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metanotum with a raised tooth at base. Petiole a 

 little longer than wide ; body of abdomen about as long and 

 as wide as the thorax : convex above and beneath ; not well 

 separated from petiole, with a short median impression and 

 several shorter striae at base ; second segment occupying fully 

 two-thirds of surface. Forewings attaining apex of abdomen, 

 broad ; almost hyaline ; venation terminating about middle of 

 wing ; marginal vein linear, the stigmal over one-half as long 

 as the marginal, the recurrent indicated, the basal rather 

 distinct, the median less so. Antennae 13-jointed; scape 

 rather long and slender ; pedicel barely one-half longer than 

 wide; first funicle joint narrower than pedicel, about one-half 

 longer than wide, 2-7 shortening, the seventh transverse ; club 

 stout, 4-jointed, the first joint much narrower than others, 1-3 

 much wider than long. Length, 1-95 mm. 



Eah. — Queensland: Cairns district. Described from one 

 female caught by sweeping on edge of jungle, May 18, 1913 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



Typc.—l. 5109, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



Paramesius grandipennis, n. sp. 



9 . Black, the thorax and petiole bright red-brown ; 

 legs and first eight antennal joints golden-yellow, the two 

 next brown, the apical three black. Head subquadrate, wider 

 than long (dorsal aspect), smooth, as also the thorax. 

 Parapsidal furrows wanting ; scutellum with one large fovea 

 at base ; metanotum with a plain median carina. Petiole 

 slender, over thrice as long as wide ; body of abdomen oval, 

 pointed at apex, with a short median impression at base. 

 Forewings very long, reaching well beyond apex of abdomen, 

 broad ; a little infuscate ; marginal cilia rather long : venation 

 terminating somewhat before middle of wing : marginal vein 

 linear, no longer than the long stigmal ; basal vein thick and 

 distinct, the median indistinct. Scape slender; pedicel fully 

 twice as long as wide : the first funicle joint narrower, nearly 

 thrice as long as wide, 2-6 shortening, but all distinctly longer 

 than wide, the sixth slightly widened ; club gradual, 5-jointed, 

 first joint narrower than others and a little longer than wide, 

 2-4 a little wider than long. Length, 2-05 mm. 



//rt 6.— Tasmania: Mount Wellington (A. M. Lea). 



Tj/pe.—l. 5110, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



PATiAMESIUS PUNCTATUS, n. Sp. 



rj . Head and thorax dark red-brown, the abdomen and 

 legs golden-yellow, also the basal four antennal joints, the 



