BY WALTER W. FROGGATT. 283 



short, not as broad as thorax, slightly truncated in front, with a 

 fine median suture; a small fovea on either side, and a slight 

 transverse ridge above; arcuate behind. Face lobes large, conical, 

 hirsute. Antenna; long; lst-2nd joints stout, broad; 3rd very 

 long, slender; 4th-8th about half the length of 3rd; 9th- 10th much 

 shorter-, swollen, forming a slight club. Eyes very large, project- 

 ing, rounded on outer edge, truncate on inner: central ocellus 

 small, at apex of median suture; lateral ocelli small, close to upper 

 margin of eyes. Thorax : pronotum short, broad, rounded in 

 front, arcuate behind ; dorsulum large, hexagonal, with sides 

 slightly tuberculate; mesonotum large, slightly arcuate in front, 

 truncate behind, with sides sloping upward; scutellum very large, 

 arcuate in front, rounded behind. Legs long, slender, clothed 

 with fine hairs; apex of tibiae of fore-legs with a stout spine on 

 either side of the large tarsal joints. Wings large, more than 

 twice as long as broad, front margin curved, apex forming an 

 angular tip; primary stalk long, straight; stalk of subcosta long; 

 radius short, forming a lanceolate cell; upper branch of cubitus 

 long, curving downward; upper fork short, emerging above tip of 

 wing; lower fork shorter, emerging below tip of wing; lower 

 branch of cubitus long, sloping down; upper fork short, curving 

 round; lower fork short, curving in at tip; clavus slender, clavical 

 suture slender. Three wedge-shaped marks of false strise on hind 

 margin. Abdomen short, broad. Genitalia : {^) lower genital 

 plate short, broad ; forceps short, broad at base, conical but 

 dilated at apex; upper genital plate short, broad, rounded above: 

 (9) short, conical at tip. 



Hab. — All the coastal districts of New South Wales (on 

 Eugenia Smithii ; W. W. Froggatt) ; Gippsland, Vic. (on E. 

 Smithii; C. French, Junr./. 



The larvie attach themselves to the young foliage of the tree, 

 commencing on the upper surface of the leaves (sometimes as 

 many as 50 upon a single leaf); puncturing them with their sharp 

 rostra, they cause small blisters to appear on the undersurface so 

 that the insects lie in the hollow thus formed, with the dorsal 

 surface level with the upper surface of the leaf. When immature 



