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Hob. — North Queensland: Halifax, one female sweep- 

 ing grass, February 28, 1913 (A. A. Girault) ; and Pent! and, 

 two females sweeping in forest, January 4, 1913 (A. A. 

 Girault) . 



Type. — I. 1952, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Ceratob^eus leai, sp. nov. 



9- Dark brownish-yellow; eyes, ocelli, antennal club, 

 and the abdomen (except first segment) almost black ; rest of 

 antennae and the legs golden-yellow. Head transverse, much 

 wider than the thorax; eyes large, bare; ocelli in a triangle, 

 the lateral ones touching the eye margins ; mandibles triden- 

 tate. Thorax one-half longer than wide ; pronotum slightly 

 visible from above ; mesonotum finely sculptured, without 

 parapsidal furrows; scutellum small, semicircular. Abdomen 

 with a short petiole ; wider and longer than the thorax ; first 

 segment short, transverse, with a cylindrical horn projecting 

 over the thorax as far as the apex of the scutellum ; third 

 segment the longest, equal to two-fifths abdominal length ; 

 basal segment and its horn striate, rest of thorax finely poly- 

 gonally sculptured. Antennas 7-jointed ; scape equal to pedicel 

 and funicle- joints combined ; pedicel one-half longer than wide ; 

 funicle- joints much narrower than the pedicsl ; first a little 

 longer than wide ; 2-4' short, transverse ; club very large, one- 

 half longer than wide, as long as the scape. Forewings rudi- 

 mentary ; scarcely reaching the abdomen, visible only as thick 

 hairs. Length, 1*10 mm. 



Hab. — South Queensland : Mount Tambourine. Described 

 from two females labelled: "Rotting leaves; A. M. Lea." 

 I have much pleasure in naming this curious species after the 

 discoverer. 



Type. — I. 1953, South Australian Museum. Two females 

 on a tag, plus a slide bearing head and antennae. 



Ceratob^eus flavicorpus, sp. nov. 



9 • Head, thorax, and horn on abdomen brownish- 

 yellow ; abdomen and legs golden-yellow ; antennae dusky - 

 yellow; eyes and ocelli black. Head a little wider than the 

 thorax; thorax a little wider than long. Abdomen pointed 

 ovate, not as wide as the thorax ; a little longer than the head 

 and thorax combined ; abdomen wholly striate ; horn as in the 

 preceding species. Antennae almost as in leal, Dodd. Fore- 

 wings moderately long and broad ; hyaline ; submarginal vein 

 attaining the costa about the middle of the wing ; marginal 

 vein short ; stigmal vein rather long, oblique. Length, 

 l'OO mm. 



