BY FREDKRICK A. A. SKUSE. 131 



iriJesceat, and covered with fine almost straight hairs. Costal 

 margin black, thickly covered with scales. First longitudinal 

 veia hardly discernible when the scales are removed ; second 

 longitudinal vein also black and scaly, close to the costa ; third 

 longitudinal very indistinct, (Description drawn from dried 

 specimen). 



Hub. — Homebush. Bred from deformed buds of Melaleuca 

 nodosa, obtained in November (^Masters). 



83. Lasioptera miscella, sp.n. 



9- — Length of antenme 0-030 inch ... 07G millimetre. 



Expanse of wings Q-OTO x 0-U30 ... l-77xO-76 



Size of body 0070xO-020 ... 1-77 x 0-50 



Antenme black, 2- + 32-jointed ; joints depressed, decreasing in 

 size towards the tip, with a dense pale pubescence ; basal joints 

 brown. Palpi reddish-brown, with white scales and hairs. Head 

 black, white scales on the vertex. Thorax black, nitidous, with a 

 few scales and hairs ; pleune black with a tinge of brown ; scu- 

 tellum prominent, shining black. Halteres pale reddish-brown, 

 the apical half of the club yellowi.sh. Abdomen black superiorly, 

 wit)» white scale.s, and a row of pale hairs along the posterior 

 border of each segment ; reddish-brown underneath ; ovipositor 

 yellowi.sh-brown. Legs moderately long, slender. Coxie umber 

 brown. Femora timber brown, with white scales and Jiairs. 

 TiblOB and. tarsi umber brown, almost black, tlie former white at 

 the extreme tip. Wings moderately haired, hyaline, with very 

 little rellection. Costal and two first longitudinal veins brown, 

 tlie first thickly covered with scales and hair; third longitudinal 

 vein very i)ale and indistinct. (De.scription drawn from drirnl 

 Sjjecimen). 



/Jab. — Klizabeth iJay (Masters). Beginning of January. 



84. Lasioptera couusca, sp.n. 



<J. — Length of ant«;nnHJ 0020 iucli ... 0-50 nnllimetrc. 



Expanse of wings 0OGO<002j ... l'5'lxOG2 



Sizeof Ixxly 0-040 x OOlO ... 101 < O'-T) 



