262 AUSTRALIAN PSYLLID.H, 



antennae very slender, short, mottled with black. Abdomen flat,, 

 swelling out from base, broadest in centre, outer edges of seg- 

 ments rounded; anal tip pointed. 



Pupa. — General colour pale sea-green with blotches on head, 

 two smaller ones in front; legs, antennae, two spots at hind margin 

 of head, and those on the thorax and abdomen as in larva black. 

 Head large, lobed in front, arcuate behind; eyes swelling out, 

 rounded behind; antennae very long, curving round and tapering 

 to tips, lst-2nd joints short, stout, 3rd long, slightly elbowed; 

 eyes projecting, slightly rounded. Thorax long, wing-cases large; 

 legs long and stout. Abdomen as in larva. 



Imago. — Length -23 inch, antennae -09 inch. 



General colour yellowish-brown deeply tinted with pink ; 

 antennae reddish, with the apex of each of the last 8 joints dark 

 brown; face red, shaded on the outer margin with chestnut; eyes 

 dark reddish-brown : segments of thorax dull red shaded with 

 pale brown, segmental divisions black, the red replaced in male 

 both on head and thorax with black : legs yellow, tarsi brown; 

 wings semiopaque, coriaceous, the apical portion in female thickly 

 clouded or mottled with fuscous, nervures red; abdomen beauti- 

 fully barred with red, edged on either side with green and a fine 

 black band below. Head large, truncate in front, with a deep 

 cleft in centre and a fine median suture with a broad fovea on 

 either side; forehead folded above, sloping down on either side 

 behind antennae, arcuate behind. Face lobes short and broad, 

 fringed with fine grey hairs. Antenme long, slender, 1st and 2nd 

 joints stout and broad, 3rd longest, 4th shorter than 5th and 6th, 

 9th very short, 10th not more than half as long, very small and 

 truncate at tip. Eyes very large, occupying the whole side of 

 head, angular on inner margins : ocelli — central ocellus very 

 small, lateral ocelli large, bright red close to hind margin of eye- 

 Thorax: pronotum rounded in front, arcuate behind, curved and 

 rounded at extremities behind eyes; dorsulum short and broad, 

 rounded in front, the side angular, with hind margins truncated; 

 mesonotum very large, with a slight angular point on sides sloping 



