15Y WAI/JEIi W. FROfUiATT. 321 



fuscous; centre of abdomen bright yellow. Head lobed in front, 

 large, antennae standing out in front; abdomen short, broad, 

 rounded at tip. 



Pupa pale yellow tinged with green; anteniuv, legs, blotches 

 on either side of head, wing-covers, six blotches between them, 

 and five transverse lines and apical portion of abdomen dark 

 brown. Head slightly arcuate in front, sharply curved down on 

 sides to projecting eyes. Thorax short, as broad as head; wing- 

 covers short, oval. Abdomen short, broadly rounded, and some- 

 wliat arcuate at tip; apical portion covered with fine close net- 

 like corrugations. 



Imago. — Length 0-0575, antennae 0-1375 inch. General colour 

 pale yellow, centre of abdomen red when viewed from above, tip 

 of antenna? and fine markings on head, thorax and abdomen light 

 brown. Head broad, deeply lobed in front, median suture deep, 

 arcuate on sides and base. Antennae short, standing out in front, 

 3rd joint very long, -ith short, apical ones slightly swollen. Face 

 lobes short, broad, rounded at apex, turned down and deeply cleft. 

 Eyes large; central ocellus well down on front of median suture, 

 lateral ocelli near hind margin of eyes. Thorax : pronotum 

 ribbon-shaped, coming to a point at centre, arcuate on sides and 

 base; dorsulum prominent, broad, angulated on sides; mesonotum 

 large, rounded on sides. Wings more than twice as long as 

 broad, not as long as usual, rounded at extremities; primary stalk 

 short, stalk of subcosta shorter than in other species, subcostal 

 nervure indistinct, forming an irregular cell, thickened at tip; 

 stalk of cubitus twice as long as subcostal stalk; radius long, 

 curving down; upper branch of cubitus long, upper and lower forks 

 forming an angulated cell smaller than lower cell formed by 

 furcation of lower branch; clavical suture verj^ stout and distinct. 

 Abdomen wedge-shaped, rather long. Genitalia indistinct in (J, 

 forming two fine points in ^. 



Hah. — Frankston, Vic. (on Leptospermiim laevigatum ; C. 

 French, Junr.). 



The larvse and pupie of this species swarm over the tips of the 

 foliage of the tea-tree bushes, covering them with the white wool 

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