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Alan P. Dodd: 



(From 1 specimen, etc.) 

 Male: Unknown. 



Described from a single $ specimen caught while sweeping 

 the forest slopes of Mount Pyramid, 1500 — 2500 feet, Nelson, 

 N. Q., 2nd June, 13 (Alan P. Dodd). 



Habitat: North Queensland (Mt. Pyramid, 1500 feet, near 

 Cairns) . 



Type: In the South Australian Museum, a?ona slide. 

 3. Opisthacantha longipennis sp. nov. 

 Male: Length, 1.40 mm. 

 Color as in flavipes Dodd. 



Antennae 12-jointed; slender; pedicel short; Ist funicle joint 

 longer than the pedicel ; 2nd short er than the Ist ; 3rd as long as 

 the Ist; 3 — 9 subequal; last joint distinctly longer than the pre- 

 ceding joint. Forewings rather long, extending beyond tip of 

 abdomen; moderately broad; a little infuscated; marginal cilia 

 moderately long; discal cilia fine and dense; venation as in flavipes 

 Dodd but the basal vein is distinct. 



Abdomen with the Ist and most of the 2nd segment striate; 

 Ist segment longer than wide. 



(From 1 specimen, etc.) 



Fe male: Unknown. 



Described from a single <J specimen caught while sweeping 

 foliage in jungle, Upper Mulgrave River, Nelson, N. Q., lOth 

 June, '13 (Alan P. Dodd). This is the fifth Australian species 

 of the genus. 



Habitat: North Queensland (Upper Mulgrave River, Nelson, 

 near Cairns). 



Type: In the South Australian Museum, a g on a slide. 

 Genus Mallateleia Dodd. 



1. Mallateleia ashmeadi sp. nov. 

 Male: Length, 2 mm. 



Differs from giraulti Dodd in having all the mesonotum and 

 scutellum bright brownish yellow, the margins of the scutellum 

 darker; the abdomen only slightly suffused with black; the antennal 

 scape somewhat suffused with brown; remainder of antennae black. 



Head with scathered punctures; thorax with dense, deep 

 punctures; abdomen with Ist segment striate, remaining segments 

 smooth. Parapsidal furrows deep and distinct. Forewings as in 

 giraulti. Antennae 12-jointed; Ist funicle joint distinctly longer 

 than the pedicel; 2nd shorter than the Ist; 3rd as long as the Ist; 

 4—9 subequal, each a little shorter than the 3rd. 



(From 2 specimens etc.) 



Female: Unknown. 



Described from one <? caught while sweeping on edge of jungle, 

 Nelson, N. Q., 7th June, 13 (Alan P. Dodd), and 1 <J caught 



