BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 83 



Aiitenniii greyish-brown ; joints cylindrical, twice the length of 

 tlie pedicels ; verticils rather long and stiff; basal joints pale ; end 

 joint with a very small bud-shaped appendage. Labium and palpi 

 pale yellowish-brown. Thorax dull greyish-brown, with two rows 

 of erect greyish hairs arranged along two greyish stripes from the 

 shoulders, but which do not coalesce posteriorly ; pleurte greyish- 

 yellow. Poisers pale and naked at the base, the stem and club 

 brownish, thickly covered with deep brown scales or scaly hairs. 

 Abdomen greyish-yellow, with the tirst two or three segments 

 entirely of a dull, almost leaden grey ; long and dense brownish 

 pubescence. Legs long and slender. Coxte greyish-yellow ; the 

 remaining joints greyish-brown with a light reflection. Wings 

 l^ellucid; with a very pale bluish tint, densely clothed with 

 yellowish somewhat bent hairs, jiosterior margin deeply ciliated 

 at the angle, surface with rich golden and roseous reflections, the 

 veins appearing violaceous. Veins greyish-brown ; costal well 

 fringed ; transverse vein indistinct ; second longitudinal vein bent 

 exteriorly, reaching the margin beyond the tip of the wing ; third 

 longitudinal vein ill-defined, straight until it branches, turning 

 towards the posterior border in an abrupt rounded angle. 

 (Description drawn from dried specimen). 



Hah — Elizabeth Bay (Skuse). Octobei'. 



30. DiPLOsis ousoLETA, sp.n. 



5. — Length of antennje 0"055 inch ... L39 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-100 x 0-040 ... 2-54x1-01 



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



Antennie dirty yellowish-brown; joints cylindrical, twice as long 

 as the pedicels ; verticillate hairs yellowish, dense, moderately long; 

 end joint witli a very small nipple-shaped i)rocess Palpi long 

 and slender, yellowish-brown. Thorax deep brown, with two rows 

 of yellowish hairs from the humeri, meeting at the scutellum ; 

 humeri pale brownish ; pleura) deep brown ; scutellum pale 

 brownish. liultere.'* pale brownish with a lino pubescence. 



