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(5) Basal vein not indicated 



Basal vein present, distinct 



(6) Thorax not marked with black, 



uniform in colour 



Thorax marked with black on meso- 

 notum, scutellum, and metanotum ; 

 forewings with two bands ... ... 



(7) Legs wholly bright-yellow 



Femora and tibiae dusky-brown ... 



(8) Forewings Avith one dark band ... 

 Forewings not banded 



(9) First funicle-joint scarcely longer 



than wide 



First funicle-joint slender, twice as 

 long as wide 



(10) First funicle-joint slender two and 



a half times as long as wide 

 First funicle-joint not or scarcely 

 longer than wide 



(11) Forewings extending well beyond 



apex of abdomen ; submarginal 

 vein attaining costa before middle 



of wing 



Forewings extending slightly be- 

 yond apex of abdomen ; submar- 

 ginal vein attaining costa about 

 middle of wing 



(12) Antennae wholly yellow; third ab- 



dominal segment occupying one- 

 half the surface 



Pedicel and funicle-joints almost 

 black ; third abdominal segment 

 occupying four-fifths the surface 



sordidus, Dodd 

 bru uncus, Dodd 



(7) 



spcciossissimuSj Dodd 



(8) 



amplus, Dodd 



(9) 

 (10) 



vnifasciutipennis, Dodd 



puJcher, Dodd 



flavios, Dodd 



(11) 



angustipennis, Dodd 



(12) 



magnus, Dodd 



ovi, Dodd 



ACOLOIDES MACULOSUS, Sp. IIOV. 



9 • Head and thorax reddish-brown ; abdomen lemon- 

 yellow, with two oval patches on each side of the abdomen at 

 the centre, and two transverse bands near the apex, black; legs 

 and antennae lemon-yellow; eyes and ocelli black. Antennae 

 7-jointed ; scape equal to the pedicel and funicle-joints com- 

 bined ; pedicel a little longer than w T ide ; funicle-joints very 

 small ; first as long as wide ; 2-4 transverse ; club nearly as 

 long as the scape. Forewings rather short; moderately broad; 

 a little infuscated ; submarginal vein attaining the costa about 

 the middle of the wing ; marginal vein very short ; stigmal vein 

 rather long ; basal vein very indistinct. Length, 0*75 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Nelson. Described from one 

 female caught on a window, December, 1912 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 1980, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide with the types of Pseudobceus splendidus, Dodd. 



ACOLOIDES AUREOLUS, Sp. nOV. 



9 • Golden-yellow ; eyes and ocelli black ; antennae dusky- 

 yellow. Antennae as in the preceding species. Forewings 



