.ir'STn.llIAX UYMEXOFTKUA (11 Ar.CIDOI nv.A. XIV.^CIKACI.T. :!29 



1. MEGACHILOCHALCIS AURIC0M0SU3 mw sp,-.i,s. .M,,lf. Genoiypo. 

 Lenythj S.7.J nun. 



Black, tho knees, tiliiie (exi-opt must nf liind tilii;!). tarsi, srapc ami tei;uhi' lilooil reil. 

 Fore wings with a rectangular stigniate sji(}t under ail tlie inargin;il vein, smoky from them-e 

 tlistad to apex and also across tlie wing from marginal vein and beyond it. l'r<>|iodeinn with 

 shining pnlaesceuee, also the face (dense), the abdomen above (except most of segment 2) 

 with dense, rich golden yellow, hispid pubescence and tliere is a c!uni]> cjf tliis short ])iil;escen'-o 

 from a]iex of eai-h .axilla, like two gcdden yellow spots on eac-li si^le of tlie srutelliim. Horn 

 of scutellum curved iie.ar its ti]i, punctate. Thorax densely |.unctate; the naked poition of 

 second abdominal segment irregularly densely pitted. Pedicel nuu-h wider than long; fuuicle 

 stout, tlie .ioiuts all longer than wide, the first l.mgest; si-coud club .joint long(M-, obtusely 

 pointed. Antenna; tapering distad. 



Habiliil : Kewell, "Western Vi.-toria, April. ISSS. l.abclU-d "."i:." 



Tilpf. In the Xational Museum. Melhonrne. tin' male Tiiinutien mounted, the antennai 

 on a slide. 



Gexus :\lK(IAL()('l)T,t'S-Kirby. 



1. MEGALOCOLUS RUFINOTUM lurault, Feinale. 



Length, s nun., including the stylus. 



Black. ]iunctate; the venter of abdonu'U, mesal aspect, the legs (excejit the eox»>, 

 proximal half ()r so of cephalic femur, interior of caudal tibia and the caudal femur) and tin? 

 whole of the mesonotum (including scntelhun and teguUe) rufous; pedicel, first funicle joint 

 and tip of club fuscous; fore wings irregularly stained, the veuatioTi fuscous or darker; 

 staining accented at the stigmal vein, tlie latter nearly at right angles to the marginal and 

 subetpial to the sliort iiostmarginal. I'osterior femur witli seven teeth beneatli, widely separated, 

 the first large and olituse, the last very small. Mandibles with two teeth, both acute but the 

 inner broadly bevelled off mosad. The small first fuuicle .joint longer than the pedicel which 

 is eupshajied; sec(Uid funicle joint Icuigcst. a third longer than '■'< which is more than twi' c 

 the size of the first. The lateral projection on the prn|ii>ileniii is absent. 



Hiihitut : Cairns, Queensland. 



Type: No. I.liJO, South Australian Museu Vdehiiile. 



Tribk HALTICHELI.lXl. 

 Gexus HALTICHKLLA Spim.la. 



1. HALTICHELLA FABRICATOR Walker. Female. 



HuIUcIkUu fahncnior WalkcT, Trans. Knt. Soc. Lcu.d., I, p. :!(!;■;. 9 (1802). 



Australia. 



2. HALTICHELLA INDIGNATOR Walker. Female. 



HdHichrlhi iiiiliniKitnr \V:\\ker. Trans. Knt. Soc. Lond.. 1. p. 'Mi).^ (,lS(i2). 

 Tasmania, .\iistralia. 



3. HALTICHELLA INTERNATA Walker. 



Haltichdlu intcnidht Walker, Trans. Ihit. S,)c. Loud.. 1, p. 3()9 (1S62). 

 Tasmania, .Australia. 



