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Tyjje.—l. 5149, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



LOXOTROPA PUBESCENS, n. Sp. 



9 . Head and abdomen black, the thorax and petiole 

 chestnut-red; legs and antennae golden-yellow. Head sub- 

 quadrate, almost as long as wide (dorsal aspect) ; scutellum 

 with a large shallow fovea at base ; metanotum with a raised 

 acute scale at base, its latero-caudal angles acute. Petiole 

 pubescent, fully twice as long as wide; body of abdomen 

 rounded caudad, the second segment occupying almost all of 

 surface. Forewings moderately long and broad; a little 

 darkly infuscate ; venation terminating somewhat beyond basal 

 third of wing ; marginal vein triangular, the basal well 

 marked. Pedicel nearly twice as long as wide, the funicle 

 joints narrower, the first twice as long as wide, the second a. 

 little longer than wide, the seventh very transverse ; first club 

 joint as long as wide, distinctly longer than the second. 

 Length, 1'45 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns district. Described from one 

 female caught by sweeping in low^land jungle, June 6, 1915 



(A. P. Dodd). 



Type.—l. 5150, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae ^nd forewings on a slide. 



LoXOTROPA FUSCINOTUM, U. Sp. 



9. Black, the thorax dull red-brown, the scutum and 

 scutellum dusky; legs golden-yellow, the antennae bright- 

 reddish, the pedicel a little dusky, the club black. Head, 

 viewed from' above, a little wider than long; scutellum with 

 one large fovea at base ; metanotum without a raised scale at 

 base; its latero-caudal angles acute. Petiole a little longer 

 than wide, not pubescent ; body of abdomen broadly rounded 

 caudad, the second segment occupying three-fourths of surface. 

 Forewings moderately long and broad : almost hyaline ; 

 venation terminating at basal third of wing; basal vein 

 delicate but distinct. Pedicel fully twice as long as wide, the 

 funicle joints somewhat narrower, the first twice as long as wide, 

 the second slightly longer than wide, the seventh transverse ; 

 first club joint almost as long as wide, a little longer than 

 second. Length, 1*40 mm. 



^«5. —Queensland : Cairns district. Described from two 

 females caught by sweeping in jungle, 1,200 ft., April 3, 1915 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type.— I. 5151, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



