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Tlab. — North Queensland: Nelson. 



Type. — I. 1965, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide. 



Ceratob^eus setosus, sp. nov. 



9 . Black; tibiae and tarsi reddish-brown. Head, thorax, 

 and abdomen (except the first three segments dorsad), covered 

 with dense, short, greyish pubescence. Head slightly wider 

 than thorax; eyes hairy; mandibles tridentate. Thorax one- 

 half longer than wide. Abdomen distinctly longer and wider 

 than the thorax ; first three segments striate ; third segment 

 occupying one-third the surface ; horn on first segment short, 

 blunt. Antennae 7- jointed ; scape longer than pedicel and 

 funicle- joints combined; pedicel two and a half times as 

 long as wide ; funicle- joints much narrower than pedicel, first 

 a little longer than wide, 2-4 very short, transverse; club 

 twice as long as wide, nearly as long as scape. Forewings 

 barely reaching apex of abdomen; broad; infuscated, the in- 

 fuscation not uniform, deepest in centre of wing ; submarginal 

 vein attaining costa about middle of wing ; marginal vein 

 punctiform ; stigmal vein very long, scarcely oblique ; basal 

 vein distinct, perpendicular; venation black. Length, 1*50 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Nelson. Described from one 

 female caught on a window, October 29, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 1966, South Australian Museum. A female on 

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



Table of Australian Species of Ceratobceus, Ashmead. 



Females. 



(1) Wings rudimentary leai, Dodd 



Wings fully developed (2) 



(2) Major colour black, or dark-brown (3) 

 Major colour yellow, or bright-brown (6) 



(3) Basal vein not visible ; horn on ab- 



domen reaching apex of scutellum giraulti, Dodd 

 Basal vein distinct (4) 



(4) Horn on abdomen reaching to the 



head (5) 



Horn on abdomen short, blunt ... setosus, Dodd 



(5) Abdomen no longer than head and 



thorax united mirabilis, Dodd 



Abdomen twice as -long as head and 

 thorax united elongatus, Dodd 



(6) Head, metathorax, and thorax 



ventrad, black varicornis, Dodd 



Head and thorax uniform bright- 

 yellow (7) 



(7) Forewings with two bands fasciatus, Dodd 



Forewings not banded (8) 



(8) Abdomen marked with black (9) 



Abdomen uniformly yellow (10) 



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