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knobs in each; last joint without a distinct knob. Length,. 

 1"30 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Nelson. Described from one 

 female caught by sweeping in and on edge of jungle, May 8, 

 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 2005, South Australian Museum. A female on 

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



Xenomerus dubius, sp. nov. 



9 • The same as varipes, Dodd, but the discal ciliation 

 is moderately coarse and dense, by no means sparse, and the 

 posterior tibiae and tarsi are wholly yellow. Antennae 12- 

 jointed, first six joints golden-yellow, the rest black; scape 

 long and slender; pedicel two and a half times as long as 

 wide; first funicle- joint slightly shorter and narrower than 

 the pedicel; second as long as the first; third and fourth as 

 wide as long; club 6-jointed, joints 1-5 distinctly wider than 

 long, second joint the longest and widest. Length, 1"40 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Nelson and Kuranda. 

 Described from one female caught by sweeping in forest, 

 Nelson, August 24, 1913 (A. A. Girault), and one female 

 caught by sweeping foliage in jungle, Kuranda, May 20, 1913 

 (A. P. Dood). 



Type. — I. 2006, South Australian Museum. A slide bear- 

 ing female antennae and forewings. 



Xenomerus flavicornis, sp. nov. 



9- Head black; thorax dusky-brown; first abdominal 

 segment golden-yellow; rest of abdomen black; legs and first 

 six antennal- joints golden-yellow; rest of antennae brown. 



Like dubius, Dodd, but the mesonotum and scutellum are 

 almost smooth, with only a few scattered setigerous pin- 

 punctures; the pedicel is shorter, only twice as long as wide, 

 and the first and second funicle-joints are shorter. Length, 

 1*25 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Kuranda. Described from 

 one female caught by sweeping in heart of jungle, 1,500 ft. r 

 September 12, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type. — I. 2007, South Australian Museum. A female on 



a slide. 



Gryonella, nov. gen. 



d ; 9 • Like Teleas, Latrielle, but the postscutellum has 

 two central spines. 



Type. — Gryonella crawfordi, described herewith. 



Gryonella crawfordi, sp. nov. 



<S . Shining-black ; tibiae and tarsi reddish, suffused with 

 dusky. Head and mesonotum with rasied lines of reticulation ; 



