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Dodd, but postscutellum with a short spine; posterior angles 

 •of the metanotum with a short spine ; first abdominal segment 

 with a short horn; ovipositor not exserted; first funicle-joint 

 as wide as the pedicel, only one-half longer than wide ; second 

 and third gradually narrowing, not subequal, each one-half 

 longer than wide; fourth very small; club 6-jointed, third 

 joint slightly the longest and widest. Forewings reaching 

 apex of abdomen; narrow, the apex almost pointed; a little 

 inf uscated ; marginal cilia moderately long ; discal cilia moder- 

 ately fine and dense ; venation giving off long hairs ; submar- 

 ginal vein attaining the costa a little before the middle of 

 the wing; marginal vein two-thirds as long as the stigmal, 

 which is very oblique, moderately short; postmarginal vein 

 four times as long as the stigmal ; basal vein indicated ; vena- 

 tion brown. Length, 1'50 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Nelson. Described from one 

 female caught on window, June, 1912 (A. A. Girault). 



Type. — I. 2197, South Australian Museum. A female 

 tagmounted, plus a slide bearing antennae and forewings. 



Baryconus trispinosus, sp. nov. 



d . Comes nearest to sordidus, Dodd, but the parapsidal 

 furrows are very delicate; the mesonotum is smooth; the first 

 abdominal segment is distinctly longer than wide; the fore- 

 wings reach well beyond apex of abdomen, they are much 

 broader, the apex not so pointed; the stigmal vein is not so 

 oblique. Like longipennis, Dodd, but the forewings are 

 longer; the antennas are longer; the second funicle-joint is 

 distinctly longer than the first, the others gradually diminish- 

 ing in length; the metathorax has two spines. Length, 

 1'50 mm. 



Hab. — North Queensland: Harvey Creek. Described 

 from one male specimen caught by sweeping in virgin jungle, 

 -July 13, 1913 (A. A. Girault). 



The twentieth Australian species of the genus. 



Type. — I. 2198, South Australian Museum. A male 

 tagmounted, plus a slide bearing head, antennae, and 

 forewings. 



Opisthacantha atjstralica, Dodd. 



One female sweeping in virgin jungle, Harvey Creek, 

 near Cairns, July 13, 1913 (A. A. Girault). 



Macroteleia varicornis, sp. nov. 



9 . Like tricolor, Dodd, but differs in having all the 

 "thorax bright reddish-brown and the centre of the abdomen 

 reddish-brown, whereas tricolor has the posterior half of the 



