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CONOSTIGMUS TASMANICUS, Sp. nOV. 



9 . Reddish-brown ; head and metanotum darker ; eyes 

 and ocelli black; legs and antennal scape golden-yellow; 

 antennal pedicel and first four funicle-joints dusky-yellow; 

 remaining joints brown ; abdomen missing in the only 

 specimen. 



Closely allied to rufinotum, Dodd, but differs in having 

 the first funicle- joint slightly longer than the pedicel; second 

 shorter, but longer than wide ; f orewings narrower, the apex 

 not square but almost pointed. Length, 1'50 mm. (?) 



Hah. — Tasmania: Mount Wellington (A. M. Lea). 

 Described from one female. 



Type. — I. 2016, South Australian Museum. The female 

 thorax tagmounted, plus a slide bearing head, antennas, and 

 fore wings. 



. CONOSTIGMUS LEAI, Sp. nOV. 



9 . Head and metanotum black ; mesonotum and 

 scutellum reddish-brown; abdomen yellow, more or less 

 dusky; legs and first six antennal-joints golden-yellow; last 

 five antennal-joints dark-brown. Antennas 11-jointed; scape 

 equal to next six joints combined; first funicle- joint distinctly 

 narrower and shorter than the pedicel, only one-half lpnger 

 than wide; funicle-joints 2-8 transverse, all distinctly wider 

 than long, gradually widening towards the apex; last joint 

 one-half as long as the scape. Forewings squared at the apex 

 as in rufinotum, but they are smaller; venation dark-fuscous. 

 Length, l'lO mm. 



H.ab. — South Queensland : Mount Tambourine. Described 

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



Type. — I. 2017, South Australian Museum. A female on 

 a slide with the type of Geraphron bicolor, Dodd. 



Conostigmus muscosus, sp. nov. 



<$ . Head and metanotum black ; rest of thorax reddish- 

 brown ; abdomen yellow, more or less dusky ; legs and anten- 

 nal scape golden-yellow; rest of antennas dark-brown. Head 

 as wide as the thorax ; thorax scarcely longer than wide ; 

 abdomen narrowed at the base, as wide as the thorax, and a 

 little longer than the head and thorax united. Antennas as 

 in rufinotum, Dodd. Forewings much as in rufinotum, but 

 they are hyaline ; venation very pale-yellow, very indistinct. 

 Length, 1'50 mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales: Ourimbah. Described from 

 one male labelled: "From moss; A. M. Lea." 



Type. — I. 2018, South Australian Museum. A male, tag- 

 mounted, plus a slide bearing head, antennas, and forewings, 

 with type appendages of male rufinotum. 



