BY ALAN P. DODD. 139 



veins ; discal cilia fine and dense ; stigma semicircular ; 

 stigmal vein about twice length of stigma. Antennae not 

 much increasing in width toward apex, the joints all dis- 

 tinctly longer than wide ; first funicle joint as long as 

 pedicel, about thrice as long as greatest width. 



Hab : North Queensland (Pentland, 200 miles west of 

 Townsville). Described from two females caught by sweep- 

 ing in forest, September, 1914 (A. A. Girault). 



Type : In the Queensland Museum, a $ on a tag, 

 antennee and fore wing on a slide. 



Genus Lygocerus, Foerster. 



Lygocerus aterrimus, sp. nov. 



9 Length, 1.75 mm. 



Coal black, the antennas and coxae concolorous ; 

 femora and tibiae fuscous, the tarsi yellow. 



Head transverse, slightly wider than the thorax ; 

 eyes large. Thorax somewhat longer than wide, almost 

 squarely truncate anteriorly ; median and parapsidal 

 furrows of scutum, distinct ; scutellum longer than wide ; 

 head, scutum, and scutellum with dense scaly sculpture. 

 Abdomen as long as the head and thorax united ; no wider 

 than the thorax ; almost straight above, convex beneath, 

 its apex upturned ; smooth, except for striae at its base, 

 the second segment occupying slightly over one-half of 

 surface. Forewings reaching apex of abdomen ; broad ; 

 somewhat infuscate, this deepest beneath stigma and 

 stigmal vein ; discal cilia dense, rather fine ; stigma 

 semicircular ; stigmal vein almost twice as long as stigma ; 

 venation fuscous. Antennae 11-jointed ; filiforrn, not at 

 all widening ; scape somewhat thickened, as long as next 

 three joints combined ; pedicel two and a-half times long 

 as wide ; first funicle joint subequal to the pedicel ; remain- 

 ing joints shorter, all longer than wide ; the last joint as 

 long as the pedicel. 



Hab : New South Wales (Maclean, Clarence River). 

 Described from one female caught by sweeping forest 

 on hills, 30th May, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type : In the South Australian Museum, a 9 on a 

 tag, the antennae and forewings on a sHde. 



