AVSTL'ALIAX EYMKXOrTEVA CU A LCI DOl DKA. Xir.-^aiHAII.T. :{25 



€eph;ilie ;uul middle tilji:u not ivliullv yi>ll,,u. 

 Legs marked with yellow. 



Kuees, tip^s of tibia- aiul the tarsi f>tareo„s; a n-,[ s|,„t below seape of ,.aeh 

 antenna, ronspirnously pubesreiit ul rah, Kirhy. 



Tibia> golden yellow bat .eph.-iii,. ,,n. s r.M.lish brou ii ,„ black eonlrally (rxri-yt 



dorsad), tlie mi, Idle bl.ok at |.rox,,„al tl,,r,l .and the r; ; s blaekVentrallv. 



Plate of s<aitelhiin hi, In, tab'. S,..,,,,.,,! i' ,,r alH|,.a„a, .lorsad sealv. :', deiise'ly 



I,un,dnlate ,.x,-,.|,t ,-ephala.| r,e(on» (iirault". 



Legs inarkeil with whit,'. S|,e fahiislii. 



Tegiikr. knees, central tliinl „f ,an,lal tibia' aa,l ll„. taisi xvhile. .\pe.x of seutelluni 

 ^t^'gl^t pom»«rr Camoron, 



Central ],art ,,f ,-au,lal tibia' bla,-k. S,.-,,,,.,,! - ,,t ab,l,mieii ,lorsa,l glr,brons. I'ost- 

 marginal xr]n a,,t twi,-,. the l.aigll, ,,t tli,' stig.nal by a little. S,aitellnm 

 glabrons ahing pi.ixini.-il in,'v,,i »//,,7,v/«/,( Cirault. 



The genus Tiunidtrox,i was ,h'S,-rib,M as .litf.aiiig fniai Chains in having a nmre or less 

 t,i,lentate or enmrginate plate at apex ,,f si-iitelhiai an, I I li ,i,Hat,.,l antenna'. Th,' antenniD are 



i:!-jointed, the third club .ioint very sh,.rt. I'.ni I's, mhiahha (inault falls as .a synonym of 

 TiimidifiKid wliile Brachi'iiitilia (iirtiult. b,'aiirig i:',- j,.iiit,',l antenna' insti'tnl ,.f twelve as 

 originally th,,ught, ftills as a synonym ,if Clniicix. .Vll ar,' th,' same. C<tt.na (iirault is either 

 a valid genns or else a subgenns of Chalris. C, ii.na ilillVis fn.rn Clwlcis in having distinctly 

 shorter antennal scrobes. Its antenna' tiri- i:; Jiiinte,l. not twelve as originally tlnmght. 



rumiiliroxoides Girault is valid, differing from Chalais in having the club plainly :i-Jointed. 

 'I'hese statements are made after carfnlly reconsiilering these genera. Thi' typi's of PscudepiteUa 

 ami Bravlii piti III! have iieen re-examineil. 



Gexu.s TUMIDK'dXOlDKS (lirtjull. 

 Dist iiigiiishcl fr,an Clialais in having 1 LI- i,.iut,',l .'iiili'Miia', III,' ,-liili l'-J,,ial,',l an, I raiiii-i'l 

 ,lista,l. 'I'he s,'ntellum is distinctly bi,l,'ntal,' tit tipex. 



1. TUMIDICOXOIDES KURANDAENSIS Cirault. Female, (lenotyiie. 



Length, .">.i: mm. 



Black, the wings hyaline, the mi, 1, 11,' ,if tlu' si, I,' ,if th,' s,',iia,l tdi,hunimil segment iltirk 

 rod; venati,Hi Idtick, teguUe white; cephtib,- tin, I iriterineilitite tibiie ;ind tarsi brown, the hiud 

 tibia black with ti whitish spot tibove ovi'r litilf w;iy betweeti knee and nii,lille an,l tinother 

 near tipex; the hind tarsi yellow-white, thi' hist .joint blti,k ; hin,l femur r,',l, whitisli across 

 lip, hearing eight teeth, the first four whlidy s,'ptirtit,',l, th,' others sM,','essi\i' timl snurller, 

 Postmarginal vein longer than the stignml but only tibout a third the length of the nmrginal, 

 Punctate, the propodenm rugose. Funicle i,iint I hmgest, longer tlnin th,' p,',lii'el but not 

 l,>ng. .Mtin,lililes bidentate. 



Habitat: Kuranda, Queenslan,h .lungle. May -0, I'.tl.'i. 



Tiipc: No. HtioJSS, Queenslaml Museum, Hrisbtin,'. 'Pag tind ti sli,l,'. 



2. TUMIDICOXOIDES PULCHRIPES new .speeus of Cliiault and A. 1'. Uodd. 



J^ength, L'.tiO mm. 



Opaque black; cephalic coxa; coneolorous; rest of legs, the teguUc and the antennio 

 bright golden brown, the tarsi almost white. Posterior fenn)r;i with about nine teeth, the 

 first largest, se,',)ud snmllest, the others ali,ml sub,',|util; teeth blti,'k. Iletnl tin,l thorax with 



