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marginal cilia rather long; submarginal vein attaining the costa about 
the middle of the wing; marginal vein nearly as long as the stigmal, 
which is rather short, very oblique; postmarginal vein twice as long 
as the marginal; basal vein obsolete. ¢.—Unknown. 
Described from a single specimen caught while ‘sweeping 
foliage in a bog, jungle, July 17, 1912 (A. A. Girault). 
Habitat—North Queensland (Innisfail). Type—A female 
tagmounted plus a slide bearing antennae and forewings with 
type appendages of speciosus Dodd. 
Genus Baeoneura Foerster. 
(1) Baeoneura giraulti Dodd. A female of this species was 
caught while sweeping in forest, Nelson, 21st March, 1913 (A. A. 
Girault), also another female in the same locality 30th June, 1913 
(A. P. Dodd). I have verified the 11-jointed antennae. 
Genus Opisthacantha Ashmead. 
(1) Opisthacantha nigriceps Dodd. One female specimen caught 
while sweeping miscellaneous vegetation, Ingham, North Queens- 
land, February, 1913 (A. A. Girault). This is a new locality for 
the species. 
Genus Sparaison Latreille. 
(1) Sparaison australicum sp. nov. 
¢.—Length, 2 mm. 
Shining black, legs (except the coxae) ferruginous; antennae black. 
Head transverse, a little wider than the thorax; coarsely reticulately 
rugulose; frontal ledge distinct; eyes large, pubescent. Thorax a little 
longer than wide, very coarsely rugulose; mesonotum large, without 
furrows; scutellum large, projecting a little over the metathorax, its 
posterior edge emarginate; metanotum very short. Abdomen sessile; 
as long as the head and thorax united; scarcely as wide as the thorax; 
coarsely longitudinally rugulose. 
Antennae 12-jointed; scape slender, equal to next three joints com- 
bined; pedicel slender, twice as long as wide; first funicle joint as 
long as the pedicel; second a little shorter; 3-9 subequal, a little longer 
than wide; last joint as long as the pedicel. 
Forewings reaching apex of abdomen, broad, hyaline; marginal 
cilia short; discal cilia rather coarse and dense; submarginal vein 
attaining the costa about the middle of the wing; stigmal vein mod- 
erately long, very oblique, its apex curved slightly caudad; venation 
dark fuscous. 9+—Unknown. 
Described from two specimens caught while sweeping in 
forest, May 9, 1913 (A. A. Girault), and June 30, 1913 (A. P. 
Dodd). The first species of the genus from Australia. 
