BY FRANK H. TAYLOR. 841 



very long, about twice the length of the second, its base pale: 

 palpi blackish. 



Thorax brown, with brown scales and black bristles, and a 

 short, narroM% pre-alar, white line of scales; scutellnm with black 

 scales; pleuriB brown, with white scales. 



Abdomen covered with black scales; venter brown-scaled. 



Legs dusky-brown; femora pale beneath, apical tarsi pale. 



Wings : first fork-cell shorter than second, stem of first fork- 

 cell about twice and one-half the length of the cell; stem of the 

 second slightly longer than the cell; anterior basal cross- vein 

 longer than anterior cross-vein, and twice its own length from 

 it; scales on the costa, subcostal, and first long vein dusky, paler 

 elsewhere. 



Length 175 mm. 



Hab. — Q.: Cairns (F. H. Taylor). 



Described from two specimens, bred from larvae. The first 

 joint of the antennae, and the venation separate this species from 

 other described Australian species. 



IjRANOTiENiA HiLLi, sp.n. ( Plate Ixxxiii., fig. 12; 



(J, Head covered with brown, flat scales; antennae pale, nodes 

 brown; eyes black and silvery; palpi brown, slightly longer than 

 usually found in the genus. 



Thorax covered with dusky-brown scales, prothoracic lobes 

 prominent, dark-scaled; scutellum dark, denuded of scales; pleurae 

 yellowish-brown. 



Abdomen with black scales; venter pale-scaled. 



Legs dark brown; femora pale beneath. 



Wings : fork-cells the same length, base of the second nearer 

 the base of the wing; stem of the first fork-cell slightly shorter 

 than its cell, stem of second not quite one-third shorter than its 

 cell; anterior basal cross-vein longer than the anterior cross-vein 

 and about once and one-half its own length distant from it. 



Length 2 mm. 



Hab.—^. Territory: Darwin (G. F. Hill; No.321). 



Described from two specimens. The length of the first fork- 

 cell is relatively longer in comparison with the second than is 



