406 NOTES ON THE HYMENOPTEROUS GENUS MEGALYRA WESTW. 



smooth, shining, second shagreened, third to fourth coarsely 



shagreened, almost punctate, fifth to seventh more finely 

 shagreened. 



Hab. — Melbourne, Vic. (C. French). Three specimens; type in 



Coll. French. 



Megalyra lyelli, n.sp. 



£. Black, with the legs light reddish-brown; wings almost 

 hyaline with a well defined fuscous blotch across the centre in 

 the fore pair. Head broadly rounded, hind ocelli closer to each 

 other than to eyes. Dorsal surface coarsely punctate, confluent 

 on the metathorax. Abdomen somewhat oval and pointed at 

 the extremity; first segment smooth, shining; second shining, 

 faintly shagreened, third to seventh strongly but delicately 

 shagreened. The whole insect clothed with scattered long grey 

 hairs, thickest on the sides of the head, legs and apex of thorax. 

 Length of body 5 lines; of ovipositor If inches. 



Hab. — Gisborne, Vic.(G. Lyell). Two specimens; type in Coll. 

 Froggatt. 



Megalyra hirsuta, n.sp. 



£. Head, thorax and antenna?, except second joint, black; 

 second joint of antennse, legs, and abdomen dull red; forewings 

 semiopaque, lightly clouded with brown across the middle. Head 

 slightly depressed on the summit, eyes very prominent; hind 

 ocelli closer to each other than to eyes; the whole finely and 

 closely punctured. Thorax thickly and more irregularly punc- 

 tured. Abdomen elongate-oval, first and apical half of second 

 segments smooth and shining, base of second and rest of the seg- 

 ments very finely punctured. The whole insect clothed with 

 scattered grey hairs forming a fine down on dorsal surface of 

 head and thorax, and silvery bands on undersurface of abdomen. 



Hab. — Tweed River, N.S.W.(A. M. Lea). One specimen; type 

 in Coll. Froggatt. 



Megalyra minuta, n sp. 



5. Black, legs reddish-brown; wings hyaline, with a very slight 

 fuscous blotch across the centre of forewings. [Head wanting.] 



