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short, four-jointed. Antennae with dilated scape, elongate 

 pedicel, 6-jointe'd funicle, and elongate, ovate club, as long as 

 the three or fo,ur preceding joints ; second and third funicle joints 

 small and short. Mesonotum with excessively fine surface 

 sculpture and very feeble scattered punctures, which bear dis- 

 tinct hairs, the axillae not touching inwardly. Wings with 

 short marginal fringe, without markings, evenly hairy, except 

 on a basal portion, where the hairs are sparse, an oblique bare 

 line running from the marginal vein being perceptible. Mar- 

 ginal vein very short, stigmal moderate, po'st-marginal little 

 developed. 



Abdomen short, subtriangular, depressed above, and on each 

 side towards the base with a fovea, which bears very long setae, 

 often so closely appressed as to be only visible on careful exami- 

 nation. Ovipositor not, or scarcely, exserted. 



Plate XIX, fig. 6. 



Ecfflpiognatha minor, sp. nov. 



Head metallic green, the dilated scape of antennae black, the 

 rest pale yellowish, except the apical half of club, which is dark ; 

 the mesonotum brilliantly metallic green or brassy, pilose, shin- 

 ing, the scutelkmi usually darker, more coppery; the meso- 

 pleura shining purplish ; legs almost entirely whitish, or tinged 

 with yellow. Abdomen yellowish, bordered with dark. Length 

 .75 mm. 



HAB: Cairns, Townsville, and elsewhere in Queensland; 

 bred from eggs of Siphanta. Koebele's number 2251. 



Ectopiognatha major, sp. nov. 



Head in front coppery, more brassy above, dull, with dense 

 minute sculpture, the scape of the antennae black, the rest pale, 

 the apical part of club subinfuscate. Mesonotum slightly shin- 

 ing in some aspects, very faintly sculptured, blue-black ; scutel- 

 lum dull, hardly metallic, except at tip, where in some views it 

 is shining coppery. Legs pale, whitish. Abdomen yellowish, 

 with a dark border. Length .75 mm. 



HAB : Cairns ; Queensland ; a single example bred from the 

 same batch of eggs that produced the pair of Fidgoridicida 

 dichroma. 



