90 



Alan P. Dodd: 



Genus Acolus Foerster. 



1. Acolus flavipes sp. nov. 

 P Length, 1.10 mm. 



Shining black; Ist abdominal segment, legs and antennae 

 honey yellow. Head and thorax with very fine polygonal sculpture ; 

 abdomen longitudinally striate. Thorax scarcely longer than 

 wide; abdomen as long as the head and thorax united; as wide 

 as the thorax; sessile; Ist segment very short; 3rd the longest 

 segment. Antennae 7-jointed; scape equal to pedicel and funicle 

 joints combined; pedicel stout, a little longer than wide; funicle 

 joints small; Ist as wide as long; 2 — 4 very transverse; club large, 

 one-half longer than wide, as long as the scape. Forewings reaching 

 the apex of the abdomen; rather broad; hyaline; submarginal vein 

 attaining the costa about the middle of the wing; marginal vein 

 short; stigmal vein rather long, a little oblique. 



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

 cribed from one ? caught on a window, May, '13 (A. P. Dodd). 



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



2. Acolus silvensis sp. nov. 

 $ Length, 1.30 mm. 



Shining black; Ist abdominal segment golden yellow; legs 

 and antennae pale honey yellow. 



Head wider than the thorax. Thorax a little longer than wide. 

 Abdomen subsessile, narrowed at the base; as long as the head 

 and thorax united, no wider than the thorax ; 1 st and 2 nd Segments 

 short; 3rd equal to one-half the abdominal length. Head, thorax 

 and abdomen (except Ist and 2nd segments which are striate), 

 finely polygonally sculptured. Antennae 7-jointed; scape equal 

 to pedicel and funicle joints united; pedicel twice as long as wide; 

 funicle joints narrower than the pedicel; Ist one-half longer than 

 wide; 2 — 4 short, transverse; club large, twice as long as wide, 

 nearly as long as the scape. Forewings reaching to apex of abdomen ; 

 broad; a little infuscated; marginal cilia short; discal cilia very 

 fine and dense; submarginal vein attaining the costa about the 

 middle of the wing; marginal vein short; stigmal vein very long, 

 rather oblique; basal vein present; venation yellow. 



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

 cribed from one ? caught by sweeping in and on edge of jungle, 

 26 th May, 13 (A. P. Dodd.) 



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



3. Acolus amplus sp. nov. 

 $ Length, 1.30 mm. 



Bright reddish brown; apex of abdomen, femora and tibiae, 

 and antennal scape and club dusky brown ; rest of legs and antennae 

 golden yellow; eyes and ocelli black. 



