﻿518 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  D. 
  A. 
  Cockerell 
  — 
  Descriptions 
  and 
  

  

  dull, 
  densely 
  but 
  shallowly 
  punctured 
  ; 
  niesotliorax 
  very 
  

   densely 
  and 
  shallowly 
  punctured, 
  but 
  glistening 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  

   sliiuiug, 
  fiuely 
  punctured; 
  area 
  of 
  metatborax 
  appearing 
  

   rough 
  under 
  a 
  lens, 
  but 
  with 
  fine 
  ridges, 
  connected 
  by 
  

   transverse 
  ones, 
  the 
  apical 
  part 
  with 
  an 
  exceedingly 
  minute 
  

   cancellation, 
  the 
  cells 
  transversely 
  elongate 
  ; 
  apical 
  trun- 
  

   cation 
  without 
  sharp 
  lateral 
  margins 
  ; 
  tegula? 
  rufo-testaceous. 
  

   Wings 
  perfectly 
  clear 
  ; 
  stigma 
  light 
  reddish, 
  with 
  darker 
  

   margin 
  ; 
  nervures 
  sepia 
  ; 
  outer 
  r. 
  n. 
  and 
  t.-c. 
  rather 
  slender, 
  

   but 
  dark 
  ; 
  second 
  s.m. 
  narrow 
  ; 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  meeting 
  second 
  

   t.-c. 
  Abdomen 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  thin 
  pruiuose 
  pubescence, 
  and 
  

   indistinct 
  patches 
  of 
  tomentum 
  at 
  lateral 
  bases 
  of 
  segments 
  ; 
  

   apical 
  plate 
  dark 
  brown, 
  very 
  broad, 
  and 
  rounded. 
  The 
  

   second 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  is 
  very 
  densely 
  punctured 
  in 
  the 
  

   subbasal 
  region. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Brisbane, 
  Queensland, 
  Oct. 
  3, 
  1912 
  {Hacker 
  ; 
  

   Queensl. 
  Mus. 
  72). 
  

  

  Readily 
  known 
  from 
  H. 
  blackbiirni 
  by 
  the 
  rough 
  meso- 
  

   thorax, 
  the 
  dense 
  punctures 
  visible 
  under 
  a 
  lens. 
  Compared 
  

   with 
  H. 
  forresti, 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  less 
  produced, 
  and 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   thorax 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  more 
  densely 
  punctured. 
  

  

  Halicfm 
  mediopoliius, 
  sp. 
  n 
  . 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  — 
  Length 
  about 
  6^ 
  mm. 
  

  

  Black, 
  with 
  very 
  pale 
  ochreous-tinted 
  or 
  creamy 
  hair; 
  

   mandibles 
  dark 
  ; 
  head 
  broad, 
  clypeus 
  and 
  supraclypeal 
  area 
  

   shining, 
  with 
  spaise 
  small 
  punctures 
  ; 
  sides 
  of 
  face 
  and 
  

   front 
  glistening, 
  middle 
  of 
  front 
  dull, 
  striate, 
  with 
  small 
  

   punctures 
  at 
  intervals 
  between 
  the 
  striae 
  ; 
  flagellum 
  dark, 
  

   the 
  last 
  two 
  joints 
  lively 
  red 
  beneath 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  and 
  

   scutellum 
  bare, 
  highly 
  polished, 
  and 
  shining 
  ; 
  mesothorax 
  

   with 
  sparse 
  very 
  minute 
  punctures 
  and 
  very 
  widely 
  scattered 
  

   large 
  ones 
  ; 
  scutellum 
  with 
  extremely 
  minute 
  sparse 
  punc- 
  

   tures, 
  principally 
  about 
  the 
  median 
  depression 
  ; 
  area 
  of 
  

   metatborax 
  very 
  large, 
  semilunar, 
  appearing 
  granular 
  under 
  

   a 
  lens, 
  but 
  ^tually 
  minutely 
  reticulate, 
  the 
  margin 
  finely 
  

   punctate 
  ; 
  posterior 
  truncation 
  small, 
  sharply 
  defined 
  at 
  

   sides 
  below. 
  Legs 
  black, 
  the 
  apical 
  tarsal 
  joints 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  

   hind 
  spur'with 
  a 
  single 
  large 
  blunt 
  subbasal 
  lamina; 
  tegulse 
  

   clear 
  rufo-testaceous. 
  Wings 
  clear, 
  stigma 
  and 
  nervures 
  

   dusky^ 
  rufous, 
  the 
  stigma 
  very 
  long 
  ; 
  outer 
  r. 
  n. 
  and 
  t.-c. 
  

   evanescent 
  ; 
  second 
  s.m. 
  very 
  broad, 
  receiving 
  first 
  r. 
  n. 
  near 
  

   apex. 
  Abdomen 
  shining, 
  minutely 
  and 
  quite 
  closely 
  punc- 
  

   tured 
  ; 
  segments 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  with 
  dense 
  basal 
  bands 
  of 
  creamy- 
  

  

  