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Middle tibial spur long and stout, the middle tarsi short and thickened. Pedicel somewhat 
shorter than funicle 1, which is distinctly shorter than 2, 3 a little shorter than 2; the first 
club joint as long as preceding joint, the second longer. 
From one female caught by sweeping in forest, August 5, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 
Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 2946, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag; head on 
a slide. 
5. PHYSCUS MULTICOLOR new species. 
Female :—Length, 1 mm. 
Black, the wings hyaline, the abdomen and legs golden yellow (coxe not distinctly seen) ; 
antenna snow white except funicle 1, club 1 and proximal third of second club joint, which are 
black. Thorax densely longitudinally shagreened. Funicle joints lengthening a little distad 
in succession, each somewhat less than twice longer than wide, each somewhat longer than the 
pedicel, distinctly shorter than club 2. Seape dusky. Proximal club joint a little shorter than 
any of the funicle joints. Ring-joint present. 
From one female taken in jungle, March 6, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 
Habitat: Cooktown, Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 2947, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above specimen on a slide. 
6. PHYSCUS ADDISONI new species. 
Female :—Length, 0.75 mm. 
Dark metallic purple and very finely, densely scaly, the fore wings slightly infuscated 
throughout. Legs and abdomen intense golden yellow, the abdomen dorsad at meson a short 
distance before tip with a short, thick, slightly curved conspicuous black cross-marking. Distal 
fifth of the slender scape, pedicel, ring-joint and funicles 2 and 3 pure white; club suffused 
with whitish distad; funicle 1 a little longer than 2 which is subequal to 3, the first funicle 
joint distinctly longer than wide, distinctly longer than the pedicel; club 1 distinctly longer 
than 2. Caudal wings short, broad, with about six lines of scattered discal cilia, their caudal 
marginal cilia not long but distinctly longer than that of the fore wing. The latter densely, 
uniformly, finely ciliate discally. Staining obscurely deeper under whole of the marginal 
vein. Caudal legs dusky. Middle tibial spur short, rather stout. Axille very widely separated. 
Antenne with a short ring-joint. 
From one female caught in forest, May 2, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 
Habitat: Tweed Heads, New South Wales. 
Type: No. Hy 2948, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a slide. 
Dedicated to Joseph Addison. 
7. PHYSCUS POPEI new species. 
Female :—Length, 0.90 mm. 
Deep orange yellow, the wings hyaline; funicle 1 and the club jet. Funicle joints sub- 
equal, each somewhat longer than wide, barely longer than the pedicel, somewhat shorter than 
either club joint. Valves of ovipositor extruded a little. Mandibles bidentate. One ring- 
joint. Legs pallid white, all tibia dusky at base and most of hind femur, all lightly so. Fore 
wings densely, finely ciliate, the marginal cilia short. Venation pallid. Hind coxa dusky at 
base. Propodeum dusky laterad. 
From one female caught in forest on sand-ridges near coast, May 9, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 
Habitat: Chindera, New South Wales. 
Type: No. Hy 2949, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a slide. 
The fore wings are somewhat wider and more densely ciliate than those of mgriclavus 
and the funicle joints are distinctly shorter. The types compared. The species nigriclavus 
also bears the ring-joint. 
The species is dedicated to Alexander Pope. 
