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Mi^^vowlaad E. Turner on 
reaching tlie apex, the sides of the segment striated, the surface of 
tlie posterior truncation transversely rugose. The neuration differs 
from Unit of <S. jnmctuosus, Kohl, in the position of the first recurrent 
nervure which is interstitial with the first transverse cubital nervure. 
Black; the legs (except the coxae), tegulae, posterior angles of the 
IJronotum, scape and flagellum beneath ferruginous brown; the first 
dorsal segment of the abdomen and the apical margin of the other 
segments fusco-ferruginous. Wings hyaline tinged with fuscous, 
nervures fuscous, the stigma testaceous. Length 7 mm. 
Hab. Queensland, Cairns (ex coll. Perkins). 
Extremely near punctitosus, Kohl, from which it may be 
separated by the difference in the position of tlie first 
recurrent nervure. The relationship of Sphodrotes to 
Acanthostethus, Sm., is very close, but in that genus the 
first transverse cubital nervure is missing, the angles of 
the median segment are produced into stout spines and 
the eyes converge towards the clypeus. The relationship 
to Sericopliorus, Sm., does not seem to be nearly so close. 
Nitcla nigricans, sp. nov. 
$. Clypeus convex in the middle and subcarinate ; antennae 
inserted low down on the sides of the cly^jeus, further from each other 
than from the eyes, the second joint of the flagellum very little 
longer than the first and a little shorter than the third. Posterior 
ocelli nearly twice as far from each other as from the eyes, which are 
separated on the vertex by a distance equal to the length of the 
scape and first joint of the flagellum combined. Head finely 
coriaceous, an obscure groove from the anterior ocellus reaching half¬ 
way to the base of the clypeus. Pronotum transverse, the angles not 
prominent, the margins raised, leaving a narrow transverse groove 
interrupted in the middle between them. Mesonotum opaque, 
without punctures, the scutellum smooth and shining. Median 
.segment longer than broad, narrowed towards the apex, longitudi¬ 
nally striated, with finer and irregular transverse striae forming 
reticulations ; the face of the posterior truncation transversely 
striated, with a deep median sulcus. Abdomen shorter than the 
thorax and median segment combined, smooth and shining, the 
segments broadly depressed at the apex. Hindwing almost entirely 
without nervures. 
Black ; the mandibles fuscous in the middle, spines of the tibiae 
pale testaceous. Wings hyaline, nervures fuscous. Length 5 mm. 
Hab. Queensland, Bundaberg (ex coll. Perkins). 
Very near N. kurandae,T\xxn., but differs in the colour 
