314 MEMOIFS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



AUSTRALIAN 

 HYMENOPTERA CHALCIDOIDEA XIV.* 



The Family Chalcididae with Descriptions of New Genera and Species. 



By a. a, Girault. 



Family CHALCIDID^. 



Subfamily CHALCIDINvE. 



Tribe CHALCIDINI. 



Genus CHALCIS Fabrieius. 



Syuonj-ms: Brochepitilia Girault, P.scinlrpiUlia Girault auil Tioiikjicoxd Girault. 



1. CHALCIS ATRATA Kirby. 



"Exp. al. 5 lin.; long Corp. 3 lin. 



Black, covered ■with a hoary pile, which is much more conspicuous than usual except 

 on the tirst segment of the abdomen, even covering the hind femora; a reddish dot belovp the 

 scape of each antenna; legs black; knees, tips of tibia; and tarsi testaceous; hind femora armed 

 with about eight minute teeth. Wings hyaline, witli brown costal nervure. 



Habitat: Queensland. 



2. CHALCIS NITATOR Walker. Male. 

 CJidhis iiiliildi- Walker, Trans. Ent. S.ir. Lond., I, p. 356, ^ (l.Sr)2). Australia. 



3. CHALCIS OPPONENS Walker. Male. 

 Chalcif: opjioncns Walker, Notes on Clialcid., pt. 3, p. .50, J (1871). Australia. 



4. CHALCIS PHYA Walker. Female, male. 



Cholcis pliiiii Walker. Ent. Mag., V. p. 47, ^ ^ (1.S3S). Aust. ' 



5. CHALCIS SIDNICA (Holmgren). Female. 

 Hniiliiimcriu xidnico Holmgren, Eugen. Resa. Ins. ].. 437. Q (l.SliS). 



6. CHALCIS TEUTA Walker. 



Chiilcis tenia Walker, The KnIiuiKil., p. 218 (1S41). Tasmania. 



7. CHALCIS UCALEGON Walker. 



Clialci.i iiralciiiiii Walkei-, List. Ily)ii. Hiit. Mus.. Chalcid., I. p. 84 (1846). 



8. CHALCIS ALBITEGULA new species. Male. 

 Lengtii, .5 mm. 



Black, marked with ivliite as follows: The tegula>, the knees broadly, tips of tibia), distal 

 end of hind femur and on elongate s]Kit below knee on hind tibi;e and a longer one at tip. 



* Contribution No. 37, Entomological Laboratory. Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, 

 Bundaberg, Queensland. 



