BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 69 



almost sub-globose. Abdomer. ocliraceous-brown, with a yellowish 

 pubescence ; forceps large, browii, pubescent. Legs short and 

 slender. Coxse and femora ochraceous, with yellow hairs. Tibiae 

 and tarsi ochraceous-bi'own. Wings very much rounded, pellucid, 

 with a pale bluish tint, very densel}' haired, moderately ciliated, 

 and having little or no reflection. Venation yellow. First longi- 

 tudinal vein thick, slanting into the costa ; second longitudinal 

 vein nearly straight, pale at the base, reaching the wing-margin at 

 the apex ; cross-\'ein not distinguishable ; third longitudinal vein 

 arcuating wi.ie of the margin before joining the posterior border; 

 anterior branch very indistinct bending at first considerably 

 upwards. (Description drawn from dried specimen). 



JIab. — Sydney (Mastei's). Bred from malformed tiowers of 

 Lepiospermum sp. in November. 



13. DiPLOSIS PLUMBEA, sp.n. 



(J. — Length of antenme OOGO inch ... T 5 -t millimetres. 



Expanse of wings U-060 x 0-030 ... 1-54 x 0-76 



Size of body OOGO x 0-020 ... 1-54x0-50 



9- — Length of antenna; 0-040 inch ... 1 -01 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0080x0-035 ... 2-02x0-88 



Sizeofbody 0-080x0-025 ... 2-02x0-62 



(^and9. Antenmegreyish-ochraceous, basal joints dull ochraceous; 

 verticils dense, .short ; $ the double joints becoming more divided 

 as they proceed, so that a short i)edicel appears between the two 

 portions of the terminal joint, thus forming two distinct joints ; 

 grtulually diminishing in size towards the tip ; i)fcdicols of the 

 single ones increasing in length ; last joint with a .slender pro- 

 jection ; 9 cylindrical, on very short pedicels, terminal joint with 

 a bud-shaped proces-s. ITyj^jstoma and front ochriiceous ; palpi 

 very slender, ochraceous. Thorax pale reddish-brown, with two 

 longitudinal rows of long hairs from the collare to the scut«;llum, 

 also some erect liairs in front of the origin of the wings ; pleura' and 

 collare ferruginou.s-ochraceous. Halteres ochraceous, pubescent. 



