AUSTRALIAX HTUENOPTEIIA ('HALCWOIDEA, Xir.—CIRAULT. 315 



both above; tarsi whitish. Hind femur bciieatli witli thirteen teeth, the secoml one at tlie side 

 of the base of the first and minute, the last one minute and more or less .joined with the 

 preeediug. Thorax punctate, the iiunetmes |.iii jmnetures, the disc of the scutelhim smooth 

 along meson broadly tor proximal two thirds. Wings slightly stained under the veins. .Abdomen 

 sculptured as in hrislxuicnsis. 



llabititt: Gordonvale (Cairns), QueiMisland. l''orest, three males. 



Type: No. Z/^/ .;.)7<'. (Queensland Museum, Ilrishaiie, a male on a tag. 



9. CHALCIS RUBRIPES (CJirault). Kemale. tieiiotype of i?mc/»'p,V('^a (Jirault. 



Hmclii'inli lui nilinpis (lirault. 



Tjength, 3.70 mm. 



(Ijiaque black, marked with dark red as follows: Posterior legs excejit co.\ai; (■e])!ialic 

 knees, tibia' and tarsi; intermediate knees, tijis of tibia; and tarsi (mixed with brownish) and 

 the cuds of the tibia?. Venation dark, the wings hyaline. Head and thorax rugoso-punctate. 

 Posterior femur armed with ten distinct teetli, the first twice the largest, the distal teeth 

 smaller in succession. Tegute black. Plate of scutellum with straight distal margin. Segment 

 i of abdomen occupying nearly half the surface. 



Uahitot : Melbourne, Victoria. Larvai of varicnis moths. 



Ti/pf: Xo. nijllSi. Queensland ifuseum, I'.risliane, the femak .-i card; an anti'nn.-t 



on a slide. 



10. CHALCIS FROGGATTI Caiueron. 



Length. 4 mm. 



Black; anterior tibia' in frcmt and llieii- b.ase ami apex behind, middle knees and t.arsi 

 testaceous; hind femora behind and the iip|iiT two-ihirds. basal third and apical third of tibiic 

 red; hind tarsi paler than the others; himl fenn)ra closely punctured, their teeth numerous, 

 closely ]iressed together; wings hyaline the nervures black. 



Head und)ilicately jiunctate more coarsi'ly above than along the sides of front. I'ro and 

 mesonotum inul.nlicately punctate, scutellnm inoi-e coaisely than mesonotum; metanotum 

 coarsely, irregularly reticulate<l, the sides broadly muMiled. V^]iper j>art of projileurio ronndl.v 

 convex, transversely aciculated, tlie sides bro.-idly idiinded, curM'd, furrow, wiilest below. 

 Meso])leura' bordered bv a row of large, rounil fove;e, upper part smooth o\\ basal half, apical 

 weakly striated, this part pro.ieeting below the basal; the part uiuler the latter covered with 

 deep round jmnctures, base of apical |iu]ictured bi'luw. like tlie li:is:il jiart but nnn'e sparsely. 

 Metajileura' coarsely reticulated. 



lliihihil: Keiifhurst. X.S.W. 



11. CHALCIS EUPLCEffi Hnpe. 



"All Indo. Malayan species of wiili' range. I'.re.l from Aiilhiidii suiiplcr: K'iclu 1 



Kivi'r, X.S.W. (\V. W. Froggatt)." (Cameron, llMl.) 



This probabl.v refers to Westwood 's sj.ecics id' the same name. 



12. CHALCIS POMONS Caniemn. Female. 



Length, i nun. 



Black; head and thorax densely .omtcI with slicrt, white pnhescence. abdonunal seg- 

 nu'uts on the side fringed with long wliite liair. (cguhe, .-ipeN ot fmir fruiil femora and base 

 of their tibiiO narrowly, ajiex of tibia' more broadly, apex of hind femnr.-i, li.ise and apex of 

 tibia' (about one third), central black jiarf a little hmger tli.'ui llii' colnred hase ami apex. 

 wdiich are of equal length, and tarsi, white; temor.'il teeth short, bluid, tlie basal longer than 

 the others; there are about ten teeth, co\ered witli uliiti' |inbescence; wings hyaline, venation 

 black. Closely, rather strongly, umbilicately pnnctafe; punctnration on central lobe of 

 mesonotum stronger than on lateral, on scutellum still stronger; the api'x of the latter 

 pro.ieeting and transverse: metanofuiii irregularly. co;irsely n-ticulated ; central basal ;irea 



