INSECUTOR INSCITI.E MENSTRUUS 97 



Polynema silvae, new species. 



Like pax, but connecting discal cilia of fore wing colorless, 

 scape darker, funicle 1 black. 



Anaphoidea australia, new species. 



Like galtoni, but funicles 2 and 3 equal, fringes disto-ceph- 

 alad distinctly shorter than those caudo-distad, tarsal 1 equal 

 others, fringes only three-fourths width. 



Nelson, kitchen window, April 5, 1919. 



Ooctonus centaurus, new species. 



Like australiensis,. but fore wing with a midlongitudinal 

 stripe of fuscous from apex to middle, 



Goondi, jungle, September. 



Goetheana shakespearei, new genus and species. 



Antennae 8-jointed, one ring-, one funicle joint, tarsi 

 4-jointed, club with long silky hairs. Fore wing as in Anagrus, 

 but marginal elongate, reaching distal fourth, stigmal oblique 

 and normal. Hind wing without cephalic marginal cilia, those 

 caudad very long. Thorax as in Polynema, abdomen as Gona- 

 tocerus; a phragma extends to abdomen. 



Black, wings clear, abdomen, legs golden, two marginal spots 

 on each side of abdomen near apex. Pedicel thrice longer 

 than wide at apex, much exceeding following joints. Funicle 

 a bit longer than wide, so clubs 1 and 4, 2 and 3 wider than 

 long. Fore wing 4-5 lines discal cilia. 



Greenhills, near Cairns. January 31, 1919. 



Dicopus victoria, new species. 



Like maximus., but funicles 1-2 equal, a bit longer than 

 wide, 3 and 4 equal, twice 1, 5 somewhat shorter than 4, 6-7 

 ovate, shorter, longer than 1 or 2. 



Herberton, March 11, 1919, with a female maximus. 



Erythmelus superbus, new species. 



Same as cinctus, but very much larger (plainly visible to 

 eyes), tibiae golden, basal third middle, apex hind, tibiae dusky, 

 funicles 1-2 equal, half longer than wide, 6 longer than pedicel ; 



