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ing down at tip of wing; stalk of cubitus short, upper branch of 

 cubitus long, upper and lower forks long, lower shortest, lower 

 branch of cubitus half as long as upper; upper fork long, curving 

 downwards, lower fork curving inward : clavus long, slender; 

 clavical suture ver}- slender. Abdomen broad, short, lightly 

 barred with yellow on sides. Genitalia {^) slender, lower genital 

 plate elongate, forceps stout at base, curving up into finger-shaped 

 tip: upper genital plate slender, curving over to tip of forceps. 



^«6.— George's River, near Sydney, N.S.W. (on Melaleuca 

 linifolia; W. W. Froggatt). 



The larvae and pupse cluster upon the tips of the young growth 

 of this shrub, enveloped in a slight fluffy white secretion, and are 

 generally scattered over an infested bush in small colonies. 



Eriopsylla gracilis, n.sp. 

 (Plates xiv., fig. 11; xvi., fig. 9.) 



Larva bright yellow, antennae, legs, and apex of abdomen semi- 

 transparent; tarsi and tips of antennae fuscous, eyes bright red. 

 Head very large, rounded, lobed, parallel on sides, truncate 

 behind; antennae short, thickened at base, coming to a point at 

 tips. Thorax not as long as head, but of uniform width; lobes 

 of wing-covers projecting slightly on sides ; legs short, stout. 

 Abdomen constricted at base, swelling out to same width as 

 thorax, rounded to tip, fringed with fine feathery filaments, each 

 with a globule of honey-dew at its apex. 



Pupa. — General colour dull white to pale yellow; two broad 

 blotches on head, antennae, legs, spots on thorax, wing-covers, 

 three interrupted bands on basal segments, and the whole of the 

 apical portion fuscous ; eyes purple. Head large, rounded in 

 front, arcuate in front of eyes, sloping in on sides, truncate 

 behind; antennie short, standing o\xt> at an angle from sides of 

 head; eyes large, projecting, rounded in front, angulated on inner 

 margin. Thorax and abdomen of uniform width, short and broad-, 

 the latter rounded to apex; wing-covers large, broad, rounded to 

 apex; legs short, stout. Wing-covers and apical edge of abdomen 

 fringed with white wax-like filaments. 



