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scut-elluni distinctly longer than greatest width ; metauotum 

 •coarsely rugose, with a short but distinct neck. Abdomen a 

 little shorter than head and thorax united, slightly concave 

 above, deeply convex beneath, pointed at apex ; second segment 

 .occupying one-half of surface ; striate at base, smooth for the 

 rest, with a circular fovea some distance from base on either 

 side dorsad. Forewings long; very broad; somcM'-hat infus- 

 cate ; discal cilia moderately fine and dense ; venation fuscous, 

 stigma over twice as long as greatest width, the stigmal vein 

 nearly twice length of stigma. Pedicel over twice as long as 

 greatest width, the first funicle joint distinctly longer, over 

 thrice as long as greatest width, second a little shorter tha.n 

 pedicel, 2-8 shortening, but all distinctly longer than wide. 

 Xicngth, 2'45 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Cairns district. Described from one 

 female taken on decayed log in jungle, 1,200 ft., April 6, 1915 

 <A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 5178, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, , antennae and forewings on a slide. 



Lygocerus albovarius, n. sp. 



9- Black; the metathorax, extreme base of abdomen, 

 and the legs, pure white; the anterior coxae, trochanters, and 

 femora, black; antennae pure white, the apical joint black, 

 the scape black at extreme base and with a black transverse 

 stripe at two-thirds its length. Forewings attaining apex of 

 abdomen ; rather broad ; lightly infuscate, with a hyaline patch 

 just distad of stigma, and another opposite this on caudal 

 margin, the proximal third or more subhyaline ; venation 

 white, the stigma fuscous but white proximal ; discal cilia not 

 fine, very dense ; stigma over twice as long as wide, the stigmal 

 vein a little longer. Pedicel two and a half times as long as 

 wide, the first funicle joint narrower, two-thirds longer than 

 wide, the funicle slightly incrassate, the joints as long or a 

 little longer than wide. Head somewhat wider than tihe 

 thorax, the frons convex ; eyes occupying whole side of face, 

 hairy. Thorax rather stout, the parapsidal and median fur- 

 rows of scutum delicate, not distinct, also the grooves between 

 scutellum and axillae ; scutellum longer than wide ; metanotum 

 "with a short distinct neck. Head, scutum, and scutellum with 

 very dense and fine rugosity. Abdomen not or scarcely longer 

 than the thorax ; pointed-ovate ; straight above, gently convex 

 beneath, the second segment occupying one-half of siirface ; 

 smooth, with a few striae at base. Length, 1'45 mm. 



Hah. — Queensland: Carins district. Described from one 

 female caught by sweeping in jungle, 1,200 ft., April 4, 1915 

 <A. P. Dodd). 



