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17. STOMATOCERAS MINOR new species. 
Female :—Length, 3.75 mm. 
Black, the following parts red: Tegulw, apex of scape, pedicel, funicles 1 and 2, tarsi, 
caudal tibiz, all knees and tips of tibia. Base of funicle 3 reddish. Funicle 1 quadrate, 2 
longest, somewhat longer than wide, a little shorter than the pedicel. Abdomen at base beneath 
reddish. Fore wings with the crescentic loop distinct, also the cross-stripe, the accentuation of 
the latter a little longer than wide. Teeth at apex of scutellum distinet, separate. Abdomen 
sculptured about as in longicornis. 
From one female caught October 14, 1913 (H. Hacker) and in the collections of the 
Queensland Museum. 
Habitat: Darra, Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 3401, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female on a tag. 
18. STOMATOCERAS BALLARATENSIS new species. 
Female :—Length, 6.25 mm. 
Similar to nigriscapus but differs at once in having the entire abdomen black except 
median line of venter centrally and the body more robust. Fore wing with only a subquadrate 
smoky marking against the marginal vein and a faint crescentie loop. Funicle 2 a little longer’ 
than the pedicel. Abdomen (dorsal aspect) scaly after segment 3, dorso-laterad with setigerous 
punctures on all the segments. Knees dark red. Teeth of scutellum very distinct. 
From one female labelled ‘‘ Ballarat, April 5, 1891. W. W. Froggatt.’’ 
Habitat: Ballarat, Victoria. 
Type: No. Hy 3402, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a tag 
19. STOMATOCERAS MAETERLINCKI new species. 
Female :—Length, 5 mm. 
Runs close to copiosus Girault and tenebricosus Girault and Dodd but differs from both 
in having the dorsal third of caudal coxa black and the first two pairs of coxe wholly so. From 
tenebricosus notably in the infuscation of the fore wing, here like that of copiosus except that 
the cross-stripe from the marginal vein is distinct all the way across, the accented part longer 
than wide. Base of funicle 2 red (in addition to pedicel and funicle 1). Funicle 2 subequal 
to pedicel, 1 barely longer than wide. All three species with a dorsal median carina along 
segment 9 of abdomen. 
From one female in the Queensland Museum collections caught September 28, 1913 (H. 
Hacker). 
Habitat: Caloundra (Brisbane), Queensland. 
Type: No. 3403, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the female minutien-mounted. 
Dedicated to Maurice Maeterlinck. 
20. STOMATOCERAS LONGICORNIS new species. 
Female :—Length, 5.75 mm. Characterized by the longer antenne; funicle 1 red and 
subequal to the pedicel; all funicle joints distinctly longer than wide, 2 and 3 longest, somewhat 
over twice longer than wide. 
Black, the following parts blood red: Tegule, funicle 1, legs, abdomen dorsad at distal 
half of segment 2, segments 3 and 4 of abdomen except distal edge of 4, abdomen laterad same 
plus all of segment 2, abdomen ventrad to distal third. Teeth on caudal femur along: proximal 
two thirds. Segment 9 of abdomen carinated along meson. Teeth at apex ‘of scutellum very 
distinct, separate. Sculpture.of abdomen about as in maeterlincki also the infuscation of the 
fore wing but the accented part under the marginal vein is a little wider than'‘‘long. 
Described from one female from the Queensland Museum collections, captured September: 
28, 1913 (H. Hacker). 
Habitat: Caloundra (Brisbane), Queensland. 
Type: No. Hy 3404, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen minutien-mounted. - 
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