BY ARTHUR WHITE. 81 



This species is unknown to rae; it is not represented in the 

 collection of the Adelaide Museum. 



8. A N T I ss A Walk. 

 This genus was proposed by Walker for a West Australian 

 species. It is characterised as having the antennte much shorter 

 than the head, Hagellum conical, with a short, thick style; thorax 

 short, broad; scutellum with four, very small spines; abdomen 

 round, much broader, Ijut not longer, than the thorax. 



Antissa cuprea Walk. 



Described as having the thorax and abdomen bright copper- 

 colour, thickly clothed with short, hoary hairs; antenna' and 

 legs black; wings brown, darkest on costal margin. Length, 

 6 mm. 



Hab. — Western Australia. 



y.ANTISSELLA White. 



Antennie nearly twice the length of head; eyes joined and 

 hairy in the male, widely separated, and practically bare in 

 female; scutellum unarmed or with rudimentary spines; wings 

 with costal margin inflated in the male, barely inflated in the 

 female. 



This genus comes nearest to Antissa, but is distinguished by 

 having the antennte nearly twice the length of, instead of much 

 shorter than, the head. It was proposed by me for Macquart's 

 species, Beris parvideiUata, which belongs to the Antissiiixc, and 

 not to the JJeriiuf. 



Antissella parvidentata Macq. 



Syn., Beris jxirvidentata Macq. 



Thorax greenish-gold, and abdomen deep violet((J}; or thorax 

 emerald-green, and abdomen ruddy bronze, with red, blue, and 

 green reflections(9); legs yellow. Length, ^<^, 7"5 mm. 



Hab. — New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania. 



This species is widely distributed, and is moi-e usually met 

 with than any other species of the Aviissi/nf, but it can hardly 

 be described as common: the female is more often found than 

 the male. 



