BY WALTER W. FUOGGATT. 325 



rounded behind. Legs long, thighs stout. Wings long, slender, 

 rounded at tips, more than thrice as long as broad. Primary 

 stalk long, costal nervure at base thickened; stalk of subcosta 

 long, subcosta turning up and then forming a long slender stigma; 

 radius long, slender, turning downward to tip of wing; stalk of 

 cubitus short, upper branch of cubitus as long as upper fork, 

 upper and lower forks forming a long narrow cell, turning down- 

 ward; lower branch of cubitus short, upper fork long, curving 

 round, lower fork long, curving down. Clavus stout, clavical 

 suture very line. Abdomen long, slender, blunt and round to 

 tip. [Genitalia damaged]. 



Hcth. — Mt. Wellington, Hobart, Tasmania (on EucaJypAis 

 coccifera; A. M. Lea; two specimens $). 



THEA AVELLINGTONLE, n.sp. (Plate V., figS. 6-7). 



Imago. — Length O'l-i, antennte p broken]. General colour 

 reddish-brown to chestnut with yellowish markings, abdomen and 

 genitalia red marked with black on dorsal surface; wings semi- 

 opaque, pale horn-colour, with a darker smoky shade on apical 

 portion, nervures reddish-brown. Head nearly truncate behind, 

 turned down in front, a distinct median suture, and several small 

 black marks in fovea on either side; arcuate in front, and pro- 

 duced into a broad angular point on sides. Face lobes broad, 

 very short, hidden from above. Antenna? [broken at tip], 1st and 

 2nd joints short, broad, the rest slender. Eyes large; central 

 ocellus hidden when viewed from above, lateral ocelli small, close 

 to upper margin of eyes. Thorax : pronotum ribbon-shaped, 

 narrowest at extremities, hind margin slightly curled up; dorsu- 

 lum hexagonal; mesonotum large, arcuate in front, rounded 

 behind, centre black with chestnut on either side; scutellum 

 elongate-oval. Legs short, femora stout, tibiae short; tibial spines 

 small. Wings nearly thrice as long as broad, not quite so acute 

 at apex as in other species; primary stalk short; stalk of subcosta 

 long; stigma rather long; radius long, curving up slightly at tip; 

 stalk of cubitus long, upper branch curved, upper and lower forks 

 forming a slender cell below tip of wing; lower branch of cul)itus 



