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apex of basal tliini and all ajiiral third (.'X.-i'iit tlio hlai-k inner margin) of liind til)ia! outwardly, 

 all tarsi (exi-opt ajdi-al jciint), a|H>x of first two pairs of femora and base and apex of first 

 two jiairs of tibia- and the teyiihe. Wijiys h.valine. the venation blackish, the jiostniarginal 

 vein nearly twice as Ions as the stiginal, the marginal vein fully twice as long ;is the post- 

 marginal. Plate of scutelluni distinctly bidentate. Second abdominal segment occniiying over 

 half of the surface. I'edicel small, tlie ring ji>iMt transverse, the first fiinicle joiid a little 

 longer than wide, tlie others nuich wiiler than long. 



Jhiliifdt : Kuranda. Queensland. Reared in Kebruary. I!I14. from a di|iterous puparinni. 



Tiipi:: Xo. TIll.3377. (Queensland Museum. P.risbaru\ the tenmle on .a tai;. the antenna 

 on a sliile. 



27. CHALCIS AUREA (dirault). 



I'sCKilt iiitflm (iiiiiii (iirault. 

 Length, 7 mm. Ixobust. 



Black and ]mnctate, tin' body with a conspicuous, hispid golden co]ipery pubescence, 

 seen from above forming a halo around the scutellum, a sjiol on each parapside cephalo nies.ad 

 and a large area on each side of the meson of pronotuni ; the large second abdominal segment 

 bare excepting for a clump id' the jmbesi-ence in the dorsodateral asjject caudad ; other 

 abdominal segments densely his|)id. forming broad transverse rows of reclining h.airs. Tegulse 

 yellowish, reddish c'l-phalo niesad. h^irst two pairs of legs rechlish bviiun. the knees, tips of 

 tiloM' and proximal four tars.'il joints ( uuui' or less) lemon yelloii ; camlal cnxa bl.ack. its 

 feimir blooil i'e<l exiejitiug a largi' rounded uval black s]iot in the lateral aspect centrally 

 in the ventral longitudinal half and a small lemon-yellow s)iot same aspect, at ventral margin 

 .iust before extrenu' ti]i. Caudal tiliia' bright lennm-yellow excejit sonu" reddish at base and 

 the narrow black latero-ventral margin. Hind coxa above ]iolislied, lieneatli ilowny or jiilose; 

 second abdominal segnuuit also ]iidished excejit for the clump of jiubescence. I'ropodeuni 

 rugose. Scape and pedicel blood reil. rest of anteTina black. Hind fenuir with one moderately 

 long tooth, followed by about from 10-11 others somewhat smaller, the last tun or three nuudi 

 smaller. Fore wings uniformly greyish or snujky. the stigmal M'in less than li.ilf the length 

 of the ])Ostnuirginal. Scrobes reaching the cephalic ocelhis. thi' 1,'iteral ocelli distant from the 

 eyes. Antennat with the ring-joint \ery short. 



Iliihil,il: Kurand.i. (^)ueensland. Frcnii |pupa of llnlis iiii/sia. .Iiine -2. 191:; (!•'. 1". 

 Dodd ) . 



Tiipr: Xo. IIii-lHS. (^ueensl;ind M\isenin. I'.risbane. the fianale miiiut ieu mounted, the 

 autenna> on a slide. 



28. CHALCIS ROBUSTA new species. 



Fimiih: — Length, (i nun. 



Like aUAtcguUi but the black sei)arating the first elongate white spot on caudal tibia 

 dorsad is somewhat longer, the plate at apex of scntellum is plainly iMimrginate. the middle 

 portion of ]iroximal half of scutellum is not glabrous :is in that species but only the median 

 line is so narrowly, the caudal femora ventrad bear but eight teeth, the first three widely 

 separated, short, olituse, the distal four small, acute, close together before apex and forming 

 a decreasing series, the last minute. Also the ].ostuuirginal vein is a little more than twice 

 the length of the stigmal. the wings are hy:iline. the apex of scutellum ami the axilla; are 

 more noticeably pubescent and segment :'. cd' abdomen .ahuig cephalic margin lH>ars about two 

 cross-rows (3-t in (ilbihiiida) of tine pin imuctures, the rest of the segment back of these 

 rows densely ].erpnnctulate (smooth in iilhitcinthi). Segment .'. of abdomen in both species 

 conspicuously pubescent laterad. the following segments also with s.lvi-ry pubescence across 

 them. Tedieel wider than long; fuLiicle 1 somewhat longer tlian wide, the last two funicle 

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