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especially at the meson, without noticeable carinae, the spiracle 

 small, oval. Metallic, sculptured, the pronotum short, the ocelli 

 widely separated but close to the eye margins, the distal joint 

 of cephalic tarsus enlarged, swollen. The antennae inserted 

 slightly below the middle of the face. Wings hyaline; second 

 abdominal segment a third the length of the abdomen. 



Male — (See beyond). 



Type — The following species (immaculatipennis) . 



1. Rhicnopeltella immaculatipennis new species 



Female — Length, 1.75 mm. Short and rather stout. Dark 

 metallic asnous green, the antennal club, the funicle (less so), 

 the venation, the tarsi excepting the apex of the distal joint 

 (the entire joint in caudal legs), the knees and tips of tibiae 

 (most all of cephalic tibiae) brown, the venation and funicle 

 darkest. Tegiilae concolorous. Whole body densely polygonally 

 reticulated, the abdomen and propodeum, however, smoother. 

 Lateral ocelli much farther from each other than each from 

 the cephalic ocellus, than they are from the respective eye 

 margins (farther from each other than each is from the 

 cephalic ocellus). Distal club joint shortest of the club, the distal 

 funicle joint longer than it. Stigmal vein shaped like a tadpole. 



(From a single specimen, similarly magnified.) 



Male — Unknown. 



Described from a single female specimen from the collections 

 of the Queensland Museum, mounted on a card labeled "Bris- 

 bane. H. Hacker. 4/7/11". 



Habitat — Australia — Brisbane, Queensland. 



Type — No. Hy 1202, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the fore- 

 noted specimen. 



This genus is characterized by the peculiar antennae — the 

 three ring- joints, the enlarged club, the short clavate funicle, 

 the simple cylindrical scape. A somewhat similar genus was 

 thought to be represented by the following species which, how- 

 ever, proves to be congeneric. 



I give its generic characters first and then the specific details. 



Male — Somewhat like the female of the genus but differing 



