314 MEMOIRS OF TEE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM. AUSTRALIAN HYMENOPTERA CHALCIDOIDEA— XIV.* The Family Chalcididae with Descriptions of New Genera and Species. By A. A. Girault. Family CHALCIDID^. Subfamily CHALCIDIINLE. Tribe CHALCIDINI. Genus CHALCIS Fabrieius. Synonyms: Brachepitelia Girault, Pseudepitelia Girault and Tumidicoxa Girault. 1. CHALCIS ATRATA Kirby. "Exp. al. 5 lin. ; long Corp. 3 lin. Black, covered with a hoary pile, which is much more conspicuous than usual except on the first segment of the abdomen, even covering the hind femora; a reddish dot below the-scape of each antenna; legs black; knees, tips of tibiae and tarsi testaceous; hind femora armed with about eight minute teeth. Wings hyaline, with brown costal nervure. Habitat: Queensland. 2. CHALCIS NITATOR Walker. Male. Chalcis » it at or Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., I, p. 356, g (1862). Australia. 3. CHALCIS OPPONENS Walker. Male. Chalcis opponents Walker, Notes on Chalcid., pt. 3, p. 50, ;P (1871). Australia. 4. CHALCIS PHYA Walker. Female, male. Chalcis phya Walker, Ent. Mag., V. p. 47, £ ? (1838). Aust. ' 5. CHALCIS SIDNICA (Holmgren). Female. Brachymeria sidnica Holmgren, Eugen. Resa. Ins. p. 437, Q (1868). 6. CHALCIS TEUTA Walker. Chalcis teuta Walker, The Entomol., p. 218 (1841). Tasmania. 7. CHALCIS UCALEGON Walker. Chalcis ucalegon Walker, List. Hym. Brit. Mus., Chalcid., I, p. 84 (1846). 8. CHALCIS ALBITEGULA new species. Male. Length, 5 mm. Black, marked with white as follows: The tegulse, the knees broadly, tips of tibiae, distal end of hind femur and on elongate spot below knee on hind tibife and a longer one at tip, * Contribution No. 37, Entomological Laboratory, Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, Bundaberg, Queensland.
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