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especially at the meson, without noticeable carine, 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 antenne 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 enous 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 tibie 
(most all of cephalic tibie) brown, the venation and funicle 
darkest. Tegule 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 ecard 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 pectin antennee—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 congeneriec. 
I give its generic characters first and then the specific details. 
Male—Somewhat like the female of the genus but differing 
