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J . Feminas simillimus, segincntis abdominalibus quarto sequenti- 



busquo nigris. 

 Long. 7-8 mm. ; torebrao long. 3 mm. 



? . Face shining, almost smooth ; marginal carinas of the 

 frontal depression extending to the posterior ocelli. Anterior 

 portion of the mesonotum with two very shallow longitudinal 

 grooves, separated by a low and indistinct carina. Median 

 segment coarsely reticulate; the two median carinas of the 

 dorsal surface diverging slightly towards the apex ; a small 

 enclosed triangular area at the base of the posterior truncation. 

 Abdomen smooth and shining; first tergite twice as long as 

 its apical breadth in the female, shorter in the male. Legs, 

 valvulas, and costa of both pairs of wings clothed with very 

 short hairs. Second cubital cell subquadrate ; the vein 

 dividing the first cubital and first discoidal cells obsolete in 

 the middle. 



.Hab. Kuranda, N. Queensland (Turner), May 1913, 1 ? 

 (type), 1 $ (cotype) ; January 1902, 1 ? . 



Cremnops commutator, sp. n. 



§ . Rufo-testacea ; capite, abdomino segmentis quarto sequenti- 

 busque, valvulis terebrse, tibiis posticis apice, tarsis posticis basi 

 late testaceo annulatis, unguiculisque nigris ; alis fuscis ; anticis 

 basi usque ad nervulum, fasciaque lata sub stigmate ; posticis 

 tortio basali et fascia lata rlavis. 

 Long. 9 mm. ; terebra3 long. 3 mm. 



? . Face shining and finely punctured ; marginal carinas 

 of the frontal depression reaching the posterior ocelli ; median 

 lobe of the mesonotum with two well-marked longitudinal 

 grooves. Median segment with the usual longitudinal carina, 

 the spaces between the carinas with a iew coarse transverse 

 striae. Second cubital cell subquadrate. 



J lab. Maekay, Queensland (Turner), October to May ; 

 Kuranda, N. Queensland (Turner), July 1913; Townsville, 

 Queensland (Ihdd) ; Port Darwin {J. J. Walker). 



Closely allied to Cremnops papuana, Cam. (described as 

 Ayathis p.), but in that species the face is ferruginous. In 

 the present form many specimens have the abdomen entirely 

 rufo-testaceous, and the extent of the yellow band on the hind 

 wing varies considerably, but I do not think that there are 

 any differences of specific importance. 



