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Alan P. Dodd: 



Forewings with the submarginal vein attaining the costa 

 before the middle of the wing; marginal vein one half as long as 

 the stigmal, which is moderately long; postmarginal vein a little 

 longer than the stigmal. Abdomen su bpetiolate ; a little longer 

 and wider than the thorax; Ist segment short; 2nd and 3rd segments 

 the longest, subequal. 



Type: The following species. 



Sceliacantha quadvispinosa sp. nov. 

 Male: Length, 1.25 mm. 



Head and thorax black, a little suffused with brown; Ist 

 abdominal segment golden yellow; rest of abdomen brown; legs, 

 including coxae, golden yellow; antennal scape yellow; rest of 

 antennae suffused with yellow. 



Head and thorax finely sculptured; abdomen wholly striate. 



Parapsidal furrows very wide apart. 



Antennae 12-jointed; pedicel one-half longer than wide; 

 Ist funicle joint as long as the pedicel; funicle joints 2 — 9 short, 

 as wide as long; last joint twice as long as wide. 



Forewings reaching apex of abdomen ; moderately narrow; 

 a little infuscated; marginal cilia moderately long; discal cilia 

 very fine and dense; venation yellow. 



(From 1 specimen, etc.) 



Fe male: Unknown. 



Described from a single $ specimen, caught by Mr. A. A. 

 Girault while sweeping in jungle, Babinda, N. Q., 27 th Jan., '12. 



H abitat: North Queensland (Babinda, 36 miles south of 

 Cairns) . 



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

 contraining head, antennae and forewings. 



Sceliacanthella nov. gen. 



Fe male : Like Sceliacantha Dodd but maxillary palpi 3-jointed; 

 parapsidal furrows complete; postscutellum with one large spine; 

 metanotum with its posterior angles spined; wings rudimentary, 

 not reaching the middle of the abdomen ; submarginal vein attaining 

 the costa at three fourths wing length. 



Differs from Paratrimorus Kieffer in that the postmarginal 

 vein is well developed, and the abdomen is not formed as in Scelio 

 Latreille. Agreeing with Opisthacantha Ashmead but the parapsidal 

 furrows are deep and distinct, metanotom with two spines. 



Type: The following species. 



Sceliacanthella parvipennis sp. nov. 

 Female: Length, 1.25 mm. 



Black, somewhat suffused with brown; legs, including coxae, 

 golden yellow; antennae fuscous. 



