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AUSTRALIAN HYMENOPTERA CHALCIDOIDEA, XIV.—GIRAULT. 328 
Cephalic and middle tibize not wholly yellow. 
Legs marked with yellow. 
Knees, tips of tibiz and the tarsi testaceous; a red spot below scape of each 
antenna. Conspicuously pubescent Sy ae ae :. - atrata Karby- 
Tibie golden yellow but cephalic ones reddish brown to black centrally (exeept 
dorsad), the middle black at proximal third and the caudal ones black centrally. 
Plate of scutellum bidentate. Segment 2 of abdomen dorsad scaly, 3 densely 
punctulate except cephalad os a ss ae ot victoria Girault. 
Legs marked with white. See robusta. 
Tegule, knees, central third of caudal tibizw and the tarsi white. Apex of scutellum 
straight .. Res che of ie ~ ne .. pomone Cameron. 
Central part of caudal tibie black. Segment 2 of abdomen dorsad glabrous. Post- 
marginal vein not twice the length of the stigmal by a little. Scutellum 
glabrous along proximal meson es a 5 .. albitegula Girault. 
The genus Tumidicoxa was described as differing from Chalcis in having a more or less 
hidentate or emarginate plate at apex of scutellum and 12-jointed antenne. The antenne are 
13-jointed, the third club joint very short. But Pseudepitelia Girault falls as a synonym of 
Tumidicoxa while Brachepitelia Girault, bearing 13-jointed antenne instead of twelve as 
originally thought, falls as a synonym of Chaicis. All are the same. Ceyaxia Girault is either 
a valid genus or else a subgenus of Chalcis. Ceywia differs from Chaleis in having distinctly 
shorter antennal scrobes. Its antenne are 13-jointed, not twelve as originally thought. 
Lumidicoxoides Girault is valid, differing from Chalcis in haying the elub plainly 2-jointed. 
These statements are made after carfully reconsidering these genera. The types of Pseudepitelia 
and Brachepitelia have been re-examined. 
Genus TUMIDICOXOIDES Girault. 
Distinguished from Chalcis in having 12-jointed antenne, the club 2-jointed and conical 
ilistad. The scutellum is distinctly bidentate at apex. 
1. TUMIDICOXOIDES KURANDAENSIS Girault. Female. Genotype. 
Length, 3.2 mm. 
Black, the wings hyaline, the middle of the side of the second abdominal segment dark 
red; venation black, tegule white; cephalic and intermediate tibize and tarsi brown, the hind 
tibia black with a whitish spot above over half way between knee and middle and another 
uear apex; the hind tarsi yellow-white, the last joint black; hind femur red, whitish across 
tip, bearing eight teeth, the first four widely separated, the others successive and smaller. 
Postmarginal vein longer than the stigmal but only about a third the length of the marginal. 
Punctate, the propodeum rugose. Funicle joint 1 longest, longer than the pedicel but not 
long. Mandibles bidentate. 
Habitat: Kuranda, Queensland. Jungle, May 20, 1913. 
Type: No. Hy 3383, Queensland Museum, Brisbane. Tag and a slide. 
2. TUMIDICOXOIDES PULCHRIPES new species of Girault and A. P. Dodd. 
Length, 2.60 mm. 
Opaque black; cephalic coxz concolorous; rest of legs, the tegule and the antennze 
bright golden brown, the tarsi almost white. Posterior femora with about nine teeth, the 
first largest, second smallest, the others about subequal; teeth black. Head and thorax with 
