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the widest. Mesonotum with two distinct furrows. Forewings 

 slightly iufuscated ; not so broad as in splendida; marginal 

 vein nearly as long as the stigmal, which is rather short, very 

 oblique, the end curved caudad ; postmarginal vein three 

 times the length of the stigmal; basal vein very distinct. 

 Abdomen with first, second, and part of third segment longi- 

 tudinally striate : basal segment with a raised tubercle. 

 Xength, 225 mm. 



Described from a single female specimen taken on window 

 of a residence, Cooktown, North Queensland, February 3, 1912. 



Hub. — North Queensland: Cooktown (A. A. Girault). 



Type. — I. 1374, South Australian Museum. A female, 

 tagmounted, plus a slide bearing forewing and antenna. 



Ceratoteleia inornata, sp. nov. 



d" . Head and antennal joints, except the scape, blacK^ 

 thorax deep-brown mixed with black ; abdomen brownish- 

 black, with a yellow patch in the centre ; legs and antennal 

 .scape golden-yellow (the description is taken from a specimen 

 on a slide). Antennae 12-jointed ; scape not as long as next 

 three joints combined ; pedicel short, but a little longer than 

 wide; funicle- joints long and cylindrical; first longer and 

 narrower than the pedicel, three times as long as wide ; second 

 longer than first ; the others gradually diminishing in length, 

 but the last joint is as long as second funicle- joint. Fore- 

 wings when closed not reaching apex of abdomen ; moderately 

 broad ; hyaline ; the discal cilia arranged in about twenty 

 rows : venation as in flava, but basal vein obsolete. Related 

 i;0 flava, from which it differs in colouration, the absence of 

 the basal vein, and the hyaline wings. Length, 1"90 mm. 



Described from a single specimen caught November 12. 

 Later another male was found. 



Hah. — North Queensland: Nelson, near Cairns (A. P. 

 Dodd). 



TlfP< ■ — I. 1375, South Australian Museum. A male on 

 a slide. 



Ceratoteleia brunnea, sp. nov. 



Q . Head black ; most of thorax and abdomen reddish- 

 brown ; legs, antennal scape, pedicel, and funicle-joints golden- 

 yellow ; rest of antennae black. Differs from flava in structure 

 as follows : — First f unicle-joint distinctly longer than the 

 pedicel ; second as long as the pedicel ; last funicle- joint a 

 little" longer than wide ; club- joints wider than in flava. Fore- 

 wings with the marginal vein only one-third as long as the 

 stigmal, which is long, very oblique, the end slightly curved ; 

 basal vein indistinct. (The body of this species was lost.) 

 Xenofth, 2'25 mm. 



