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Alan P. Dodd: 



Described from a single $ specimen caught with the above 

 mentioned specimen of venusta Dodd. After transposing the species 

 Ceratoteleia inornata Dodd to the genus Macroteleia, there remain 

 14 species of Ceratoteleia known from Australia. 



Habitat: North Queensland (Nelson near Cairns). 



Type: South Australian Museum, a $ tagmounted plus a 

 slide bearing antennae and forewings. 



Genus Macroteleia Westwood. 



2. Macroteleia (Scelio) gobar (Walker). 



After carefully reading Walker's description of Scelio gobar 

 Walker, I have come to the conclusion that it should be referred 

 to the genus Macroteleia Westwood. 



3. Macroteleia (Ceratoteleia) inornata Dodd. 



The species Ceratoteleia inornata Dodd should be included in 

 the genus Macroteleia Westwood. The genera Macroteleia and 

 Ceratoteleia are closely allied, but the former usually has the 

 marginal vein much longer than the stigmal, while the latter 

 usually has the marginal vein distinctly shorter than the stigmal. 

 However, sometimes, as in inornata, the marginal vein is scarcely 

 longer than the stigmal, but the more quadrate head, the slender 

 thorax and abdomen serve to distinguish Macroteleia. In the 

 species of both genera described by me, all those belonging to 

 Macroteleia have perfectly hyaline wings while those of Cerato- 

 teleia have more or less infuscated wings. 



4. Macroteleia tricolor sp. nov. 

 Male: Length, 2.25 mm. 



Head and abdomen black; thorax bright reddish brown, the 

 posterior half of the mesonotum smoky; legs and antennal scape 

 golden yellow; rest of antennae black. 



Head subquadrate, as wide as the thorax; smooth, polished. 

 Thorax narrow, 2 1 / 2 times as long as wide ; mesonotum and scu- 

 tellum smooth; metathorax finely rugulose; parapsidal furrows 

 distinct. Abdomen a little longer than the head and thorax united; 

 a little wider than the thorax ; f irst three segments of equal length ; 

 Ist and 2nd segments strongly striate; remaining segments finely 

 striate; basal segment piain. Antennae filiform; the joints long 

 and cylindrical; pedicel twice as long as wide; funicle joints gra- 

 dually decreasing in length. 



Forewings almost reaching apex of abdomen; broad; hyaline; 

 discal cilia moderately fine and dense; submarginal vein attaining 

 the costa about the middle of the wing; marginal vein as long as 

 the stigmal which is rather short, very oblique, its apex curved 

 caudad; postmarginal vein twice as long as the marginal. 



(From 1 specimen, etc.) 



Female: Unknown. 



