433 



Tlah. — New South Wales: Ourimbah. One female cap- 

 tured in moss by A. M. Lea. 



Type. — I, 5147, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae on a slide. 



LOXOTROPA QUADRICEPS, n. Sp. 



9 . Black, the tegulae and legs bright golden-yellow, the 

 coxae a little dusky ; scape dusky-yellow, the pedicel nearly 

 black ; rest of antennae clear golden-yellow, the club black. 

 Head, viewed from above, as long as wide : eyes rather shorter 

 than their distance from the occipital margin. Scutum not 

 convex ; scutellum with one large shallow fovea at base ; meta- 

 notum without a raised scale at base. Petiole densely 

 pubescent, a little longer than wide : body of abdomen not 

 long, broadly rounded caudad, the second segment occupying 

 three-fourths of surface. Forewings moderately long and 

 broad ; a little infuscate ; marginal cilia not long : venation 

 terminating in a triangular marginal vein somewhat beyond 

 basal third of wing; basal vein delicate but distinct. Pedicel 

 twice as long as wide, the funicle joints distinctly narrower, 

 the first twice as long as wide, second scarcely longer than wide, 

 the seventh transverse"; club abruptly 3-jointed, first joint as 

 long as wide, a little longer than second. Length, 1'75 mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Tweed Eiver. Described from 

 one female caught by sweeping in open forest, 1,000 ft., May 

 17, 1914 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 5148, South Australian Museym. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



LoXOTROPA GRACILIVENTRIS, n. Sp. 



9 . Black, thorax deep chestnut-red, also the petiole ; 

 abdomen suifused with red ; legs golden-yellow ; antennae clear 

 reddish-yellow, the club black. Head, viewed from above, 

 slightly wider than long. Scutum somewhat convex ; scutellum 

 with a large deep fovea at base ; metanotum with a plain 

 median carina. Petiole one-half longer than wide, pubescent; 

 body of abdomen long-pointed-ovate, as long as rest of body, 

 slender, the second segment occupying not quite two-thirds of 

 surface. Forewings rather broad, moderately long ; marginal 

 cilia not very short ; venation terminating at one-third wing- 

 length. Antennae as in preceding, but funicle joints after 

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

 sixth as long as wide. Length, 1*80 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Yungaburra, 2,500 ft. Described 

 from one female caught by sweeping in jungle, Mav 10, 1915 

 <A. P. Dodd). 



