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(2) Forewings hj^aline (3) 



Forewings infuscated //(.su/or/.s, Dodd 



(3) Posterior tarsi much longer than 



their tibiae n ig ricnrnis, Dodd 



Posterior tarsi not longer than their 

 tibiae nustralico, Dodd 



Genus Scelio, Latreille. 

 ScELio GOBAR, Walker, 1839. 



c? . Black; antennae black: second joint f errugineous ; 

 legs fulvous ; coxae black ; tarsi fuscous at the apex ; meso- 

 and metaf emora pitchy-black ; Mangs fuscous ; veins f erru- 

 gineous. Length, 4 to 4' 75 mm. ; wing expanse, 5 "75 to 

 625 mm. 



This species is not a Scelio, since, according to Walker, it 

 has a rather long petiole, a marginal vein longer than the 

 stigmal, a postmarginal vein longer than the marginal. 



Hah. — Tasmania: Hobart. 



Scelio australensis, Kieffer, 1905, New South Wales. 

 ScELio AUSTRALIA, Kieffer, 1908, Australia. 

 Scelio bipartitus, Kieffer, 1907, Australia. 

 I have not seen the descriptions of these three species. 



Scelio pulchellus, Crawford, 1911. 

 Hab. — New South Wales: Lake Cowal. 

 Host. — Small plague locust (Chortoicetes pusillay 

 Walker). 



Scelio froggatti, Crawford, 1911. 



Hab. — Central Queensland: Childers ; North Queens- 

 land: near Cairns. 



Host. — Locust a danica, Linn, (yellow- winged locust). 



Scelio fulgidus, Crawford, 1911. 

 Hab. — New South Wales. 

 Host. — Locusta aiistralis, Brunner. 



Scelio chortoicetes, Froggatt, 1910. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Lake Cowal. 



Host. — Large plain locust (Chortoicetes t er mini f era , 

 Walker). 



Scelio australis, Froggatt, 1910, 



This species was first described from specimens reared from 

 eggs of Locusta australis (Brunner) at Herbert River, North 

 Queensland. It is a common species around Nelson, and can 

 be found in company with ovi, Girault. Mr. A. A. Girault 

 found it very plentiful on the Herbert River in February, 

 1913, in the egg-beds of Locusta danica, Linn. From one 



