BY WALTER W. FROGGATT. 271 



'barred with black; wings light brown, coriaceous, seiniopaque; 

 nervures ochreous. Head very short, turned down in front, not 

 as broad as thorax, deeply clef t in front, with a median suture and 

 elongate fovea on either side, arcuate behind. Face lobes very 

 large, broad and round, fringed with long hairs. Antenna' with 

 first joint very short and broad, 2nd short, rounded, 3rd slightly 

 bent at base, cylindrical, 4th-8th increasing slightly in length 

 towards apex, 9th much shorter, 10th short, oval. Eyes large, 

 angulated on inner margins : central ocellus small, hidden from 

 above; lateral ocelli large, close to inner edge of eyes. Thorax : 

 pronotum almost angular in front, deeply arcuate behind, short, 

 not reaching to outer margins of eyes; dorsulum convex in front, 

 pointed at extremities, sloping on either side of hind margin to 

 centre which is truncate; mesonotum very large, with both sides 

 of front margin lobed, sides produced into a point, hind margin 

 sloping round to the centre where it is truncate; scutellum large, 

 rounded behind ; the entire dorsal surface of thorax finely 

 .shagreened. Legs stout, tarsal claws black. Wings twice as 

 long as broad, long and narrow, broadest and rounded towards 

 tip; primary stalk moderately long; stalk of subcosta short, 

 costal cell elongate, rounded; stigma moderately long, angular 

 at base; radius short, running out on upper edge of wing; stalk 

 of cubitus longer than subcosta; upper branch of cubitus long; 

 upper fork longest, curving down just below tip of wing, lower 

 fork curving inwards; lower branch of cubitus long, upper fork 

 long, curving upwards, lower fork long, sloping outward; clavus 

 stout, rounded, clavical suture very slight. Abdomen stout and 

 thick set. Genitalia (£) unknown; (<J) short and broad, valves 

 rounded on sides. 



Hob. — Bendigo, Vic. (on E. gracilis) and Wagga, N.S.W. (also 

 on E. gracilis; W. W. Froggatt). 



I have specimens of two lerp-scales which may be identical 

 with those of this species, but I know nothing about the insects. 

 The first came from Mr. J. H. Maiden, who received them upon 

 botanical specimens of E. largiflorens growing near Bourke; these 

 lerps are in clusters upon the leaves, and are of a darker yellow 



