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cilia short; discal cilia rather coarse, in about thirty rows; 

 submarginal vein attaining the costa about the middle of the 

 wing ; marginal vein nearly as long as the stigmal, which is 

 rather short; postmarginal vein twice as long as the stigmal; 

 venation brown. Length, 1 mm. 



A common species in forest country. 



Hah. — North Queensland : Nelson, near Cairns. 



Type. — I. 1422, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Telenomoides giraulti, sp. nov. 



9 . Like flavipes^ but antennal scape slightly suffused 

 yellow : f orewings with finer discal cilia ; marginal vein only 

 one-third as long as the stigmal. Length, 1 mm. 



Described from a single specimen caught while sweeping 

 grass, March 12, 1912. 



Hah. — North Queensland : Thursday Island, Torres Strait. 



Type. — I. 1423, South Australian Museum. A slide bear- 

 ing forewing and antenna. 



Telenomoides bicolor, sp. nov. 



9 . Differs from favipes only in having the abdomen 

 dark-brown, not black. Length, 1 mm. 



Described from several specimens caught while sweeping 

 in forest, 1912. 



Hah. — North Queensland: Nelson, near Cairns. 



Type. — I. 1424, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Telenomoides angustipennis, sp. nov. 



9 . Brown-black ; legs (excluding coxae) and antennal 

 scape golden-yellow. Like flavipes, but first two joints of 

 antennal club very short ; forewings much narrower, not 

 paddle-shaped, the apex very rounded, infuscated ; marginal 

 cilia long, the longest equal to one-half greatest wing width ; 

 discal cilia very fine and dense : submarginal vein curving 

 slightly downwards before joining the costa; marginal vein 

 very short ; stigmal vein rather short, very oblique ; post- 

 marginal vein very long. Length, 1 mm. 



Described from a single specimen caught while sweeping in 

 open fields, February 4, 1912. 



Hah. — North Queensland: Cooktown (A. A, Girault). 



Type. — I. 1425, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Telenomoides insularis, sp. nov. 



9 • Like angustipennis, but colour coal-black, forewings 

 broader, not so much infuscated, with a dark spot involving 

 all the stigmal vein, marginal cilia not so long, longest equal to 

 one-sixth greatest wing width. Length, 1 mm. 



