BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 849 



middle of discal cell ; seventh longitudinal vein a little arcuated 

 at the tip. 



Hab.— Mount Kosciusko, N.S.W., 5-6000 ft. (Helms). March; 

 nine specimens in Coll. Australian Museum. 



Ohs. — Very like L. rostrifera in size, colour of legs, and vein- 

 cloudings but in all other respects a very different insect. 



356. LiMNOPHILA ANTIQUA, Sp.n. (PI. XXII., fig. 23). 



^.—Length of antennae 0-140 inch ... 3-55 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-380 x 0-090 ... 9-64x2-27 



Size of body 0-320x0-040 ... 8-12x1-01 



9.— Length of antenna? 0-130 inch ... 3-30 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-400x0*090 ... 10-16x2-27 



Sizeofbody 0-380x0040 . 9-64x1-01 



Head more or less slaty-grey, tinged with ochreous ; rostrum 

 and palpi black ; antennae ochreous, the two basal joints sometimes 

 brown or brownish (in one specimen blackish) ; flagellar joints 

 long, cylindrical, ringed with brown at the base, densely and 

 uniformly covered with short hairs interspersed with some 

 longish bristles. Thorax very gibbose, projecting over the head, 

 ochreous or greyish-ochreous (sometimes light brownish), opaque, 

 with a prominent brown band round mesonotum, across pleurae, to 

 base of abdomen ; two longitudinal rows of brown hairs ; pro- 

 sternum with a narrow longitudinal brown stripe ; metanotum 

 long. Hal teres very long and slender, ochreous, the club more or 

 less infuscated. Abdomen ochreous-brown or brownish ; $ forceps 

 brown or brownish, terminating with two beak-like movable 

 appendages, densely covered with minute hairs, the outer one 

 slightly hooked at the tip (pi. xxiv., fig. 63) ; 9 ovipositor slightly 

 curved, tinged with reddish-brown. Legs yellow, or brownish- 

 yellow. Wings with a pale brownish tint, entirely covered with 

 numerous brownish dots or small spots in all the cells; a 



