BV ALAN P. DODD 99 



margins ; medium lobe of scutum almost wholly black ; 

 antennal pedicel and funicle slightly suffused yellowish ; 

 head mors transverse, the ocelli further apart, the lateral 

 ones further distant from each other than from the median 

 one ; head, scutum and scutellum almost smooth, with only 

 a very few scattered pin-punctures (punctuxcs larger and 

 much more dense in nigricincta) : thorax stouter, the 

 parapsidal furrows distant at posterior margin of scutum by 

 half their own length (distinctly less than half their own 

 length in nigricincta) ; 1st abdominal segment shorter than 

 either 2nd or 3rd, the 7tli pointed and longer than two pre- 

 ceding, in both species ; segments 5-7 with thimble- 

 punctures ; forewings with a more or less obscure median 

 longitudinal baud, the rest slightly infuscated ; marginal 

 vein fully one-half as long as the stigmal, the postmarginal 

 twice as long as stigmal ; funicle joints somewhat stouter, 

 the 1st a little longer than pedicel : abdomen over twice as 

 long a'* head and thorax united. 



Hab : North Queensland (Harvey's Creek, near Cairns). 

 Described from one female caught by SAveeping in jungle, 

 2nd August, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type : South Austi'alian Museum, a $ on a tag, 

 antennae and forewings on a slide. 



Gemis Macroteleia, Westuood. 

 Macroteleia apicalis, sp. nm\ 



9 Length, 4.25 mm. L-ng and slender. 



Golden or orange yellow, the eyes and ocelli black ; 

 vei'tex of head, horn on basal abdominal segment, and 

 apical fourth of abdomen, sooty black : antennal club 

 black. 



Head no wider than thorax, with scattered circular 

 punctures : eyes large, bare ; lateral ocelli touching the 

 eye margins. Thorax nearly twice as long as wide ; scutum 

 and scutellum sculptured like the head, the punctures 

 setigerous : pronotum distinctly visible on the sides ; 

 parapsidal furrows deep and distinct. Abdomen over 

 twice as long as head and thorax united ; sessile, the af)ical 

 segments compressed laterally ; wholly striate ; the seg- 

 ments all longer than wide, the 3rd slightly longer than 



