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2. ABLERUS PAN Cirault. 

 A female, forest, C^ajieville (Peiitlaiul), Queenslaml. .lanuaiy, 11U3. Tlip rnMiidihIcs are 

 tridentate. The third tooth cjlitnso and slmrtcr, Tv|ie re-examined. 



3. ABLERUS SEMIFUSCIPENNIS (Uirault). 

 Length. il.7."p imn.. exc-hidint; ovi|iositur wlii.-h is extruded fur a tliini tlie length of the 

 abdomen. Pedicel black at base above, tlie s.-aiie dorsad; niaudililes tridentate; longest 

 marginal cilia of fore iving a little shorter than those of hind wing. Distal margin of wing 

 fumation straight. Tlie type is cm a slide and was taken February 17, 191.3. 



4. ABLERUS SPECIOSISSIMUS (Oirault). 



Length, 1 mm., exclusive of ovi]jositor which is extruded for one fourth the length of 

 abdomen. Mandibles and antennae as in seiiiifvKcipiiini.s. The tyjie was taken in forest, 

 January 27. 19i:i and is on a slide. 



5. ABLERUS VENUSTULUS new species. 

 Female: — Length, o.s") nun. 



Running to xj'icioxiia but dilfering in liaving a distinct black stripe across fore wing 

 from all (or nearly) of the marginal vein aud the fenuira are black except at each end 

 (, cephalic femora all white in siicclosim. the cephalic tibiiu and other femora and tibia; with 

 a distinct black band around them, rather broail. near knee); the tibial in this new species 

 are white exeejiting .iust below knees. Also close to picciiic.s but the broad wing stripe in that 

 species is faint, its first funicle .ioint is short yet longer than the second and the tibia) are 

 black except at each end. Here, the first .ioint of funicle is longer yet somewhat shorter than 

 the second which is longest ; longest marginal fringes of fore wing somewhat over a fourth 

 the greatest wing width. Mandibles -tdentate, the inner tooth formed by an enuu-gination of 

 the apical margin of the third tooth. Valves of ovipositor eoucolorous. 



Described from one specimen captured I'V sweeping in the forest, X(>\eml;>er 1, 1913. 



Habitat: tlordonvale ((.'aims). Queensland. 



Type: No. HyCOol, Queensland Museum. Drisbane. the above specimen on a slide with 

 a female of the f(.)llo\\ing species. 



6. ABLERUS UNNOTIPENNIS new species. 



female: — Length, I.2II niiii. 



Like upeciosissimn.s but on the fore N\ing there is only a ratiier long wedge-shaped 

 spot somewhat eaudad of ajiex of marginal vein aud extending a little beyond the midlongi- 

 tudinal line. Head white, metallic green below antenute (face). 



From one specimen captured with ve mist id us. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: No. Ity,'!.i5\i. Queensland Museum. Brisbane, a female im a slide with nnuslalns. 



1. ABLERUS PICEIPES Girault. 



Female: — Length, U..5() nun. 



Very similar to poincarei (lirault but differing in the follouiug particulars: The mar 

 yinal fringes of the fore wing are longer (nearly two thirds the greatest width of the wing, 

 in poincarei plainly not much over a third), the fore wing is lightly dusky under all of the 

 marginal vein, margin tci ni;irgin, no oliliipie cross-stripe indicated; the first funicle joint is 

 not nundi longer than wide though plainly longer than wide; the ]iedicel is shorter and also 

 the ovipositor. 



