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combined ; pedicel slender, three times as long as wide ; first 

 funicle- joint as long as the pedicel; second one-half longer 

 than wide ; 3-8 almost sub equal, one-half longer than wide ; 

 last joint as long as the pedicel. Length, 2.50 mm. 



Hab. — South Queensland: Roma. Described from one 

 female caught on foliage of cultivated lemon-tree, October 6, 

 1911 (A. A. Girault). 



Type. — I. 2014, South Australian Museum. A female, 

 tagmounted, plus a slide bearing antennae and forewings. 



CONOSTIGMUS RUFINOTUM, Sp. nOV. 



9 • Head black ; mesonotum and scutellum bright red- 

 dish-brown ; metanotum black ; basal fifth of abdomen reddish- 

 brown ; rest of abdomen black ; legs and antennal scape golden- 

 yellow; rest of antennae black. Head transverse, a little wider 

 than the thorax ; mandibles bidentate. Thorax a little longer 

 than wide ; mesonotum large, with three distinct furrows ; 

 scutellum large, a little longer than wide. Abdomen a 

 little wider and longer than the thorax ; a little 

 longer than wide. Antennae 11-jointed; scape equal to 

 next five joints combined; pedicel twice as long as 

 wide ; first funicle-joint a little shorter and narrower than 

 the pedicel ; funicle-joints gradually widening towards the 

 apex ; second as wide as long ; penultimate joint twice as wide 

 as long; last joint twice as long as wide. Forewings broad, 

 the apex very square ; much infuscated ; discal cilia moderately 

 fine and dense, in about 30 rows ; venation fuscous, very 

 distinct ; submarginal vein terminating about the middle of 

 the wing : stigma semicircular, twice as long as wide ; stigmal 

 vein long, slightly curved, fully twice as long as the stigma. 

 Length, 1'60 mm. 



<5 . Antennae 11-jointed; long and slender; pedicel 

 scarcely longer than wide ; first funicle-joint about four times 

 as long as wide; second a little shorter; the others gradually 

 shortening towards the apex, but the last funicle-joint is as 

 long as the scape. 



Hab. — New South Wales : Ourimbah ; North Queensland : 

 Kuranda. Described from two females labelled : "From moss, 

 Ourimbah; A. M. Lea;" and one male caught by sweeping 

 foliage on edge of jungle, Kuranda, May 19, 1913 (A. P. 

 Dodd). 



Types. — I. 2015, South Australian Museum. Two fe- 

 males and one male, tagmounted, plus a slide bearing female 

 head, antennae, and forewings, and another slide bearing male 

 head, antennae, and forewings, with type appendages of mus- 

 cosus, Dodd. 



