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outlining a large distal ovate hyaline area frith the broader end at apex of the blade and its 

 narrower end penetrating centrally more than half way from apex to apex of venation. Tip 

 of abdomen whitish, the pallid dusky valves of the ovipositor extruded a short distance. Thorax 

 as in dnctiventris which also appears to have the lateral grooves on postscutellum ; however, 

 here, the scutellum is longer and widens somewhat caudad. Scape and pedicel pallid dusky; 

 funicle 3 longest, subequal to the pedicel, nearly twice longer than wide, 4 and 6 shortest, 

 subglobular, 2 and 5 subequal, somewhat shorter than 3, 1 a little shorter than 2; club only 

 slightly wider than the funicle, its middle joint shortest, distinctly wider than long. Strigil 

 distinct. Ovipositor inserted at base of abdomen. Fore wings as in Paranophoidea, truncate 

 at apex, bearing about 32 lines of fine discal ciliation, the marginal cilia very short. Caudal 

 wings broad, with about 7 lines of discal cilia, their caudal marginal cilia distinctly not as 

 long as the greatest width of the blade (which is at distal third) but over twice the length of 

 the uniform marginal cilia of the fore wing. Hind tibial spur single. Caudal femur with 

 numerous very short, stiff seta? dorsad. 



From one female caught in forest, June 6, 1914. 



Habitat: Gordonvale (Cairns), Queensland. 



Type: Xo. Hy 2464, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen on a slide with the 

 preceding species. 



Dedicated to Clerk Maxwell. 



5. STETHYNIUM NOTATUM new species. 



Female: — Length, 0.50 mm. 



Much like daltoni but the abdomen bears four distinct cross-stripes of black, the first 

 at base, the cuneate marking on each side of meson of scutum reaches three fourths the way to 

 caudal margin (only about half way in daltoni) and there is a round black spot just caudad 

 of each parapside (besides the more obscure, crescentic marking farther caudad and present 

 in daltoni). Also the scape and pedicel are lemon yellow. Structurally differs in that funicle 

 2 is somewhat shorter being only a little longer than wide, 3 is quadrate (6 is globular and 

 larger than 5 in both species) ; the fore wings are l§ss slender (about 16 lines of discal cilia 

 where broadest); the caudal wings with five or six lines of discal cilia which are uniformly 

 distributed distad and they are broader than with daltoni. Compared with type of daltoni. 



From four females which emerged May, 1914 from gall No. 31 (of II. Hacker). 



Habitat: Brisbane, Queensland. 



Type: Xo. Hy 2465, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, four females on a slide. 



The species lavoirsieri bears a more or less distinct dusky band across abdomen somewhat 

 proximad of middle while daltoni has a distinct cuneate marking on cephalic scutum on each 

 side of the meson (cephalic half) and the cephalic end of each parapside is dusky. The types 

 of vesalii, cuvieri, lavoirsieri and mayeri have been re-examined. 



6. STETHYNIUM PERLATIPENNE new species. 



Female: — Length, 0.90 mm. 



Marked like flavinotce but more robust, both wings very much broader, the fore wing 

 bearing about forty-eight lines of discal cilia, the hind wings about eight. 



Male: — Xot known. 



Described from two females reared with flavinotce. 



Habitat: Melbourne ?, Victoria. 



Types: Xo. Hy 2466, Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above specimens on a slide with 

 the type female flavinotce. 



1. STETHYNIUM LATIPENNE Girault. 

 The pronotum, scutum excepting lateral and caudal margins and the median line more 

 obscurely, the tegulse, the cephalic third of each parapside and the abdomen are velvety 



