BY ARTHUR M. LEA. 619' 



punctures moderately large, subquadrate ; interstices flat, twice 

 the width of punctures. Legs rather long; femora thickened; 

 tibiae, especially the anterior four, strongly curved, all with a 

 number of moderately strong recurved teeth, those on the inter- 

 mediate pair sparser and feebler than on the others; claw-joint 

 strongly curved, longer than three basal joints combined. Length 

 5, width 2 (vix) mm. 



Hah. — Tasmania : Davenport (Mr. A. Simson). 



I have three specimens, two of which are smaller and less 

 perfect than the type; in one of them the antennae are almost 

 piceous. The scales along the suture might stand for a candle of 

 which the median prothoracic vitta would do for the flame and 

 the basal carina the wick, the resemblance being perfect. The tibiae 

 are more strongly curved and the claw-joint is longer than in 

 viftatus or scenicus; the prothorax is also narrower in proportion. 



P. viTTATUS, Pasc; Mast. Cat. Sp. No. 5004. /?«&.— Sydney. 



P. SCENIGUS, Pasc; I.e. 5002. Hah. — Gosford. 



P. viRGATUS, Pasc; he. 5003. Hah.—^wnn River. 



Si\bfamily DIABATHRARIIDE5. 



Strong YLORRHiNus ochraceus, Schon. (Mast. Cat. Sp.ISTo. 5040). 

 — This species is recorded in the Catalogue from all the Australian 

 Colonies except Queensland and Western Australia; in the south- 

 western portions of the latter colony it is exceedingly abundant. 

 Large galls are formed on the twigs and smaller branches of 

 Eucalypts by the larvje, and are sometimes so numerous that the 

 trees affected look very unsightly, or are even killed The larvae 

 are eaten by the blacks, and by not a few white men; I have 

 heard them called " Bardi," but do not know whether this is the 

 aboriginal name, the true "Bardi" being the larva of a Longi- 

 corn {BarcUstus ciharius, Newm.) which lives in the trunk of 

 ^anfJiorrhcea. 



Aromagis echinata, Pasc; I.e. 504 L — This is an exceedingly 

 variable species in regard to the colour and density of its clothing. 

 I have specimens in which the fascicles are almost black and 



