AVSTBAIIAX IlTMIiXOrTFliA CHALCIDOWEA. ril.—ClSAVLT. ?9 



Midille tibial spur lnii},' ;iiiil stunt, the middle tarsi sliort an<l tliii-kened. Pedicel somewhat 

 shorter than fuuiele 1, whieh is distinctly shorter than 2. 3 a little shorter than 2; the first 

 club joint as long as preceding joint, the second longer. 



From one female caught by sweejiing in forest, August .">. IfiK! (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), (Queensland. 



Type: No. HySDfe. Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag; head on 

 a slide. 



5. PHYSCUS MULTICOLOR new species. 



Female: — Length. 1 nuji. 



Black, the wings hyaline, tlie nljddTuen and legs golden yellow (cox* not distinctly seen) ; 

 antenna snow white excejit funicle !. club 1 and proximal third of second club joint, which are 

 black. Thorax densely longitudinally slmgreened. Funicle joints lengthening a little distad 

 in succession, each somewhat less than twice longer than wide, each somewhat longer than the 

 pedicel, distinctly shorter than club 2. hScajie dusky. Proximal club joint a little shorter than 

 any of the funicle joints. Eing-joint present. 



From one female taken in jungle, ilarch ii, UU-l (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Cooktown, Queensland. 



Type: Xo. Hy394~. C^ueensland Musmun. I'.risbane, the above specimen on a slide. 



6. PHYSCUS ADDISONI new species. 



Female: — Length, d."."! nun. 



Dark metallic purple and very tinely. densely scaly, the fore wings slightly infuscated 

 throughout. Legs and abdomen intense golden yellow, the abdomen dorsad at meson a short 

 distance before tip with a short, thick, slightly curved conspicuous black cross-marking. Distal 

 fifth of the slender scape, pedicel, ring-joint and fnnicles 2 and 3 jjure white; club suffused 

 with whitish distad; funicle 1 a little longer than 2 wliicli is subequal to 3, the iirst funicle 

 joint distinctly longer than wide, distinctly longer than the pedicel; club 1 distinctly longer 

 than 2. Caudal wings short, broad, with alnjut six lines of scattered diseal cilia, their caudal 

 marginal cilia not long but distinctly longer than that of the fore wing. The latter densely, 

 imiformly, finely ciliate discally. .Staining obscurely deeper under whole of the marginal 

 vein. Caudal legs dusky. Middle tibial spur short, rather stout. Axilla' very widely separated. 

 Antenna; with a short ring-joint. 



From one female caught in forest. May 2. 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat: Tweed Heads, New South Wales, 



Type: No. HyS9i8, Queensland .Museum. Brisbane, the specimen on a slide. 



Dedicated to .Tose]ih Addison. 



7. PHYSCUS POPEI new species. 



Female: — Length, o.9il nun. 



Deep orange yellow, the wings hyaluu>; funicle 1 and the dub jet. Funicle joints sub- 

 equal, each somewhat longer than wide, barely longer than the i>edicel. somewhat shorter than 

 either club joint. Valves of ovipositcjr extruded a little. Mandibles bideutate. One ring- 

 joint. Legs pallid white, all tibias dusky at base and most of hind fenuir, all lightly so. Fore 

 wings densely, finely ciliate, the nuirginal cilia short. Ven.-ition pallid. Hind coxa dusky at 

 base. Propodeum dusky laterad. 



From one female caught in forest on sand-ridges near coast. ^May 9, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Habitat : Chindera, New South "Wales, 



Type: No. HyidUl, Queensland Museum. Krisbane. the specimen on a slide. 



The fore wings are somewhat wider and more densely ciliate than those of niyrielaviis 

 ■^nd the funicle joints are distinctly shorter. The types compared. The species iiiorielavus 

 also bears the ring-joint. 



The species is dedicated to Alexander I'ope. 



