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Genus Macroteleta, West wood. 



A genus comprising about thirty species from almost all 

 over the world. 



Macroteleta magna, sp. nov. 



d . Black ; legs and antenna! scape reddish-yellow ; rest 

 of antennas suffused with black, the more so on the last six 

 joints : sometimes the head and thorax are partly dark-brown, 

 as in the female. Head subquadrate ; slightly wider than the 

 thorax; densely punctured. Antennas 12- jointed : scape long 

 and slender ; pedicel slender, three times as long as wide ; first 

 funicle-joint as long as the pedicel ; second two-thirds as long 

 as first ; third as long as first ; 4-9 subequal, sub- 

 quadrate, a little longer than wide; last funicle-joint as long 

 as first. Thorax one-half longer than wide; densely punc- 

 tured ; pronotum visible from above on the sides only ; meso- 

 notum with two distinct furrows. Forewings when closed not 

 reaching two-thirds length of abdomen ; broad ; almost 

 hyaline; marginal cilia very short; discal cilia dense, rather 

 coarse, arranged in about forty rows ; submarginal vein attain- 

 ing the costa about the middle of the wing ; marginal vein 

 one-third longer than the stigmal, which is rather short, not 

 very oblique, with a distinct knob ; postmarginal vein twice 

 as long as the marginal ; venation very distinct. Length, 

 5 mm . 



. Thorax and abdomen dark-brown, antennal club 

 black, rest of antennas reddish-yellow. Antennae 12-jointed; 

 first funicle-joint very long and slender, slightly longer than 

 the pedicel, three times as long as wide ; second two-thirds 

 length of first ; third a little shorter than second ; fourth as 

 wide as long; club 6-jointed, first joint the longest and widest, 

 others gradually diminishing in width. Abdomen very long 

 and narrow ; fully two and a half times as long as head and 

 thorax combined ; narrower than the thorax ; with longi- 

 tudinal lines of long, fine hairs ; first three segments longi- 

 tudinally striate. Length, 5'5 mm. 



Described from five male and one female specimens caught 

 bv sweeping in forest, November and December, 1912. Also 

 one female received from the South Australian Museum and 

 labelled •Cairns dist. ; A. M. Lea." 



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

 Dodd). 



Type. — I. 1389, South Australian Museum. A male and 

 female tagmounted, plus a slide bearing male antenna and 

 forewing. 



