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than usual. Abdomen scarcely as long as the head and thorax 

 combined; horn as in fasciatus, Dodd. Length, 1*05 mm. 



Hab.— 'North Queensland: Yungaburra, 2,400 ft. De- 

 scribed from one specimen taken with fasciatus, Dodd. 



Type. — I. 1958, South Australian Museum. A female 

 on a slide, with the type of fasciatus, Dodd. 



Ceratob^eus fasciativentris, sp. nov. 



9 . Golden-yellow, with darker bands at the joinings of 

 the abdominal segments ; antennal club fuscous ; eyes and 

 ocelli black. Abdomen distinctly wider than the thorax; 

 longer than the head and thorax combined ; horn on basal 

 segment short, blunt. Antennae and forewings as in parvi- 

 cornutus. Length, 1'50 mm. 



Eab. — North Queensland : Proserpine. Described from 

 one specimen caught on a window, November 4, 1912 (A. A. 

 Girault). Later a female was found caught on a window, 

 Ingham, February 16, 1913 (A. A. Girault). 



Type. — I. 1959, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Ceratob^eus varicornis, sp. nov. 



9 . Black ; mesonotum and scutellum golden-yellow ; 

 abdomen bright-brown ; legs, golden-yellow ; antennas golden- 

 yellow, the pedicel black. Abdomen no wider than the 

 thorax ; as long as the head and thorax united ; first and 

 second segments striate ; third segment equal to one-half ab- 

 dominal length, finely, densely punctured ; horn on basal seg- 

 ment projecting as far as apex of scutellum. Antennae 

 7-jointed ; scape very long, equal to pedicel and funicle- 

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

 wide; first funicle- joint nearly as long as the pedicel but 

 much narrower, fully three times as long as wide ; second 

 scarcely longer than wide ; third as wide as long ; fourth wider 

 than long ; club fully twice as long as wide, as long as the 

 funicle. Forewings long ; broad ; hyaline ; marginal cilia 

 moderately long ; discal cilia fine and dense ; submarginal vein 

 attaining the costa a little before the middle of the wing ; 

 stigmal vein very long, scarcely oblique ; venation yellow. 

 Length, L75 mm. 



Hah. — North Queensland: Nelson. Described from one 

 specimen caught by sweeping in forest, July 1, 1913 (Alan 

 P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 1960, South Australian Museum. A female, 

 tagmounted, plus a slide bearing head, antennae, and fore- 

 wings. 



