J48 MEMOISS OF THE QUEENSLAND J/rSEPJ/. 



1. MIRUFENS DENTIPES new species. 



Female: — Length, 1.25 mm. Kubust. 



Jet black, the vertex orange j'ellow, also the antenna; e-xeejit the concolorous scape and 

 jiedicel. Wings hyaline, the venation vellow, the stigmal vein black. Knees, tips of tibiae and 

 the tarsi silvery white. Fnnicle 1 somewhat longer than wide, 2 a little wider than long, 

 1 being nearly as long as the pedicel ; club simiewhat longer than the rest of the flagellum. 

 Pore wings with about 16 regular lines of discal cilia, the oblique line from the stigmal vein 

 long (about nine setat). Hind wings broad, with a pair of distinct lines of discal cilia oephalad 

 and a very faint pair of lines caiuiad, the caudal marginal fringes shorter than the greatest 

 width of the blade, the cephalic cilia very short and uniform. Sculpture of tliorax very fine, 

 nearly glazed. Tarsal joints rather long. Middle tibial spur long and slender. 



Described from one female taken by sweeping grass in forest, April 4, 1914. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. llii •MS3, Queensland Museum. Brisbane, the specimen on a slide. 



rSEITDBKAiniVGBA.MMA new genns. 



Fcnialc: — Like JtiacliygiammalcUa Girault but the club is solid and the thick marginal 

 vein is shorter, not cjuito twice longer than wide. Also, there is no hairless line from the 

 venation. 



Male: — Not known. 



Type: The following species. 



1. PSEUDBRACHYGRAMMA PERPLEXA n.w species. Genot\n)e. 



Female: — Length, 0,90 mm. 



Agrees in eA'ery detail with Apluliiiodea speeiosk-^ima Girault "ith wiiich it is congeneric 

 but differing from the original descri])tion of that species as follows: The cavulal wings are 

 dusky at tip and bear four lines of discal cilia, the third line disappearing eaudad ; the comet- 

 sliaped cross-stripe on fore wing from apex of the venation is practically all of the infiiscation 

 under the venation; the scutellum is contrasting lemon yellow. 



Male: — Not knov.n.. 



Described from one female captured in forest, .\]iril l,i, 1911 (.\. P. Dodd). 



Hahitat: Cloncurry, Queensland. 



Type: No. TIy24S3, Queensland Museum, I'.risli.uie. the specimen on a slide with the 

 tyyte of Xrnrnsrn wiilfifV'l fata Giraulf. 



2. PSEUDBRACHYGRAMMA SPECIOSISSIMA Girault. 

 Aphrl/)wt(h'a spcclosissiiuci CJiraidt, antea. 

 Female: — See (iiitea, jip. 105-107. 



3. PSEUDBRACHYGRAMMA DUBIA new species. 



Male: — Like the female .ipeciosissima; the club enlarged and short, the two joints not 

 greatly differing in length, the pedicel flattened. The two club joints deeply divided, the distal 

 Joint short and conical without a terminal seta, the proximal one somewhat wider than long. 

 .\greeing with the description of xpcciosissima but the head all yellow, the abdomen all black,, 

 tlie hind wings with .si.c rows of discid cilia, iliddle tibiae with stiff black bristles dorsad. 



A male, December :!, 191,3 by sweeping in forest. 



Hahitat: Gordonvale (Gairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. TfySIJI, Queensl.-iiid Museum, the male on a slide. 



