Family CHALCIDIDAE 



Neochalcissia, new genus. 



Male. — Head thin, rounded-triangular, frons with two large, 

 rounded, shallow concavities from eye to eye, divided by a 

 median carina from the cephalic ocellus to the clypeus, the 

 concavities reaching to the antennae, latter inserted somewhat 

 above middle of face, distinctly above the ends of the ovate 

 eyes which are somewhat longer than the cheeks. Antennae 

 with scape greatly dilated, a third longer than wide, flagellum 

 clavate, joints short. Stigmal half of marginal, over twice the 

 short postmarginal. Paraspidal furrows complete. Scutellum 

 simple, acute at apex. Hind femur beneath acute for basal 

 four-fifths, there armed with ragged minute teeth, with a 

 curved rugged, large acute tooth at basal three-fifths. Ab- 

 domen 2 over third of surface, its hind margin with two ob- 

 liqued halves. Marginal long. 



Neochalcissia magniscapus, new species. 



3 mm. Black, wings yellowish, with two distinct fuscous 

 marks, the larger extending half across from near base of 

 submarginal, second along both sides of stigmal. Scape scar- 



