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antennae black. Eyes not especially large. Parapsidal fur- 

 rows rather wide apart, not very distinct. Marginal and 

 stigmal veins rather shorter than in australii^ and elegans. 

 Abdomen rounded at apex. Antenna! scape slender ; pedicel 

 fully twice as long as wide ; first funicle joint distinctly shorter 

 and narrower than pedicel, and a little narrower than second, 

 twice as long as wide; 2-10 more or less moniliform, the tenth 

 as wide as long. Length, 1*25 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland: Cairns district. Described from one 

 female caught by sweeping in heart of jungle, 1,500 ft., 

 September 12, 1913. 



Type. — I. 5104, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewing on a slide. 



Entomacis elegans, n. sp. 



9 . Bright reddish or chestnut-brown, the legs golden- 

 yellow, also the antennal scape ; next nine joints brown, the 

 apical three pale silver-yellow ; eyes and ocelli black. Eyes 

 not especially large ; parapsidal furrows absent ; head not much 

 wider than long (dorsal aspect). Abdomen broadly truncate 

 at apex. Forewings rather more slender than in australis, 

 the marginal cilia longer. Antennae slightly widening toward 

 apex ; scape slender, claviform ; pedicel slender, nearly thrice 

 as long as greatest breadth ; first eight funicle joints more or 

 less nodicorn, the basal ones very slender, the first narrower 

 and distinctly longer than pedicel, several times as long as 

 wide ; 8-10 with their distal margin more or less truncate, the 

 tenth one-third longer than wide. Length, 1*75 mm. 



Hnh. — Queensland: Cairns district. Described from two 

 females caught by sweeping in lowland jungle, May 8, 1914 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 5105, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



Hemtl^is, Foerster. 



This genus differs from Entomacis, Foerster, only in that 

 the forewings are normally rounded at apex. Four species 

 have been described hitherto, two from Europe, one from 

 North America, and one from New Guinea. 



Hemtlexis truncata, n. sp. 



9 . Dull-black, the thorax dark red-brown, the 

 scutellum lighter, the metanotum bright-ochreous ; legs and 

 petiole golden-yellow, also the antennal scape, the rest of the 

 antennae fuscous. Head globular, smooth : also the scutum 

 and scutelkim ; parapsidal furrows complete and distinct ; 

 scutellum with one large fovea only, at its base. Petiole 



