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Ventral side of abdomen extending below point of attachment with 

 thorax, and ascending from base in a straight line to anus. Terebra 

 not extending beyond anus. Legs not quite so long as in $ ; tarsi 

 of the centre and hind legs the same length as their respective 

 femora, and not longer; all second, third and fourth joints of equal 

 length except the third joints of the centre and hind legs, which are 

 slightly shorter. Wings shorter than those of <J and proportionally 

 narrower. 



Length, $ -62 mm. 



Captured on long fine grass at the top of hill Bryn Euryn, 

 Ehos, near Colwyn Bay, North Wales, $ on September 29th, 

 and $ ? on October 1st, 1921, respectively. 



Glen Hurst, 

 Fulwood, 



Preston ; 

 May 4th, 1922. 



NEW CHALCID FLIES FROM AUSTRALIA. 

 By A. A. Girault. 



Types in Queensland Museum and from Queensland unless 

 otherwise stated. Descriptions based upon comparisons, hence 

 their brevity. 



1. Babinda clei, sp. nov. — As genotype, but tibia 3 jet save apex 

 and knee narrowly, antennae jet save basal J scape, also ventral 

 margin femur 2 black. Postmarginal vein somewhat longer. Types 

 compared. 



1 ? , forest, Wynnum, March 30th, 1922. 



2. Erythmelus tintoreti, sp. nov. — As ductus, but tibia 1 for the 

 most part dusky, distal funicle no larger than others and a half wider 

 than long ; discal cilia of fore wing of two long lines from venation to 

 apex, one cephalad, one mid-longitudinal ; and fringes twice greatest 

 wing width. 



Very distinct species. Wynnum, on a shop window, April 

 2nd, 1922. 



Raffjellia, gen. nov. Encyrtini. 



As Pseudaphycus, but metallic, and 1 of jaw distinctly shorter 

 than the acute 2 or 3, the jaw narrow. Habitus of Cocciden- 

 cyrtus. Scape moderately dilated. 



3. B. Sidney i, sp. nov. — Dark seneus, wings clear, veins brown. 

 Knees, tibial tips, tarsi white, funicle soiled white. Pedicel twice 

 funicle 1, latter cup-shaped, a bit longer than wide, 2-3 equal, 

 somewhat wider than long, 4-5 quadrate, twice 3 and distinctly 

 larger than 1. Only 2-3 lines of cilia proximad hairless line and 

 these incomplete, caudad abruptly finer and fainter. A line of minute 



