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the second one slightly bending exteriorly, reaching the margin of 

 the wing before the tip ; cross-vein most indistinct ; third longi- 

 tudinal vein most indistinct, running close to the posterior 

 border ; the anterior branch entirely wanting in most specimens. 

 (Description drawn from dried specimens). 

 Hob. — Elizabeth Bay (Masters and Skuse). January. 

 b. Wings variegated. 



25. DiPLOSIS BOMBYCINA, n.sp. 



$. — Length of antennae 0-050 inch .., 1-27 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-085 x 0*045 ... 2-14x1-13 



Size of body 0-060x0-017 ... 1-54x0-42 



Antennje nearly as long as the body ; joints dusky brown, 

 double, more than twice as long as broad, each half with moderately 

 long verticillate hairs; joints twice as long as the pedicels, becoming 

 gradually smaller towards the tip of the flagellum. Hypostoma 

 and front pale ochraceous. Palpi slender, with a golden pubes- 

 cence. Vertex ornamented with long golden hairs. Thorax deep 

 brown, two very narrow pale longitudinal lines set with golden 

 hairs, from the collar to the scutellura, mark the division of the 

 usual broad stripes ; humeri and scutellum ochraceous, the latter 

 large, with erect hairs ; pleurte ochraceous-brown. Halteres whitish 

 with a sparse pubescence, club elongate. Abdomen yellowish-red, 

 sparingly clothed with yellowish hairs. Legs rather short and 

 slender. Coxse pale ochraceous. Femora pale ochraceous, with a 

 dusky ])ubescence along the front, black at the tip. Tibise paler than 

 the femora, dusky at the tip. First joint of the tarsi blackish ; 

 second joint j^aln ; remaining joints l)lackish. Wings considerably 

 rounded, pellucid, with a very pale bluish tmt ; very densely 

 haired, the latt<ir, in reflected light, ap[)earing pale yellow, with 

 bright violaceous markings. The latter first extending along the 

 anteriorside of the second longitudinal vein from the base to the tip, 

 but not reaching the costa ; another longitudinal patch betwcfm 

 the second and third longitudinal viiins, beginning directly in line 

 with the tip of the first longitudinal vein, and extending to the 



