and new species of Mymaridae from Tasmania. 539 



longer than the remaining joints together. Front wings rather 

 broad, the width greater than one-third of the length, 1'25 x '375 

 mm. The surface hairs very short, close and fine. The longest 

 cilia "26 m., more than half the width of the wing. The vein with 

 a short space between the thick basal part and the fine branch. 

 Hind-wings with very few surface hairs, and with about 35 cilia on 

 the hind margin. Petiole of abdomen pitchy yellow, dark at the 

 base. 



Length 1*3 mm. 



Hah. Tasmania, Mount Wellington, 2,300 ft., March 21 

 and 25, 1913. 



Palaeoneura evanescens, sp. n. 



$. Black, shining. Antennae with the second and third joints 

 pale pitchy below. The third joint elongate, slender; the fourth 

 and fifth a trifle longer and stouter ; the fifth to eighth joints gradu- 

 ally shorter and stouter; the club comparatively small, about 

 equal in length to the eighth and seventh together. Legs dark 

 pitchy, the tibiae paler, the knees, apex of the tibiae and the basal 

 joint of the tarsi pitchy yellow ; the second and third joints a little 

 darker, the apical joint very dark. The basal joint of the hind 

 tarsi about equal to the second and third together. Front wings 

 very broad, 1*4 x "512, very obtusely rounded at the apex, the 

 vein very fine and very close to the margin. Surface hairs very 

 close, fine and very short. The longest cilia only 'OTS. Hind- 

 wings with about 46 cilia on the hind margin. 



Length 1"325 mm. 



Hab. Tasmania, Mount Wellington, 2,300 ft., March 12 

 and April 6, 1913. 



Explanation of Plate XCII. 



Fig. 1. Palaeoneura interrupta,WsiteTh., type, x 30. 



2. Palaeoneura Turneri, Waterh., type, x 30. 



3. Palaeoneura evanescens, Waterh., type, x 30. 



4. Selenaeus Turneri, Waterh., type, x 30. 



5. ,, „ , antenna greatly enlarged. 



Februaky 27th, 1915. 



