GENUS MEGACHILE AND SOME BABE INSECTS.— HACKEE. 141 



This is the first capture in Queensland of M. mi nut a, the habitat of the 

 type specimen being given as Melbourne, Victoria. 



Order ORTHOPTERA, Family EMBIID.E. 

 Oligotoma gurneyi, Froggatt. — A series of these remarkable insects was 

 obtained by Mr. J. Douglas Ogilby, of the Museum staff, at his residence in 

 Spring Hill, Brisbane. They are nocturnal in their habits, and are attracted 

 by light. The dates of capture extended from December to March, during 

 ■which time thirteen were obtained. No more were seen until May, when 

 another was captured. They were all of one sex, apparently males. This is 

 the first record of the occurrence of Oligotoma gurneyi in Queensland. 



Order NEUROPTERA. 



Psychopsis illidgi, Froggatt. — A perfect female of this species was 

 captured at Tambourine Mountain on 29th December. It was attracted by the 

 light of my lamp in the scrub while I was examining the tree trunks for Coleop- 

 tera. As an indication of the rarity of this insect, the author in describing it 

 states 2 : — " I am indebted to Mr. C. French for the first specimen of this beautiful, 

 insect. But I have since received a second from Mr. IUidge, who informs me 

 that both were taken flying to a lighted lamp in the evening; and that in the 

 course of forty years' collecting in Southern Queensland he had never taken it 

 before. ' ' 



-Pro. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., p. 456, 1903. 



