266 AUSTRALIAN PSYLLIDj^, 



Genus Eriopsylla, n.g. 



Head broad, cleft in front; face lobes short, broad, hairy; 

 antennae short ; eyes reniform. Thorax : pronotum slender, 

 curving round. Wings coriaceous, long, thrice as long as broad, 

 rounded at extremities; no true stigma; subcosta running parallel 

 to costal nervure forming a slender tail to the marginal cell; 

 stalk of subcosta longer than stalk of cubitus; radius long; legs 

 stout. 



Type £J. viridis. 



Eriopsylla viridis, n.sp. 



(Plate xvi., fig. 6.) 



Pupa pale green, with eyes, blotches on head, tips of antennae, 

 wing-covers, and apical portion of abdominal segments light 

 brown. Head broad, somewhat rounded; eyes small; antennae 

 short, fringed with fine hairs, pointed at tips. Thorax fitting 

 close on to base of head, as broad as abdomen; legs stout, with 

 apex of tibiae and tarsi fuscous. Abdomen oval, rounded at apex. 



Imago. — Length 0*0475, antennae 0-0125 inch. 



General colour bright green, legs and antennae pale green, eyes 

 silvery grey ; wings horn-colour, opaque, finely reticulated, 

 nervures yellow; genitalia yellow, tipped with red. Head broad, 

 rounded in front, slightly cleft, with a median suture, hind 

 margin arcuate. Face lobes broad, rounded at apex, clothed 

 with fine hairs. Antennae very short, composed of very short 

 joints, broadest at apex, and constricted at base ; 10th joint 

 elongate-oval. Eyes large, reniform, not projecting : central 

 ocellus small, indistinct; lateral ocelli small. Thorax : pronotum 

 narrow, wrinkled, and curled up on edges; dorsulum elongate, 

 truncate in front, rounded behind; mesonotum somewhat flattened, 

 arcuate in front, rounded on sides; scutellum narrow, truncate in 

 front, rounded behind. Legs stout, tibiae slender, tarsi large. 

 Wings thrice as long as broad, narrow at base, sharply rounded 

 to tip; primary stalk long, stalk of subcosta long; subcostal 

 nervure long, running parallel to costal, nearly reaching tip of 

 wing, forming no stigma; radius long, curving upward, and turn- 



