BY AVALTER W. FROGGATT. 363 



ago ill Sydney gardens. I liave captured a specimen at Bathurst, 

 N.S.W. 



Length of body IJ; expanse of wings 3 J inches. 



Head and prothorax ochreous, antennae yellow, legs dull 

 yellowish-brown; meso- and metathorax black; abdominal segments 

 brown marked with yellow. The whole insect clothed with black 

 hairs, thickest on the fangs and prothorax. 



SUPHALASCA SABULOSA, Walk. 



Ascalaphiis sabulosits, Walk., Brit. Mus. Cat. Neurop. 427, 1853. 



This insect was originally described from Adelaide, S.A. My 

 specimens were obtained at Condobolin, N.S.W. 



Length of body 1 ; expanse of wings 2 inches. 



General colour dark brown, with face, legs, base of wings and 

 marks on abdominal segments yellow; the whole insect thickly 

 clothed w4th fine long greyish and brown hairs. Eyes large, 

 rounded, light chestnut, mottled with black. Antennae composed 

 of 30 joints of equal length standing straight up above the head; 

 ver}' slender, with a hollowed spoon-shaped club at the apex. 

 Wings of uniform length, transparent, with a clouded parallel 

 stripe down the front margin. 



Specimens of the larvae of this lace-wing were found under the 

 bark pulled otf the trunk of a dead sheoak (Casuarina) at Condo- 

 bolin, N.S.W., on the 9th of September. They were resting 

 against the trunk, and did not move until touched. When placed 

 in a box they rested against the side in a similar manner, with 

 the head pointing upwards and the ventral surface flattened 

 against the wall, apparently never moving in the day time; nor 

 did they eat any flies or other live insects placed in the box. 

 They remained in this state a few days over a month, when one 

 pupated, forming the usual round, parchment-like cocoon, about 

 I inch in diameter, from which the insect emei-ged on the 9th 

 January. 



Larva. — Length of body J inch, with the projecting jaws ^ inch 

 longer. General colour dark chocolate-brown, slightly mottled 



