BY WALTER W. FROGGATT. 405 



centre, and lightly clouded at the tips in the fore pair. Head 

 broad, hind ocelli closer to eyes than to each other. Dorsal 

 surface of thorax uniformly rugose, somewhat confluent towards 

 the apical portion. Abdomen short, cylindrical, rounded at 

 extremities, with the sides of each segment ornamented with a 

 patch of silvery hairs; first segment smooth, shining, second to 

 seventh thickly but finely punctured, forming confluent rows on 

 the anal ones. Length of body 6 lines; of ovipositor varying 

 from 1^ to If inches. 



Hab.— Kalgoorlie, W.A. (G. W. Froggatt); Stannery Hills, 

 N.Q (Horace Brown). Two specimens; type in Coll. Froggatt. 



Megalyra viridescens, n.sp. 



£. Black, with the legs dark reddish-brown; tarsi darker and 

 clothed with very fine pubescence; wings hyaline, with the fore 

 pair broadly barred with a fuscous blotch, and the tips faintly 

 clouded. Head broad, hind ocelli about an equal distance from 

 each other and the eyes. Thorax coarsely punctured. Abdomen 

 short, elongate-oval, thickly tufted on the sides of the apical 

 segments with silvery hairs; first and second segments perfectly 

 smooth and shining, third finety shagreened only on the outer 

 edges, fourth very finely shagreened, fifth more coarsely shagreened, 

 sixth to seventh finely punctured. Length of body 6 lines; of 

 ovipositor 2^ inches. 



Hab. — Albert Park, Melbourne, Vic. (A. Lording). One speci- 

 men; type in the National Museum. 



Megalyra frenchi, n.sp. 



£ . Black, first five and the base of the sixth joint of the 

 antennae reddish, the rest fuscous to black; forewings semitrans. 

 parent, barred with fuscous. The whole insect lightly clothed 

 with fine hairs. Head broad, finely punctured; hind ocelli as 

 near to each other as to eyes. Thorax furnished in front with a 

 very fine pointed spine on either side, the whole deeply and finely 

 punctured. Abdomen small, pointed to the apex, first segment 



