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Type. — I. 5179, South Australian Museum. A female on: 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



CONOSTIGMUS PRETIOSUS, n. Sp. 



9 . Head black; metanotum, sides, and venter of thorax^ 

 a large spot involving most of each parapside and another on 

 median lobe cephalad, and centre of scutellum more or less, 

 dusky- black ; rest of thorax bright chestnut ; abdomen dusky- 

 black, its base yellowish ; legs golden-yellow, also basal five 

 antenna! joints, the sixth dusky, the apical five black. Head 

 transverse, no wider than thorax ; eyes large, hairy ; ocelli 

 close together ; a foveate line from front ocellus to occiput. 

 Head, scutum, and scutellum smooth, except for minute 

 setigerous punctures ; median and parajDsidal furrows of scutum 

 deep and foveate ; scutellum longer than wide, with a foveate 

 groove around it laterad and caudad. Abdomen no longer 

 than head and thorax united, no wider than thorax, almost 

 straight above, convex beneath, the apex a little upturned, the 

 second segment occupying nearly two-thirds its surface ; 

 smooth, except for striae at base. Forewings attaining apex 

 of abdomen ; broad, the apex broadly rounded ; discal cilia 

 rather dense ; infuscate, this deepest in centre ; venation 

 fuscous, the stigmal vein over twice as long as the semicircular 

 stigma : a longitudinal white stripe through centre of wing. 

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

 over twice as long as wide, the second as wide as long, 3-8f 

 somewhat wider than long, the fifth rather larger than fourth, 

 the apical joint over twice as long as wide. Length, 1'50 mm. 



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

 from three females caught by sweeping in jungle. May 10, 1915 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type . — I. 5180, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



ERRATA. 



This opportunity is taken to correct errors appearing in a 

 recent paper of the author's : — 



Transactions Royal Society of South Australia, 1914. 



Page 122, line 4 from bottom, ''Scelionae," read 



"SCELIONINAE." 



Page 122, line 2 from bottom, '• 9 ," read ''d." 

 Page 123, line 25, ''female," read 'male." 



