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Aphanomerus pusillus, Perkins. 



"Queensland. Very common. Bred from eggs of 

 Siphanta." Eight females on a slide which are, no doubt, 

 this species, were received from the Queensland Museum and 

 labelled: "Brisbane, H. Hacker." The species has also been 

 captured at Nelson. 



Aphanomerus flavus, sp. nov. 



9 . Like pusillus, Perkins, but the head is concolourous 

 with the body, the eyes and ocelli being black ; in pusillus 

 the first funicle-joint is distinctly longer than wide, in flavus 

 it is not or scarcely longer than wide. -The forewings of both 

 species are long ; moderately broad, the margins equally in- 

 clined, hyaline; marginal cilia short; discal cilia fine and 

 dense. Antennas 7-jointed ; scape long, equal to next five 

 joints combined ; pedicel long, two and a half times as long 

 as wide ; funicle- joints much narrower than the pedicel, all 

 small ; club almost twice as long as wide, two-thirds as long 

 as the scape. Length, 1 mm. 



Hah. — North Queensland : Nelson, Rossville. A very 

 common species at Nelson, where it has been bred from Ful- 

 gorid eggs. One female was caught at Rossville, January 15, 

 1912 (A. A. Girault). 



Type. — I. 1950, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Aphanomerus rufescens, Perkins. 



"Queensland : Cairns. Bred from Fulgorid eggs." I have 

 taken this species at Nelson by sweeping in the forest. It 

 resembles flavus, but the head and thorax are black. Also 

 captured at Brisbane by Mr. H. Llacker. 



Aphanomerus sordidus, sp. nov. 



9 . Like rufescens, Perkins, but the abdomen is dark- 

 brown and the antennae are wholly black; in rufescens, all 

 the joints (except the club) are bright-yellow. Length, 

 0*90 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Nelson. Three females sweep- 

 ing in forest, slopes of hills, July 9, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 1951, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Aphanomerus nigriceps, sp. nov. 



9 . Like sordidus, Dodd, but the abdomen is bright- 

 brown, the mesonotum and scutellum are dark-brown, the 

 metanotum and thorax ventrad light-brown. Length, 

 0'90 mm. 



