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round to apex. Genitalia : {^) short, broad, lower genital plate 

 rounded to a point: forceps short, narrow at base, swelling out 

 and deeply arcuate at extremities, upper genital plate forming 

 curved short fingers; (9) short, broad, very hairy; tips of valves 

 coming to a sharp point. 



Hab. —Sydney, N.S.W (W. W. Froggatt); Brisbane, Q. (H. 

 Tryon; in both localities on the Moreton Bay Fig, Ficus macro- 

 phylla. ) 



This psyllid seems to range wherever the Moreton Bay Fig 

 grows. The larvte by piercing the upper surface of the leaves, 

 cause the sap to flow out into little buttons which coagulate 

 into regular folds and run together into a sticky mass, sometimes 

 covering a score or more of pupae. These remain under the 

 covering until fully developed, when they crawl out and emerge 

 from the pupal skin which remains attached to the leaf, so that 

 when this is badly infested the mass of dried coagulated sap is 

 surrounded with cast pupa-cases. 



Mr. Tryon described only the eggs and larva of this insect in 

 his short account of "Two insect pests of the Moreton Bay Fig" 

 under the name of Psylla fici. 



Mycopsylla proxima, n.sp. 

 (Plate xvi., fig, 8.) 



Larva bright yellow, thickly mottled with black spots like the 

 preceding species on the head, but with the thoracic spots forming 

 a large blotch on the wing-covers; two large elongate marks on 

 first four abdominal segments, 5th with a band across, apical ones 

 all black. General form irregularly rounded, obese, and nearly 

 as broad as long; legs and antennae not visible when viewed from 

 above; anal segment of abdomen arcuate at tip, with a tubercle 

 on either side. 



Pupa. — General colour pale green ; legs and antennae pale 

 ochreous, dorsal marking as on larva, but those on head and 

 thorax reddish-brown. Short, broad in form, clothed with fine 

 hairs, and a white secretion that rubs off easily. 



Imago. — Length 0*115, antennae 0*0475 inch. 

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