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1. Pseiidepitelia rubrifemur new species. 



Female: Length, 5.10 mm. 



Opaque black, the second abdominal segment glabrous black, 

 the posterior femur dark reddish, the venter of the abdomen at 

 the meson more or less sufifused with dark reddish or yellowish; 

 tegulae pallid, the wings hyaline, the venation black, face and 

 distal half of the abdomen pubescent. Tarsi more or less brownish. 

 Intermediate and cephalic knees and two distinct elongate spots 

 on each end of the posterior tibiae exteriorly and not at tip, pale 

 yellowish. Antennae wholly black. 



Body moderately finely, densely punctate, the spaces between 

 the punctures lined. First abdominal segment, with very minute 

 punctures, which vary in size, the following segments pubescent 

 and transversely wrinkled, the penultimate segment rougher. 

 Posterior femora densely punctulate the punctures very minute; 

 antennae, with the distal joint very short, truncate, only about 

 twice the length of the ring-joint; scape very long, narrowing 

 distad; pedicel much longer than the ring-joint, but only half 

 the length of the proximal funicle joint, which is longest of the 

 funicle, twice the length (or nearly) of the subquadrate distal 

 funicle joint. Proximal two joints of the club subequal, the distal 

 joint flat, very short. 



(From one specimen, the same magnification.) 



Male: Not known. 



Described from a single cardmounted female, labelled 

 "Cheltenham, Victoria." 



Habitat: Australia — Victoria (Cheltenham). 



Type: No. Hy 1182, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above 

 specimen, plus a slide bearing an antenna and a posterior leg. 



2. Pseiidepitelia tricolor new species. 



Female: Length, 5.00 mm. 



The same as rubrifemur, but the postmarginal vein shorter 

 and stouter, the second (distal) elongate, pale yellowish spot ex- 

 teriorly on posterior tibia absent, but the two proximal tarsal 

 joints (and less so, the third) of posterior legs white, suffused with 



