BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 121 



pyfiforiu. Abdomen ochiaoeous-brown, covered with a pale, 

 yellowish pubescence; ^ ovipositor short. Legs long and slender, 

 greyish-yellow, with a dense pubescence, appearing somewhat 

 longer in the ^. Wings pellucid, with a pale bluish tint, thickly 

 and uniformly haired, moderately ciliated, with roseous and 

 golden reflections when viewed at a certain obliquity. Veins 

 yellowish-brown. Membrane of wing tinted with brown between 

 the costa and the tirst longitudinal vein. Cross-vein very oblique, 

 not discernible for more than a fourth of its length from the 

 second longitudinal vein ; second longitudinal vein a little sinuose 

 l>efore the cross- vein, joining the margin just beyond the tip of the 

 wing ; third longitudinal vein turning rather abruptly towards 

 the posterior margin ; anterior branch indistinct. (Description 

 drawn from dried specimens). 



Hab. — Elizabeth Bay (Skuse). July. 



73. Epidosis macella, sp.n. 



9. — Length of antennae 0-035 inch ... 0-88 millimetre. 



Expanse uf wings 0070x0025 ... 1-77 x 0-62 



Size of body 0-050 x 0-010 ... 1-27x0-25 



Antennae brownish-yellow, 2-4- 11 -jointed, joints almost fusi- 

 form, verticillate-pilose, sub-sessile J terminal joint sessile. Palpi 

 and front yellow. Thorax Komewhat brownisli-yellow, with 

 yellow hains ; humeri whitish ; pleune yellow ; scutellum small 

 and narrow, yellowish-white. Ualteres yellowish, white at the 

 bast', slightly increising in thickness towards the apex, l)ut liardly 

 clublied. Abdomen yellow, densely covered with a yellowish 

 pubescence ; ovipositor short ; lamelhu very small, elongate, 

 yellowiHli. Li«.'gK moderately long, slender, almost brownisli- 

 yellow, very densely haired. Wings pellucid, with a pale liluish 

 tint, nob densely haired, thicker towards the apex, almost uni- 

 formly ciliat«*d round the whole margin ; bright brassy nifloction. 

 Fifht longitudinal near the costa, imperceptibly joining; second 

 longitudinal vein hardly sinuose before the cross-vein, and not so 



