296 AUSTRALIAN PSYLLID.E, 



to come from the dorsal surface of the abdominal segments. The 

 small branches of infested trees are quite whitened. 



Cardiaspis textrix, n.sp. 

 (Plates XV., fig. 6; xvi., fig. 19.) 



Lerp. —A delicate net-like basket attached to the leaves in the 

 centre of a discoloured patch caused by the larva; 3| lines in 

 length, 4 in breadth, 2^ in height; constructed with a number of 

 pale red, semitransparent, parallel ribs arching over in the form 

 of a dome, rounded at the base and sw^elling out on the apical 

 edges, recrossed with finer transverse threads of a similar colour, 

 producing a fine net-like pattern. 



Piqm dull yellow to pink; antennae, large blotches on head, 

 wing-covers, spots on thorax and abdomen black. Head short, 

 broad, rounded; antennae slender, standing out on side of head; 

 eyes small, rounded. Thorax swelling out towards thorax, covered 

 with impressed black spots; wing-covers very small, rounded at 

 tips; legs short, stout. Abdomen large, globular, narrow at base, 

 swelling out on sides and pointed at apex; segmental divisions 

 very distinct. 



Imago. — Length 0*0875, antennae 0-0175 inch. 



General colour varying from pink, marbled with greyish-brown 

 to ochreous marbled with black; antennae pink, apex of 3rd-9th 

 and the whole of 10th joint black; face lobes bright red; head 

 and thorax mottled with grey; lines between head and thorax, 

 spot at base of wings, and broad transverse bands on abdomen 

 black ; wings transparent, nervures red. Head short, turning 

 downward, not as broad as thorax, lobed in front, with a deep 

 median suture and a slight fovea on either side; deeply arcuate 

 behind. Face lobes very large, broad, rounded, clothed with fine 

 hairs. Antennae very short, slender; lst-2nd joints short, broad; 

 3rd longest; 4th-8th uniform in length; 9th larger; 10th short, 

 rounded at tip. Eyes very large, hemispherical : central ocellus 

 at apex of median suture; lateral ocelli large. Thorax : pronotum 

 rather broad, rounded in front, arcuate behind, curved and 



