BY CHARLES P. ALEXANDEK. 97 



coxae and trochanters yellow : femora yellow, before the 

 tips with a broad, indistinct broA\Tiish armulus ; tibiae 

 and tarsi yellowish, the terminal segments of the latter 

 darkened : claws very small. Wings grayish subhyaline : 

 a narrow brown seam along the cord, extending from r 

 to the fork of M ; veins brown. Venation : *Sci ending 

 nearly opposite r, Sco a short distance beyond the origin 

 of Rs : Rs long, almost straight ; R2+ 3 short, about equal to 

 r-m, forming a marked angle with the end of Rs, r at its 

 fork, oblique; cell \sf M 2. open: '2nd Anal vein strongly 

 sinuous before its end. 



Abdomen pale brown. Ovipositor with the valves 

 very slender : tergal valves strongly upcurved. the margins 

 smooth. 



Habitat. — North Queensland. 



Holotype. $, Meringa, near Cairns. l^MS (.1. F. llling- 

 worth). 



Erioptera { Erioptera) illingworthi, sp.n. 



Antennae pale brown : legs yellowish, the terminal 

 tarsal segments darkened : wings pale brownish yellow, r 

 inserted on R„. 



Female. — Length about 5.") mm. : wing, 4.3 mm. 



The following description is made from an alcoholic 

 specimen. 



Rostrum pale yellowish brown ; palpi brown. Antennae 

 light brown. Eyes rather small, widely separated by the 

 vertex. Head pale brownish yellow. 



Mesonotum pale brownish yellow, the praescutum 

 without distinct darker stripes. Pleura yellow. Halteres 

 pale. Legs with the coxae and trochanters yellow : re- 

 mainder of the legs yellow with only the terminal segments 

 of the tarsi darkened. Wings pale brownish yellow ; 

 veins pale brown. Venation : Sci ending nearly opposite 

 r, Sc2 just beyond the origin of Rs ; Rs long, straight ; 

 r on R2 about its own length beyond the fork of R2+ 3 ; 

 cell 1st M2 open ; 2nd Anal vein strongly sinuous before 

 its end. 



Abdomen brownish yellow. Ovipositor with the 

 tergal valves very long and slender, the upward curve almost 

 a semicircle. 

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