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Alan P. Dodd: 



fft Mandibles exceedingly large; almost as long as the scape; 

 tridentate, the middle tooth small; maxillary palpi exceedingly 

 long, 4-jointed. I have examined the mouth parts of ashmeadi 

 and find that they agree with those of kiefferi but are much shorter, 

 Antennae 12-jointed; scape equal to next 6 joints combined; 

 pedicel twice as long as wide; Ist funicle joint a little shorter than 

 the pedicel; 2nd as wide as long; 3rd and 4th short, wider than 

 long; club 6-jointed, joints 1 — 5 much wider than long, Ist joint 

 rather small. 



Forewings as in giraulti Dodd. In ashmeadi Dodd the forewings 

 differ from those of giraulti in that the margins are not equally 

 inclined. 



Legs rather stout, not slender as in giraulti and ashmeadi. 

 (From 3 specimens, etc.) 

 Male: Unknown. 



Described from 2$s caught while sweeping on edge of jungle, 

 Nelson, 15th April, '13, and 1 $ by sweeping in jungle, Nelson, 

 N. Q., 16th June, 13 (Alan P. Dodd). Named in honor of Dr. 

 J. J. Kieffer for his work on the Prodotrypoidea. 



Habit at: North Queensland (Nelson, near Cairns). 



Type: South Australian Museum, a $ tagmounted plus a 

 slide bearing head, antennae and forewings with the head 

 of ashmeadi. 



Genus Idris Foerster. 

 1. Idris minuta sp. nov. 

 Male: Length, 0.70 mm. 



Black; legs fuscous, the tibiae and tarsi suffused with yellow; 

 antennae fuscous. 



Head as wide as the thorax; eyes pubescent. Thorax slender, 

 nearly twice as long as wide. Abdomen flattened, subsesssile, 

 no longer or wider than the thorax. 



Antennae 12-jointed; slender; scape equal to next four joints 

 combined; pedicel short, scarcely longer than wide; funicle joints 

 slender, with long hairs; Ist funicle joint twice as long as wide; 

 2nd slightly shorter; 3rd a little longer than the Ist; 4 — 9 subequal, 

 as long as 1 st; last joint one-half longer than the preceding joint. 



Forewings reaching beyond apex of abdomen; rather narrow; 

 almost paddle-shaped; a little infuscated; marginal cilia very 

 long, the longest equal to the greatest wing width ; discal cilia rather 

 sparse, in about 15 lines; submarginal vein attaining the costa at 

 one third the wing length; marginal vein short, thickened; stigmal 

 vein very short, oblique with a;distinct knob ;",postmarginal vein 

 wanting. || gg y r - gjj ... ... . >j&& 



l t ( From 1 l specimen,:;etc.) j ^ , ^ | m 



fB«5 Female: Unknown. $ gffe 

 W^. Described from a single <J specimen caught while sweeping 

 jungle growth along a forest streamlet, Nelson, N. Q., 18th June, 



