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Alan P. Dodd: 



A $ of this species was caught by sweeping jungle along a 

 forest streamlet, Nelson, near Cairns, 16 th June, '13 (A. P. Dodd). 

 The type specimen came from Sydney, New South Wales. 



Genus Aphanomerus Perkins. 



1. Aphanomerus bicolor Perkins. 



A $ of this species was caught by sweeping in forest, Nelson 

 near Cairns, 2nd August, '13 (A. P. Dodd). The species resembles 

 rufescens Perkins but is much more robust (length, 1.45 mm) and 

 the forewings are much broader. 



2. Aphanomerus aureus sp. nov. 

 ? Length, 1.30 mm. 



Bright reddish brown; head black; legs golden yellow; apical 

 antennal joints dusky yellow. 



Differs from pusillus Perkins only in its larger and more 

 robust form; its rather darker color; also in pusillus the abdomen 

 is fully one-half longer than wide, in aureus it is as wide as long. 



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

 cribed from one $ caught by sweeping in forest, 12 th August, 

 '13 (A. P. Dodd). 



Type: South Australian Museum, a $ on a slide. 



Genus Ceratobaeus Ashmead. 



1. Ceratobaeus grandis sp. nov. 

 $ Length, 2.10 mm. 



Like flavicorpus Dodd but differs in its much larger size; 

 the horn on the basal abdominal segment reaches to the centrc 

 of the scutellum; the marginal vein is one-half as long as the 

 very long stigmal vein; and the antennae are quite different. 

 Antennae 7-jointed; scape no longer than the next two joints 

 combined ; pedicel slender, three times as long as wide ; 1 st f unicle 

 joint as long as the pedicel and narrower, fully four times as long 

 as wide; 2nd one-half longer than wide; 3rd as wide as long; 

 4th a little wider than long; club large, 2% times as long as wide; 

 nearly as long as the scape. 



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

 cribed from one 2 caught by sweeping in forest, 2nd August, '13 

 (A. P. Dodd). 



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

 bearing head, antennae, and forewings. 



2. Ceratobaeus aureus sp. nov. 

 ? Length, 1 mm. 



Golden yellow; eyes and ocelli black; apex of abdomen and 

 antennal club dark brown. 



Abdomen no wider than the thorax; as long as the head and 

 thorax united; horn on basal segment short, blunt. Forewings 

 moderately narrow; a little infuscated; submarginal vein attaining 



