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Ckyptosekphus nigri scutum, n. sp. 



9. Black; thorax chestnut-brown, the scutum and 

 metathorax black ; legs and tegulae wholly golden-yellow ; 

 antennae brown, the scape yellow. Head very transvers^e, with 

 scattered short pubescence. Scutum convex, smooth like the 

 head and with scattered pubescence, without a trace of para-p- 

 sidal furrows; scutellum rather small, somewhat convex; 

 metanotum divided into two halves ; anterior half with a 

 median and lateral carinae, between these smooth, separated 

 from posterior half by a transverse carina, the posterior half 

 somewhat declivous, rugose, covered with dense whitish 

 pubescence. Petiole only visible from above as a transverse 

 line. Body of abdomen compressed, oval, with a filiform 

 oviduct which i^ nearly as long as body of abdomen ; abdomen 

 at base with a delicate median longitudinal impression, and a 

 few short obscure carinae, its anterior margin carinate. Fore- 

 wings long, broad ; subhyaline ; stigma longer than greatest 

 width, the radial yein longer than stigma, the radial cell 

 narrow; no trace of median, basal veins, etc. Scape stout, 

 somewhat shorter than first funicle joint; pedicel stout, 

 quadrate ; funicle joints slender, the first much narrowed at 

 base, the others less so ; one over twice length of pedicel, the 

 others shortening, the penultimate two-thirds longer than 

 wide, the last joint as long as funicle one. Length, to apex of 

 oviduct, 3'25 mm. ; to base of oviduct, 2'25 mm. 



7i«6.— Queensland : Cairns district, 1,500 ft. One female 

 caught by sweeping in jungle, September 18, 1913 (A. P. 

 Dodd). 



Type. — I. 5089, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



Cryptoserphus nitidus, n. sp. 



S . Shining-black; legs (including coxae), tegulae, and 

 antennal scape and pedicel, golden-yellow. Prothorax and 

 mesothorax finel}^ densely pubescent; parapsidal furrows pre- 

 sent anteriorly; metanotum as in nifiriscvfu m , also petiole 

 and base of abdomen. Forewings long, broad ; hyaline ; stigma 

 somewhat longer than greatest \^idth, the radial vein almost 

 parallel with its distal margin ; no trace of other veins, except 

 submarginal ; radial cell narrow; venation fuscous. First 

 funicle joint two and a half times as long as wide, distinctly 

 longer than second, the tenth one-half longer than wide, the 

 last as long as first. Length, 3*00 mm. 



II ah. — Queensland : Cairns district. One male caught by 

 sweeping in jungle, July 24, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 5090, South Australian Museum. A male on 

 a tag, head, antennae, and forewings on a slide. 



