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  Mr. 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Cockerell 
  — 
  Descriptions 
  and 
  

  

  Halidus 
  eurliodopus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  $ 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Rather 
  slender, 
  black, 
  with 
  the 
  legs, 
  except 
  the 
  coxse, 
  

   bright 
  clear 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  pubescence 
  dull 
  white, 
  no 
  hair- 
  

   bands 
  or 
  patches 
  on 
  the 
  smooth 
  shining 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  mandibles 
  

   red 
  apically; 
  scape 
  long, 
  red 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  dark 
  ; 
  face, 
  front, 
  

   and 
  mesothorax 
  dull 
  or 
  slightly 
  shining, 
  but 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  

   polished, 
  -with 
  no 
  evident 
  sculpture 
  under 
  a 
  lens 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  

   metathorax 
  large, 
  minutely 
  reticulate, 
  with 
  shining 
  rim 
  ; 
  

   tegulse 
  light 
  reddish 
  testaceous. 
  Wings 
  hyaline, 
  a 
  little 
  

   dusky, 
  stigma 
  piceous, 
  nervures 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  meeting 
  

   second 
  t.-c. 
  ; 
  third 
  s.m. 
  very 
  short. 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  

   red 
  apical 
  plate 
  ; 
  venter 
  with 
  a 
  curled 
  white 
  scopa. 
  

   Microscopical 
  characters 
  : 
  — 
  Front 
  microscopically 
  tessellate 
  

   (not 
  punctured 
  or 
  striate) 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  minutely 
  roughened 
  ; 
  

   abdomen 
  minutely 
  transversely 
  lineolate 
  ; 
  spur 
  of 
  middle 
  

   tibia 
  minutely 
  short-pectinate. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Cairns, 
  Queensland, 
  " 
  Kur. 
  1. 
  02" 
  {Turner). 
  

  

  A 
  very 
  distinct 
  little 
  species, 
  allied 
  to 
  H. 
  cassiafloris, 
  but 
  

   distinguished 
  by 
  the 
  red 
  femora. 
  

  

  Halidus 
  cassicefloris, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Kather 
  robust, 
  with 
  broad 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  black, 
  with 
  dull 
  

   white 
  hair, 
  not 
  forming 
  bands 
  or 
  spots 
  on 
  abdomen 
  ; 
  

   mandibles 
  clear 
  red 
  ; 
  scape 
  clear 
  red, 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  above 
  

   black 
  or 
  nearly; 
  flagellum 
  dusky 
  reddish 
  beloAv 
  ; 
  knees, 
  

   tibise, 
  and 
  tarsi 
  clear 
  ferruginous; 
  tubercles 
  with 
  a 
  red 
  mark 
  ; 
  

   tegulse 
  light 
  rufo-testaceous 
  ; 
  head 
  broad 
  ; 
  front 
  dullish, 
  

   without 
  evident 
  sculpture 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  dull 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  meta- 
  

   thorax 
  large, 
  rough, 
  with 
  a 
  shining 
  rim. 
  Wings 
  greyish 
  

   hyaline, 
  stigma 
  piceous, 
  nervures 
  sepia; 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  meeting 
  

   second 
  t.-c. 
  ; 
  outer 
  r. 
  n. 
  and 
  t.-c. 
  very 
  weak 
  ; 
  third 
  s.m. 
  very 
  

   short, 
  not 
  larger 
  than 
  second. 
  Abdomen 
  moderately 
  shining 
  ; 
  

   venter 
  with 
  long 
  hair. 
  Microscopical 
  characters: 
  — 
  Front 
  

   and 
  mesothorax 
  minutely 
  tessellate 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  metathorax 
  

   with 
  fine 
  irregular 
  ridges 
  ; 
  abdomen 
  very 
  finely 
  transversely 
  

   lineolate 
  ; 
  hind 
  spur 
  with 
  three 
  long 
  stout 
  spines. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mackay, 
  Queensland, 
  two 
  at 
  Cassia, 
  Dec. 
  1899 
  

   {Turner, 
  14 
  a). 
  Related 
  to 
  H. 
  eurhodopus, 
  the 
  two 
  forming 
  

   a 
  little 
  group 
  or 
  section. 
  

  

  