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large, three times as wide as long, rounded posteriorly ; meta- 

 thorax very short. Abdomen sessile; broadly oval; as long 1 

 as the thorax and much wider; first segment short, transverse;, 

 second segment rather long ; third segment the longest, one- 

 half longer than the second; remainder very short. Wings 

 entirely wanting. Antennae 11-jointed; scape, pedicel, five 

 funicle-joints, and a 4-jointed club ; scape long and slender ; 

 pedicel rather short; funicle-joints small, first as long as wide, 

 2-5 minute, very transverse; club large, distinctly 4-jointed. 

 Type. — The following species. 



Mirob^us bicolor, sp. nov. 



9 • Head and abdomen shining-black ; thorax reddish- 

 brown ; legs and antennas golden-yellow ; antenna! club brown. 

 Head, thorax, and abdomen with fine, polygonal sculpture. 

 Length, 1 mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Ourimbah. Described from 

 one female labelled: "Rotting leaves; A. M. Lea/' 



Type. — I. 1986, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, plus a slide bearing head. 



MiROBiEoiDES, nov. gen. 



9 . Differs from Mirobceus, Dodd, in lacking the scutel- 

 lum, and in having the first segment of the abdomen as wide 

 as the thorax, third segment equal to almost the whole ab- 

 dominal length. 



Type. — The following species. 



MlROB^OIDES TASMANICUS, Sp. UOV. 



9 • Shining-black ; legs and antenna! scape reddish-yellow 

 suffused with black. Head, thorax, and abdomen with fine, 

 polygonal sculpture. Antennae 11-jointed; scape long and 

 slender ; pedicel one-half longer than wide ; funicle-joints 

 small, first a little longer than wide ; 2-5 very minute, trans- 

 verse ; club large, 4-jointed. Length, 1*10 mm. 



Hab. — Tasmania: Huon River. Described from one fe- 

 male collected by Mr. A. M. Lea. 



Type. — I. 1987, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a tag, plus a slide bearing head and antennae. 



Subfamily TELEASIN^. 



This subfamily', though it contains few genera, is rich 

 in species, about 200 species having been described in 1910. 

 I was, therefore, very much surprised at the paucity of species 

 in Australia. The few species which I describe herewith are 

 the only ones known from Australia, and were collected by 



