BY WALTER W. FROGGATT. 253 



behind. Face lobes small, not showing from above. Antennai 

 long, 1st joint very stout, broad; 2nd short; 3rd longest; 6th-10th 

 slightly swollen, rounded at apex. Eyes very large, projecting : 

 central ocellus very small; lateral ocelli small, on summit of head. 

 Thorax : pronotum broad and deeply convex in front, broad and 

 arcuate behind; dorsulum convex, coming to a point at extremities, 

 swelling out behind, convex at apex; mesonotum rounded in front; 

 scutellum broad, arcuate in front, rounded ])ehind. Legs short, 

 stout. Wings long, slender, thrice as long as broad, curved 

 in at base, costa straight to rounded tip; primary stalk long, 

 stalk of subcosta long, subcosta running parrallel with costa 

 forming a slender stigma; radius turning up at tip. not reaching 

 apex of wing; stalk of cubitus short, upper branch of cubitus 

 arching upward then down; upper fork curving down, emerging 

 in centre of tip of wing, lower fork as long as upper, curving 

 downwards; lower branch of cubitus long, upper fork , curving 

 round forming a long cell, lower fork short, turning outwards; 

 clavus short, stout; clavical suture distinct. Abdomen short, 

 swelling out at base, distinctly marked at segmental divisions, 

 rounded on outer margins. Genitalia : ((J) short, broad, turned 

 up over the back; lower genital plate long; forceps slender, form- 

 ing two slender fingers; penis large; upper genital plate small, 

 rounded to a point at apex. 



Hah. — Termiel, Gosford, N.S. W. (on Acacia decurrens; W. W. 

 Froggatt). 



Tne larvae and pupse of this species attack the tips of the 

 foliage of the Acacia, producing a quantity of white wax}- fila- 

 ments which mat the terminal leaves together in the same manner 

 as do some of the mealy bugs. Under this secretion the larva? 

 feed and the pupse cast their skins; the perfect insects crawl 

 about on the foliage. 



PSYLLA SCHIZONBUROIDES, n.sp. 



(Plate xiv., fig. 3.) 



Larva bright yellow, legs and antennae fuscous, eyes bright red. 

 Head rounded in front; antennae stout, with a very long terminal 



