115 



Systole, Walker. 

 Systole opus, new sp. 



9 . Black, the wings hyaline, the antennae concolorous, 

 also the coxse and most of all femora, the tibiae and tarsi yel- 

 lowish-brown ; second and third abdominal segments smooth, 

 the next segments scaly, the fourth (which is equal to the pre- 

 ceding) only along proximal half; head and thorax scaly, but 

 there are large, shallow punctures scattered over the surface 

 resembling pustules. Wings hyaline, the postmarginal vein 

 slightly shorter than the others, which are subequal. Antennae 

 11-jointed, the 3-jointed club obliquely truncate from apex of 

 first joint, the pedicel longer than the first funicle- joint, all 

 joints of the latter about cupshaped and subequal ; one ring- 

 joint. Posterior tibiae with two spurs. Parapsidal furrows 

 complete. Length, I'lO mm. 



c^* . Not known. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns (A. M. Lea). 



Type. — I. 1353, South Australian Museum. One specimen 

 and a slide bearing posterior leg and antenna. 



EUCHARID^. 

 Chalcuroides, new gen. 



(S . Agreeing with Chalcurella, Girault, but the scutellum 

 terminating in a minute, upturned, spinelike plate, nearly as 

 in Astilhula, and the antennae bear paired branches after the 

 fifth funicle- joint, the first five funicle- joints with single 

 branches from opposite sides alternately. Joints two to five 

 short, joint one as long as a third or more of the long club, the 

 funicle- joints lengthening after the fifth ; pedicel very short. 

 Mandibles with one and two teeth within respectively. 



9 . Not known. 



Type. — The following species. 



Chalcuroides versicolor, new sp. 



<S . Metallic-green, the axillae and rest of thorax distad 

 of them, purple, the abdomen blue, the long petiole greenish 

 and roughened like the thorax; face bluish about the 

 antennae, striate ; antennae black (submetallic) ; wings hyaline, 

 the venation brown. Legs dark, submetallic, the knees, tips 

 of tibiae, and tarsi brownish. Length, 3'85 mm. 



Described from one male mounted on a card with its host, 

 a ''bulldog' ' ant (a species of Myrmecia), and labelled "Para- 

 sitic on pupa." 



^a6.— Queensland: Townsville (F. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 1352, South Australian Museum. The above 

 specimen and a slide bearing the head. 



