322 MEMOISS OF THIi QFEENSLAND MUSEUM. 



joiuts subquadiate. Tlie broad black band around centre of first two tibia? open along lateral 

 aspect. Compared with type of alhilci/ula. 



From one female caught March 29, 191-1 (A. P. Dodd). 



Ilahital: Halifax (Ingham), Queensland. 



Type: No. lljiS.j^iK Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag. 



A. CHALCIS ROBUSTA BOREALIS new variety. 

 .Same as the typical form l.jut the hind femur beneath with ten teeth, the last minute. 

 Prom a specimen sent by G. P. Hill from Port Darwin, Northern Territory; uo type. 



29. CHALCIS BROWNINGI new species. 

 Female: — Length, 4.95 mm. 



Black and closely allied with iiiiillicolor, diplcrophaga and ruskini. Prom the former it 

 may \x distinguished by the differently colored legs (also the hind tibia is black to til) in 

 muUkohir. the ])roximal elongate spot separated from the kuees by black; here, distad the hind 

 tibia! are broadly yellowish white and also the proximal end, in other words, the two usual 

 elongate spots exteriorly extend to their respective apices) ; also in miiJticolor the teeth on the 

 scutellum are longer and segment 2 of abdomen dorsad is glabrous. From dipterophaga this 

 species differs in that the jjroximal sjiot on dorsal caudal tibia reaches the knee, not isolated from 

 the knee as in that species, the scutellum is less emarginate at apex, the main coloration of the 

 legs is different and so on. From ruskini in the same particulars enumerated for dipterophaga 

 except that in rusTcini the scutellum at apex is much as in this new species. The species 

 ruskini also lacks sculpture on segment 2 of abdomen dorsad. Legs except the coneolorous 

 coxa), brick red, the knees, each end of tibia; (very broadly in caudal' tibiai) and the tarsi 

 pale yellow; tegulaj white. Club suffused with red. Otherwise black. Segment 2 of abdomen 

 polygonally scaly, also the following segments (but the sculpture consisting of dense, minute, 

 pin-punctures) each of which bears several rows of setigerous, thimble punctures; segment 7 

 with mtiny of these punctures, 8 carinate along the meson. Propodeum foveate, with a pair 

 of distinct median earinse. Hind femur with eleven teeth ventrad, the first twice or more the 

 sise of the others but not especially large, the last four minute, comblike. Second tooth 

 on hind femur next smallest after the distal four. Hind eoxaa reddish ventro-distad. Abdomen 

 sliglitly reddisli along meson of venter. Punicle joints wider than long except the first which 

 is a little longer than wide; distal funicle joints widest and shortest. Punicle 2 quadrate, 

 somewhat longer than the pedicel. Postmarginal vein about twice the length of the stigmal; 

 less than half the length of the marginal. 



Prom one male and one female labelled '' 1-2-14. No. 33. 0. P. Hill.'' and stated to 

 have been captured. 



Uahital : Port I'arniTi, Northern Territory. 



Types: No. HySSSii, (Queensland Museum, Brisbane, one male, one female on a tag, the 

 female antenna on a slide with ty]ie a]ij)endages of Stomatoccras haslitti. 



30. CHALCIS SHELLEYI new species. 



Female: — Length, 2.50 mm. 



Exactly similar to hrowiringi but snuiller, segment 2 of abdomen dorsad is glabrous 

 and the apex of scutellum truncate. Punicle 1 a little wider than long, the others still 

 uider. 



From (iiic female cajitured April 18, 1914 in forest (A. P. Dodd). 



Habilal: Clloncurry, Queensland. 



Type: No. HySSSl, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag. 



Dedicated to Percv Bvsshe Shellev. 



