BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE, 619 



478. Clastobasis Tryoxi, sp.n. (PI. xix., fig. 6.) 



g. — Length of antennae 0-045 inch ... I'l 3 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-135 x 0045 ... 3-42 xM3 



Size of body 0-130 X 0-030 ... 3-30x0-76 



Antennae slender, shorter than the head and thorax combined ; 

 joints of the scapus yellow ; flagellar joints with the basal half 

 white and the apical half black or deep brown, densely covered 

 with a pale microscopic pubescence. Front ochreous or brownish- 

 ochreous, with yellowish hairs ; ocelli black, distinct, especially 

 the lateral ones. Hypostoma and palpi yellow. Thorax ochreous 

 or brownish-ochreous, somewhat shining, densely covered with 

 yellowish hairs ; lateral borders setiferous ; pleurae and scutellum 

 ochreous or brownish-ochreous, the latter with two long brown 

 setae ; metanotum tinged with brown. Halteres yellow. Abdo- 

 men ochraceous or yellowish-brown, the segments bordered pos- 

 teriorly, sometimes also marked in the middle, with deep brown 

 or black ; densely covered with short brown hairs ; genitalia 

 inconspicuous. Legs long. Coxae and femora ochreous ; tibiae 

 and tarsi brownish- or greyish-ochreous ; tibial spurs brownish- 

 ochreous, the lateral spines brown. In the fore-legs the tarsi 2^ 

 times the length of the tibiae ; the tibiae and the metatarsal joint 

 of equal length. Wings longer than the abdomen, pellucid, with 

 a pale yellowish tint, which is more pronounced anteriorly ; brilliant 

 reflections ; veins yellowish-brown. Venation as described in the 

 generic diagnosis. 



Hah. — Brisbane, Queensland (H. Tryoa) ; two specimens found 

 on a window in March ; in Coll. Queensland Museum, 



B. Three ocelli, one on the inner border of each of the compound 

 eyes, the third one situated in the middle of the anterior 

 border of the front. 



Genus Sceptonia, Winnertz. 



Sceptonia, Winn., V. z.-b. G. Wien, XIII. p. 907, pi. xxi. fig. 

 33, 1863. 



