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Macroteleia paucipunctata, n. sp. 



d . Black, the antennae concolorous ; legs golden-yellow, 

 the coxae dusky, tho femora and tibiae more or less washed 

 with dusky. Head subquadrate, the vertex broad (but much 

 wider than long), with a few large scattered punctures, and 

 two rows of punctures along occipital margin ; eyes large, bare, 

 the lateral ocelli almost touching the eye margins ; lower two- 

 thirds of face depressed for most of its surface, smooth, dorsad 

 and laterad of the depression with numerous large punctures. 

 Scutum as long as greatest width, the parapsidal furrows deep 

 a-nd complete ; median lobe with dense punctures at cephalic 

 third in centre, the rest of the lobe smooth except for scattered 

 minute punctures ; parapsides smooth except for a row of 

 punctures along cephalic margin, and a foveate row along 

 lateral margin for two-thirds its length from caudad ; scutellum 

 almost smooth except for a row of foveae along cephalic and 

 caudal margins ; metanotum with four strong longitudinal 

 carinae. Abdomen one-half longer than the head and thorax 

 united ; slender ; distinctly narrower than thorax, the first six 

 segments longer than wide ; 2 and 3 subequal, the longest : 

 wholly strongly striate, the striae not dense, about seven or 

 eight, somewhat irregular ; apex with two short sharp spines. 

 Forewings almost reaching apex of abdomen : broad : hyaline ; 

 venation fuscous, the marginal vein a third longer than the 

 stigmal, as long as the postmarginal. Scape not long, no 

 longer than next two joints united; pedicel one-third longer 

 than wide, shorter than penultimate joint : the first funicle 

 joint distinctly longer, twice as long as wide ; the apical joint 

 somewhat longer. Abdomen linear, as wide at base as in 

 centre. Length, 2*60 mm. 



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

 from one male caught by sweeping in jungle. May 10, 1915 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 5167, South Australian Museum. A male on a 

 tag, forewings and antennae on a slide. 



Platyscelio mirabilis, Dodd. 

 Originally described from a single female, the species has 

 remained unrediscovered until recently, a second female being 

 captured running over leaves of maize, type locality (Gordon- 

 vale, N.Q.), May 27, 1915. Additional characters are: — 

 Head smooth, except for fine longitudinal striae around ocelli ; 

 pronotum densely punctate : median lobe of scutum densely 

 shagreened, due to dense shallow punctures and fine longi- 

 tudinal striae ; parapsides smooth, as also scutellum and 

 postscutellum, the scutellum with a few punctures on either 

 side in a row laterad near caudal margin; metanotum smooth, 



