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Type. — I. 1386, South Australian Museum. A female, 

 tagmounted, plus a slide bearing antennae and forewings. 



Genus Paridris, Kieffer. 

 A genus containing only four species, all from America. 



Paridris queenslandica, sp. nov. 



9. Black; legs, antennal scape, pedicel, and funicle- 

 joints golden-yellow. Head subquadrate ; as wide as the 

 thorax; mandibles bidentate. Antennae 12- jointed; scape 

 long and slender ; pedicel rather long, fully twice as long as 

 wide ; funicle- joints distinctly narrower than the pedicel ; first 

 a little longer than wide ; second as wide as long ; third wider 

 than long ; fourth a little widened ; club 6- jointed ; wide ; 

 second joint the longest ; third the widest. Thorax scarcely 

 wider than long ; mesonotum smooth, without parapsidal fur- 

 rows ; scutellum semicircular, with a punctate semicircular 

 line. Forewings moderately narrow ; much infuscated ; discal 

 cilia very fine and dense, arranged in about thirty-six rows; 

 submarginal vein attaining the costa about the middle of the 

 wing ; marginal vein thickened, scarcely as long as the stigmal, 

 which is rather short with a distinct knob ; postmarginal vein 

 wanting. Abdomen as long as head and thorax united; wider 

 than the thorax ; subpetiolate : third segment equal to one- 

 half abdominal length ; first and second segments striate. 

 Length, I'lO to 1*50 mm. 



Described from a single specimen captured while sweep- 

 ing in jungle, Goondi, near Innisfail, July 22 to 29, 1912. 

 Also other females from Nelson and Babinda, near Cairns. 



Hah. — North Queensland : Innisfail, Nelson, and 

 Babinda, near Cairns (A. A. Girault). 



Type. — I. 1387, South Australian Museum. A female, 

 tagmounted, plus a slide bearing head, antennae, and forewings. 



Paridris tridentata, sp. nov. 



9-- Differs from queenslandica in bearing tridentate 

 mandibles ; the forewings almost hyaline ; the marginal vein 

 only one-half as long as the stigmal. Length, 1'50 mm. 



Described from a single specimen caught while sweeping 

 in forest April 14, 1913. 



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

 Dodd). 



Type. — I. 1388, South Australian Museum. A female, 

 tagmounted, plus a slide bearing head, antennae, and forewings. 



