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MEMOIRS OF THE QUEENSLAND MUSEUM, 
The hind margin of the frons (post-clypeus) is indistinct. The ocelli are ventral, 
lying above a transverse ridge, the apical margin of the head being ventrally flattened. 
The tegmina are largely transparent or hyaline, the veins black and white. The crown 
of the head is never produced medianly, and is either of equal width throughout or 
widest medianly or laterally. 
SMICROCOTIS SOLOMONI ap. nov. 
(Figs. 10, 11.) 
Length, 1 mm. (from the apex of the head to the tip of the folded tegmina). 
Head, evenly convex, jiale yellowish-brown mottled with black and reddish-brown ; 
antennal pits black, ocelli on flattened ventral surface of head ; suture between post- 
clypeus and frons distinct. Crown narrow, wider against the eyes on each side than 
in the middle, yellowish-white with reddish-brown markings. Pronotum, yellowish- 
white mottled Avith black and pale orange-brown. Scuiellum, pale yellowish- 
brown. Tegmen, whitish-hyaline with irregular scattered brownish-black areas ; 
veins brown with raised white spots. Thorax and abdomen, ventral smface and legs, 
black with pale brown markings. Hind tibia with six distinct spurs diminishing in 
size from the apex of the tibia to the base, and in addition two rows of prominent 
spines and a row of smaller closely-set spines. Sub-genital plates short. 
Type (J, from Crawley, Western Australia (coll. M. E. Solomon), in the collection 
of the Queensland Museum. Reg. No. 5209. 
SMICROCOTIS CHELONIA sp. nov. 
(Fig. 12.) 
Length, 8 mm. Head, ventrally marked with an irregular and evenly distributed 
pattern of black and yellow ; ocelli on the vertical margin of tlie vertex, not visible 
from above ; crown broad, wider medianly than against the eyes on each side, mai'ked 
with an irregular pattern of black and yellow. Pronotum and scuiellum, concolorous 
with the head. Tegmen, hyaline yellowish-grey or entirely black, veins dark brown 
with whitish spots ; the w^holc tegmen covered with a sparse pubescence. Thorax, 
ventral surface, black with yellow markings. Legs marked Avith a pattern of reddish- 
broAvn and black. Abdomen, black. Hind tibia with eight spui's diminishing in size 
from the apex of the tibia to the base. 
Type cj, from National Park, Tasmania, 3,500 ft. (coll. E. E. Wilson), in the 
collection of the Queensland Museum. 
