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HOPLOTELEIA INSULARIS, Sp. nOV. 



9 • Differs from australica in bearing infnscated wings 

 and in the shape of the eyes, which are broadly oval in 

 australica, the outer margin flattened, whereas in insularis 

 they are much longer than wide, the margins rounded. 

 Length, 3 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland : Horn Island, Torres Strait (A. 

 A. Girault). 



Described from a single female specimen caught by sweep- 

 ing misc- vegetation, March 9, 1912. 



Type. — I. 1364, South Australian Museum. A female, 

 tagmounted, plus a slide bearing female antennae and fore- 

 wings. 



HOPLOTELETA NIGRICORNIS, sp. UOV. 



$ . Differs from australica and insularis in having the 

 antennae wholy fuscous, the femora black, and the long pos- 

 terior tarsi, which are much longer than their tibiae, scarcely 

 longer in australica and insularis. Length, 2'50 mm. 



S . Unknown. 



Hah. — North Queensland: Kuranda ; height, 1,200 ft. 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



Described from a single specimen caught by sweeping on 

 edge of jungle, December 20, 1912. 



Type. — I. 1365, South Australian Museum. A female, 

 tagmounted, plus a slide bearing head and antennae. 



HOPLOTELEIA PULCHRICORNIS, sp. UOV. 



9 . Differs from australica, insularis, and nigricornis in 

 having scape, pedicel, and funicle-joints bright reddish- 

 yellow; the thorax being a little wider than the head; the 

 abdomen being as wide as the thorax and pointed at the tip, 

 not truncate. Length, 3 '50 mm. 



d" . Unknown. 



Hah. — North Queensland: Nelson (A. P. Dodd). 



Described from a specimen caught running over foliage 

 of Carey a austi^alis, April 3, 1913. 



Type. — I. 1366, South Australian Museum. A female, 

 tagmounted. 



Table of the Australian species of Hoploteleia, Ashmead. 



(1) Thorax wider than the head ; ab- 

 domen as wide as the thorax, its 

 apex pointed in the female; wings 



hj^aline pulchricornis, Dodd 



Thorax not as wide as the head ; 

 abdomen not as wide as the thorax, 

 the apex truncate in both sexes ... (2) 



