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marginal cilia rather long; submarginal vein attaining the costa about 

 the middle of the wing; marginal vein nearly as long as the stigmal, 

 which is rather short, very oblique; postmarginal vein twice as long 

 as the marginal ; basal vein obsolete. $ . Unknown. 



Described from a single specimen caught while sweeping 

 foliage in a bog, jungle, July 17, 1912 (A. A. Girault). 



Habitat. North Queensland (Innisfail). Type. A female 

 tagmounted plus a slide bearing antennae and forewings with 

 type appendages of speciosus Dodd. 



Genus Baeoneura Foerster. 



(1) Baeoneura giraulti Dodd. A female of this species was 

 caught while sweeping in forest, Nelson, 21st March, 1913 (A. A. 

 Girault), also another female in the same locality 30th June, 1913 

 (A. P. Dodd). I have verified the 11-jointed antennae. 



Genus Opisthacantha Ashmead. 



(l) Opisthacantha nigriceps Dodd. One female specimen caught 

 while sweeping miscellaneous vegetation, Ingham, North Queens- 

 land, February, 1913 (A. A. Girault). This is a new locality for 

 the species. 



Genus Sparaison Latreille. 



(1) Sparaison australicum sp. nov. 



$ . Length, 2 mm. 



Shining black, legs (except the coxae) ferruginous ; antennae black. 



Head transverse, a little wider than the thorax ; coarsely reticulately 

 rugulose ; frontal ledge distinct ; eyes large, pubescent. Thorax a little 

 longer than wide, very coarsely rugulose ; mesonotum large, without 

 furrows ; scutellum large, projecting a little over the metathorax, its 

 posterior edge emarginate ; metanotum very short. Abdomen sessile ; 

 as long as the head and thorax united ; scarcely as wide as the thorax ; 

 coarsely longitudinally rugulose. 



Antennae 12-jointed ; scape slender, equal to next three joints com- 

 bined ; pedicel slender, twice as long as wide; first funicle joint as 

 long as the pedicel ; second a little shorter ; 3-9 subequal, a little longer 

 than wide; last joint as long as the pedicel. 



Forewings reaching apex of abdomen, broad, hyaline; marginal 

 cilia short; discal cilia rather coarse and dense; submarginal vein 

 attaining the costa about the middle of the wing; stigmal vein mod- 

 erately long, very oblique, its apex curved slightly caudad ; venation 

 dark fuscous. $ j Unknown. 



Described from two specimens caught while sweeping in 

 forest, May 9, 1913 (A. A. Girault), and June 30, 1913 (A. P. 

 Dodd). The first species of the genus from Australia. 



