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Part of the frons is visible dorsally owing to short vertex. Cly- 

 peus elongate, carinate laterally. Eyes deeply excavated be- 

 neath. First segment of antennae cylindric, reaching nearly or 

 quite to lateral margin of frons ; second longer than first, cylin- 

 dric, reaching well beyond base of clypeus. Posterior legs elon- 

 gate, tibiate spineless. 



1. soloiiaiiiia, sp. no v. 



More or less pale fulvotestaceous ; eyes and first segment of 

 antennae black, as also tergites more or less. Sternites more or 

 less sordid. Tegminal veins pale and darker brown, not granu- 

 late nor piliferous. 



Length : (male), 6-6^ mill. 



Hab : Queensland, Cairns (.viii.) 



Olianis Stal. 



Olianis Stal. 1862 Berlin Ent. Zeit. VI, 306; Kirkaldy 1902 

 Faun. Haw. Ill, 119. 



An almost cosmopolitan genus, very rich in species. None 

 have up to the present been described from Australia, but 9 are 

 now brought forward here. 



In all the Australian forms known, the cubital is forked nearer 

 tlie base than is the- radial. 



1. Axillary vein of clavus running into anal vein, basal of 

 the middle of the latter 2. 



la. Axillary running into anal at. or apical of, the middle 

 of the latter ..." 5. 



2. Axillary very short, not quite half (taken always from 

 its curving or angulation at the commissure) the length 

 of the stalk of the anal i. lacrtcs sp, nov. 



2a. Axillary long, more than half the length of the stalk of 

 the anal 3. 



3. Tegminal veins more or less thickly granulate 4. 



3a. Tegminal veins not (or obsolescently granulate) 



2. kanipaspc, sp. nov. 



4. Head and scutellum pale, veins pallied, granulate with 

 brownish-black 3. talunia, sp. nov. 



4a. Head and scutellum black and castaneous, veins dark. . 

 ■ 4. asaica, sp. nov. 



5. Vertex short and broad, the forking taking place near 

 the apex 5. felis, sp. nov. 



