BY WALTER W. KHOf;(.A'IT. 333 



large, not projecting; legs short and stout, the whole finely fringed 

 with cilia. Abdomen large, swelling out behind. 



Immjo. — Length 0-06, antenn?e 0-01375 inch. General colour 

 pale green, tips of antennie and tarsi fuscous, eyes silvery; wings 

 hyaline, finely crenulated; nervures semitransparent. Head small, 

 eyes nearly as broad as thorax, arcute behind, truncate in front, 

 with a slight median suture. Face lobes short, broad at base, 

 angular, clothed w^ith fine hairs. Antennae moderately long, 

 standing out on front of head, very slender; lst-2nd short, broad, 

 3rd very long, 4th-8th shorter, 9th-10th short, slightly thickened. 

 Eyes very large, projecting; lateral ocelli large, situate about the 

 centre of hind margin of eyes, central ocellus very small. 

 Thorax : pronotum ver}^ narrow, sharply rounded in front, swell- 

 ing out behind e3"es; dorsulum short, broad, rounded and projecting 

 in front, produced into a slight spine at extremities, and rounded 

 behind; mesonotum somewhat large, flattened at apex, angular at 

 extremities, and rounded behind to the broad scutellum. Legs 

 long, femora stout; tibi;e long, slender, slightly hairy; tarsi long, 

 slender. AVings nearly thrice as long as broad, more broadly 

 rounded at tips than usual; primary stalk long; stalk of subcosta 

 short; radius long, but not reaching tip of wing; upper branch of 

 cubitus long, turning downward, upper fork longer than lower, 

 emerging below tip of wing, with lower fork forming a small 

 angular cell; lower branch of cubitus transverse, upper fork 

 swelling out, rounded, lower short; clavus stout; clavical suture 

 slight; centre of cells on hind margin indistinctly marked with 

 the usual fine striae. Abdomen long, slender, segments distinct. 

 Genitalia: (^) upper and lower valves short, coming to a point 

 at apex, finely serrate on edges and clothed with long hairs. 



Hah. — Hobart, Tasmania (on Native Musk, Oleai'ia ^i^.: A. M. 

 Lea). 



The specimens of infested plants were received on August liHli, 

 1901, with a number of naked larvae and pu^Dsg in all stages of 

 development clustered on the leaves of the terminal shoots, 

 causing these to curl up at the tips; otherwise the plants did not 

 seem to be injured. 



