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Color and structure as in flavifes Dodd but the 1 st and 2 nd 

 club joints of the antennae are not small and transverse but are 

 as long as the other joints; the forewings are considerably broader, 

 the marginal vein is only one-third as long as the moderately 

 short stigmal vein and the basal vein is distinct. 



H abitat: North Queensland (Merriwa, near Cairns), Des- 

 cribed from one $ caught by sweeping in jungle, 26 tri July, '13 

 (A. A. Girault). 



Type: South Australian Museum, a ? on a tag, plus a slide 

 bearing head, antennae, and forewings. 



Genus Leptoteleia Kieffer. 

 Leptoteleia aurea sp. nov. 



? Length, 1.30 mm (excluding the ovipositor). 



Golden yellow, the scutellum darker; abdomen (except Ist 

 segment) suffused with dusky; eyes, ocelli, and antennae (except 

 the scape) black. 



Head a little wider than the thorax. Thorax one-half longer 

 than wide; parapsidal furrows present, very wide apart; head 

 and thorax finely polygonally sculptured. Abdomen petiolate, 

 a little longer than the head and thorax united; wider than the 

 thorax; Ist and 2nd segment s striate; 3rd segment the longest, 

 smooth; Ist segment as wide as long, without a horn; ovipositor 

 exserted for a length almost equal to that of the body. Antennae 

 12-jointed; scape long and slender; pedicel one-half longer than 

 wide; Ist funicle joint a little longer than the pedicel, twice as 

 long as wide ; 2 nd a little shorter than the 1 st ; 3 rd as wide as long ; 

 4th wider than long; club 6-jointed, Ist joint small; 3rd slightly 

 the widest; 1 — 5 much wider than long. Forewings reaching apex 

 of abdomen; rather narrow; very slightly infuscated; marginal 

 cilia rather long; discal cilia fine, very dense; submarginal vein 

 attaining the costa a little before the middle of the wing; marginal 

 vein a little longer than the stigmal, which is moderately short, 

 oblique, slightly convexly curved, the convexity distad; post- 

 marginal vein a little longer than the marginal ; basal vein scarcely 

 indicated. 



Habitat: North Queensland (Nelson, near Cairns). Des- 

 cribed from many $s caught by sweeping in forest, August, T3. 



Type: South Australian Museum, a $ tagmounted, plus a 

 slide bearing antennae and forewings. 



Genus Baeoneurella Dodd. 

 Baeoneurella nigra Dodd. 



1 $ labelled ,,On window, Finch Hat ton, near Mackay, N. 

 QTd., 17th October '11 (A. A. Girault)". 



Genus Platyteleia Dodd. 

 The genus Platyteleia was founded on a Single $ specimen, 

 which was subsequently lost, the wings and antennae being retained. 



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