384 Mr. J. H. Malloch on E.votic Muscaridre. 



Subfamily Lispixje. 

 Xenolispa atrifrontata, Malloch. 



I described tins species in Part V. of this series of papers, 

 })ut liad before me at that time only the female of the species. 

 Since then I have found a series of both sexes, and give 

 notes on the allotype below. 



Similar to the female in colour. Differs in having the 

 first two tergites greyish on posterior margins, the third 

 with a large roimd white spot on each side anteriorly and a 

 subtriaiigular spot ou middle of hind margin, and the fourth 

 tergite with the marks similar, but the anterior pair closer 

 together and smaller, and the one ou posterior margin 

 smaller. The hind femora are slightly curved, and have 

 near the base on the ventral surface a series of long closely- 

 placed setulose hairs that slope slightly basad and are flexed 

 at uiiddle, their apical portions hair-like. The hind tibia is 

 slightlv curved, about twice as thick as mid pair, and has 

 some setulose hairs apicad of the bristle on the antero-dorsal 

 surface, which are hooked at apices. Basal segment of hind 

 tarsi with long setulose hairs on anterior side. Fifth 

 stcrnite twice as long as fourth, asymmetrical and with a 

 rounded lobe at apex. 

 Length 5-6 mm. 



Allotype and one male paratype, Burpengary, South 

 Queensland ; three males and two females, Queensland 

 (7'. L. Bancroft). 



In the original description the hind tibial bristle is 

 erroneously stated to be on the postero-dorsal surface. The 

 species is very close to alhimaculata (Stein), but that species 

 has the fore coxse yelloAV and the wings slightly infuscated, 

 with white tips in both sexes. 



Lispa pumila, Wiedemann. 



This species was redeseribed by Stein as ignobilis. A true 

 Lispa, with two strong and two very weak pairs of post- 

 sutural dorso-ceutrals, three sterno-pleurals, and the bristles 

 on postero-veutral surface of fore tibiae long and strong. 

 The thorax is densely grey pruiuescent with three fuscous 

 vittse, the abdomen pale grey pruiuescent with two large 

 blackish spots on each side of each tergite, the legs are black 

 with the tibiffi and tarsi tawny, and the wings are hyaline. 

 The mid and hind femora in the male have some long fine 

 ventral bristles which are absent in female, and both sexes 

 have a strong antero-dorsal and a weaker autero-ventral 



