298 AUSTRALIAN PSYLLIDM, 



Pupa. — Head broad, slightly lobed in front ; antennae long,, 

 slender, tapering to tips ; wing-covers short, broad, darker- 

 coloured than legs; abdomen tufted with hair on either side. 



Imago. — Length - 24, antenna? 0"07 inch. 



General colour reddish-pink, marbled with brown and black. 

 Head in form as in the former species. Pronotum a little broader; 

 dorsulum more elongate at extremities, with a deep impressed 

 fovea on either side towards front margin; mesonotum larger, 

 more rounded at extremities. Legs similar. Wings of same 

 shape and colouration ; primary stalk longer and straighter ; 

 stigma not rounded in front, but transverse : forks of upper 

 branch of cubitus of equal length, forming a long slender cell ; 

 lower branch of cubitus moderate, upper fork longest, curving 

 round, lower fork curving in at apex. Abdomen short, stout. 

 Genitalia (£ ) : lower genital plate short, broad, rounded beneath; 

 forceps short, broad, slightly pointed at apex; upper genital plate 

 very long, pointed at tip; penis hidden. 



[lab. — Canterbury, Croydon, Sydney, N.S.W. (on E. sp. ; 

 W. W. Froggatt). 



This is not so plentiful as E. formicosa, but is found in similar 

 localities, and is always covered with ants. 



Thea Leai, n.sp. 

 (Plates xi., fig. 6; xii., fig. 20.) 



Larva and pupa unknown. 



Imago. — Length 021, antennae 0-09 inch. 



General colour light green, legs yellow, prothorax and base of 

 abdomen shaded with red, genital plates red; wings transparent 

 except subcostal cell which is ochreous, nervures ochreous. Head 

 very broad between eyes, flattened, sloping down in front, arcuate 

 in centre, median suture with a large shallow fovea on either 

 side, sides of face produced into an angular point in front of eyes, 

 hindmargin deeply arcuate. Face lobes short, broad, rounded, 

 hidden from above. Antennae long, slender, 1st joint short, 

 broad, 2nd short, truncate, 3rd thrice the length of 2nd, 4th-9th 



