514 Mr. T. D. A. Cockeiell — Descriptions and 



Halidus eurhodopus, sp. n. 



^ , — Length about 5 mm. 



Rather slender, black, with the legs, except the coxa:', 

 bright clear ferruginous ; pubescence dull white, no hair- 

 bands or patches on the smooth shining abdomen ; mandibles 

 red apically ; scape long, red ; flagellura 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 ; 

 tegulie light reddish testaceous. Wings hyaline, a little 

 dusky, stigma piceous, nei'vures 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. 



Hub. Cairns, Queensland, " Kur. 1. 02'' {Turner). 



A. very distinct little species, allied to H. cassicefloi'is, but 

 distinguished by the red femora. 



Halidus cassicejloris, 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, tlie apical halt: above 

 black or nearly; flagcllam dusky reddish below; knees, 

 tibiae, and tarsi clear ferruginous; tubercles with a red murk ; 

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

 without evident sculpture ; mesothorax dull ; area of meta- 

 thorax large, rough, Avith a shining rim. AVings greyi-sh 

 liyaline, 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 

 lineolale ; hind spur with three long stout spines. 



IJah. ]\Iaekay, Queensland, two at Cassia, Dec. 1891) 

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

 a little group or section. 



