420 On some Australian Curcullouida;. 



tibiae at apical tliird with a small tooth, emarginate between 

 same and apex. 



Length 2-2^ mm. 



? . 1 HfFers in having the abdomen more convex, and the 

 front tibife simple. 



Hub. 'New South Wales : Sydney. 



In the talile, referred to under the preceding species, 

 "would be associated with eucalypti and nymphoides, two 

 Western Australian species, to neither of which is it at all 

 close in appearance. On the upper surface the scales ai'e 

 mostly white or whitish, but in places stained with ochreous. 

 On the prothorax there are several dark spots, partly due to 

 several semi-nude spaces, and partly to dark scales ; on the 

 elytra there is a fairly distinct postmedian fascia of pale 

 scales. On the under surface the clothing is dense and 

 uniformly white or silvery. 



Cydmcea dorsalis, Lea. 



Mr. Bryant captured a single specimen of this species 

 near Sydney. The types were from W. Australia. 



Cydmcea mixta, Blackb. Sydney, National Park. 



C. major, Blackb. Sydney, Blue Mountains. 



C. viridula, Pasc. Swan River. 



C. rostralis. Lea. Swan River, Mundaring. 



C. binotatUj Lea. Illawarra. 



Dicomada rufa, Blackb. Sydney, Blue Mountains. 



Thechia cinerascens, Lea. 



A specimen from Sydney differs from the type (from 

 Tasmania) in being slightly smaller, and with the markings 

 even less pronounced. 



Thechia pygmma, Pasc. Baan Baa. 



Misophrice submetalUca, Blackb. National Park. 



M. setulosa, Blackb. Illawarra. 



M. variabilis, Blackb. Perth. 



M. alternata, Lea. Sydney, Illawarra. 



M. apionoides. Lea. Sydney, Illawarra. 



