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17. M. recisa, Ckll. — Males, females, Brisbane, September, October; on 

 flowers of Daviesia ulicina. 



18. M. derelicta, Ckll. — Males, females, Kelvin Grove, September, October, 

 December; on flowers of Daviesia ulicina. 



It will be seen by the dates of capture of some of the commoner species 

 that there is a spring and an autumn brood. I am of opinion that when further 

 data is available it will be found that every species, even the largest, is double- 

 brooded; the long summers which we enjoy here making this easily possible. 

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Order HYMENOPTERA, Family MASARIDtE. 



Paragia hirsuta, Meade-Waldo. — A male of this rare insect was taken 

 at Sunnybank, near Brisbane, on 11th November. This is the second recorded 

 example, the type, also a male, being taken by F. P. Dodd at Cairns, North 

 Queensland. Unfortunately I did not recognise the prize when it was captured, 

 or I would have noted the circumstances with a view to getting more. A large 

 number of Odynerus and Alastor were being taken at the time, and the Paragia 

 was bottled under the erroneous impression that it was an Odynerus. Nothing- 

 appears to be known about the life-history of Paragia liirsuta, but the fact that 

 it was captured along with the two species mentioned suggests that it is in some 

 way associated, perhaps as a parasite, with them. The capture of this insect in 

 this locality is extremely gratifying in consideration of the facts stated by the 

 describer of the species 1 : — " The rarity of these insects is shown by the fact that 

 such diligent collectors as Mr. R. E. Turner and his brother the late Gilbert 

 Turner only collected one specimen during a twenty years' residence in North 

 Queensland, while Dr. Perkins, to whom the Museum is indebted for the species 

 described below, has only received three specimens from Mr. F. P. Dodd at long 

 intervals." 



Family MEGALYRID^E. 



Megalyra mimita, Froggatt. — A female was taken at Sunnybank, near 

 Brisbane, on 19th November. It was found at rest on the trunk of a large Euca- 

 lyptus tree. The head has not previously been described, as it was missing in 

 the type specimen. It is globular, wider than the thorax, and connected with 

 the thorax by a distinct neck; black, shining, covered with coarse but shallow 

 punctures, and with scattered black hairs, longest on the vertex ; eyes prominent, 

 oval; face from just above insertion of antennae to mandibles abruptly truncate; 

 antenna; 11-jointed, basal joints bright ferruginous, gradually getting darker, 

 apical joints black, basal joint swollen, glabrous, second joint about half the 

 length of third, the third and following joints of equal length, and covered with 

 a fine pubescence, mandibles ferruginous. 



1 Aim. Mag. Nat. Ili^t.. ser. 8, vol. viii, p. 747, 1911. 



