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wider than long ; club 5-jointed, not compact, first joint small 

 and transverse, 2-4 slightly wider than long, the second a 

 little the largest. Length, 1*25 mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Muswellbrook. Two females, 

 labelled 'Sweeping native flora in park, October 26, 1914, 

 A. A. Girault." 



Type. — I. 5431, South Australian Museum. A female 

 on a tag, antennae and forewings on a slide. 



Trissolcus flaviscapus, n. sjp. 



O . Black ; legs reddish-yellow, the coxae and anterior 

 femora black; antennal scape yellow, the pedicel fuscous, 

 the flagellum black. Head, dorsal aspect, transverse, some- 

 what wider than the thorax, the vertex thin, the occiput 

 gently concave ; viewed from in front, somewhat wider than 

 long ; vertex and front witli coarse scaly sculpture, appearing 

 shagreened ; immediately above antennal insertion is a small 

 shallow depression which is transversely striate, above which 

 is a delicate groove running to front ocellus ; eyes large, bare ; 

 ocelli wide apart, the lateral ones almost touching the eye 

 margins. Thorax as wide as long ; scutum and scutellum with 

 similar sculpture to the head, the former with some very fine 

 pubescence ; parapsidal furrows deep, a fourth or more 

 complete from posterior margin : postscutellum prominent, 

 with several strong striae or carinae. Abdomen as wide as 

 thorax; no longer than wide: first segment short, the second 

 fully twice as wide as long and as long as the following united, 

 the third one-half length of second ; first segment and extreme 

 base of second strongly foveate-striate, the second otherwise 

 smooth, but on either side of meson with obscure, fine, close, 

 impressed striae, which fail posteriorly ; third smooth, later- 

 ally with minute pin-punctures ; the rest with minute pin- 

 punctures. Forewings long, broad, hyaline; submarginal vein 

 attaining costa a little before one-half length, the marginal 

 one-third as long as the stigmal, which is very long and 

 slender : post-marginal one-half longer than the stigmal ; 

 venation yellow. Scape normal ; pedicel fully twice as long 

 as greatest width : funicle joints a little narrower, the first 

 distinctly shorter than pedicel and barely twice as long as 

 wide, the second quadrate, the third wider than long: club 

 6- jointed, first joint small, 2-5 distinctly wider than long, 

 the second somewhat the largest. Length, 1*25 mm. 



Hob. — Queensland: Pentland. One female, forest, Sep- 

 tember, 1914 (A. A. Girault). 



Type. — I. 5432, South Australian Museum. A female 

 on a tag, antennae and forewincr on a slide. 



