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Paragryon gracilipennis, sp. nov. 



9. Black; legs (including coxae), first abdominal seg- 

 ment, and antennal scape reddish-yellow. 



Like Xenomerus dubius, Dodd, but the postscutellum and 

 metanotum are unarmed; first funicle- joint of antennae dis- 

 tinctly longer than the pedicel, four times as long as wide; 

 second a little longer than first ; third twice as long as wide ; 

 forewings exceedingly long, rather slender, graceful, the apex 

 rounded ; venation black ; stigmal vein rather oblique ; no 

 parapsidal furrows. Length, 1'50 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Kuranda. Described from 

 one female caught by sweeping on edge of jungle, May 20, 

 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 2004, South Australian Museum. A female 

 tagmounted, plus a slide bearing antennae and forewings. 



Xenomerus varipes, sp. nov. 

 9 • Shining-black; legs (except the coxae) golden-yellow, 

 but the distal half of the posterior tibiae and all the posterior 

 tarsi are dusky-black; mouth parts, antennal scape, and 

 pedicel golden-yellow; stalks of the funicle- joints pale 

 yellowish-white, rest of antennae fuscous. Head distinctly 

 wider than the thorax; smooth; lateral ocelli as far 

 distant from the eye margins as from the median 

 ocellus; eyes large; mandibles rather large, tridentate. 

 Thorax scarcely longer than wide ; pronotum not visible from 

 above; mesonotum much wider than long, finely polygonally 

 sculptured; parapsidal furrows distinct posteriorly, absent 

 anteriorly; scutellum smooth; postscutellum with only a 

 raised tubercle; metanotum unarmed. Abdomen no longer 

 or wider than the thorax ; broadly oval ; first segment short, 

 transverse, twice as wide as long ; second segment short ; third 

 equal to one-half the abdominal length ; first and second 

 striate, the rest smooth. Forewings extending well beyond 

 apex of abdomen : broad ; perfectly hyaline ; marginal cilia 

 moderately long; discal cilia fine, sparse; marginal vein term- 

 inating about the middle of the wing ; stigmal vein rather 

 oblique, short, but four times as long as wide, without a knob ; 

 venation bright-yellow. Antennae 12-jointed, very long and 

 slender; scape long and slender; pedicel one-half longer than 

 wide; funicle- joints pedicellate-nodose, with long hairs, the 

 hairs many times the width of the joints; first joint without a 

 stalk, scarcely longer than the pedicel ; 2-9 all of nearly equal 

 length ; 2-4 with a long basal stalk and a knob ; fifth with a stalk 

 at either end, the knob somewhat depressed in the middle ; sixth 

 similar to fifth, but without a basal stalk; 7-9 similar to the 

 sixth, but the knob is much depressed and forms really two 



