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11 ah. — North Queensland: Nelson. Described from one 

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



Type. — I. 1983, South Australian Museum. A male on 

 a slide. 



PSEUDOB.EUS SPLENDIDUS, Sp. 110V. 



9 . Light reddish-brown ; eyes, ocelli, and scutellum 

 black. Antennae 7-jointed; scape equal to next five joints 

 combined; pedicel one-half longer than wide; first funicle- 

 joint as wide and almost as long as the pedicel; 2-4 very small, 

 transverse; club large, as long as the scape. Forewings a 

 little inf uscated ; submarginal vein attaining the costa a little 

 beyond the middle of the wing ; marginal vein as long as the 

 stigmal ; postmarginal vein a little longer than the stigmal. 

 Length, 1 mm. 



Hah. — North Queensland: Nelson. Described from two 

 females caught with the preceding species. 



Type. — I. 1984, South Australian Museum. Two females 

 on a slide, with the type of Acoloides maculosus, Dodd. 



B,eus leai, sp. nov. 



Q • Head, thorax, and abdomen reddish-brown ; eyes and 

 •ocelli black ; legs reddish-yellow. Antennal scape and pedicel 

 black, rest yellow. Head transverse, much wider than the 

 thorax ; ocelli wide apart, the lateral ones almost touching the 

 eye margins. Thorax distinctly wider than long ; mesonotum 

 smooth, without furrows; scutellum absent; metathorax very 

 short. Abdomen sessile; broadly oval, scarcely longer than 

 wide, much wider than the thorax, and longer than the head 

 and thorax united ; first and second segments very small ; third 

 segment equal to four-fifths the abdominal length. Wings 

 entirely wanting. Antennas 7-jointed; scape longer than next 

 five joints combined; pedicel one-half longer than wide; 

 funicle- joints small; first a little longer than wide; 2-4 trans- 

 verse : club large, as long as the scape. Length, 1 mm. 



Hah. — New South Wales: Sydney. Described from one 

 female collected by Mr. A. M. Lea, after whom the insect 

 is named. Subsequently a female was caught at Nelson, 

 North Queensland. 



Type. — I. 1985, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, plus a slide bearing head and antennae. 



Mirob^eus, nov. gen. 

 9 • Head transverse, much wider than the thorax ; eyes 

 large, bare ; ocelli in a triangle, the lateral ones touching the 

 eye margins; mandibles tridentate, the middle tooth small. 

 Thorax as wide as long ; pronotum slightly visible from above ; 

 mesonotum as long as wide, without furrows; scutellum rather 



