BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 
1191 
Antennse black, testaceous at the base. Tibiae dark testaceous ; 
tarsi blackish. Wings nearly hyaline, greyish at the tips ; first 
cubital areolet and fork of the sub-apical vein clouded with brown ; 
sub-costal veinlet opposite the middle of the first cubital areolet, 
which is of moderate size and about twice longer than broad ; 
veins black. Halteres testaceous. Length of the body 2 lines ; 
of the wings 4 lines. 
“Van Diemen’s Land.” 
Genus 17. Homaspis, gen.nov. 
Head small, roundish, flattened on the fore part, situated deep 
in the thorax ; front broad. Eyes ovate, a little emarginate on 
the inner side above. Ocelli three arranged in a curved line on 
the front, the middle one very small. Palpi prominent, incurved, 
four-jointed, first and second joints small, of about equal thick- 
ness and length, third joint almost cylindrical, more slender than 
the first and second, almost as long as these two joints taken 
together, fourth joint cylindrical, very slender, longer than 
the three first taken together (PI. xxxi., fig. 9a). Antennae 
projecting forwards, longer than the head and thorax 
taken together, 2- -I- 14-jointed ; joints of the scapus distinctly 
set-ofi’, cupuliform, not setiferous at the apex ; flagellar joints 
cylindrical, with a downy pubescence. Thorax oval, highly 
arched ; scutellum small, almost semi-circular ; metathorax 
steep. Abdomen long, with seven segments, in the ^ cylin- 
drical, with, a moderate anal joint and small forceps. Legs 
slender* hind tibiie spurred, and with a few very small spines 
along the outer side. Wings oblong-oval, moderately rounded at 
the ba.se, longer than the abdomen, microscopically pubescent. 
Auxiliary vein complete, joining the costa immediately before the 
apex of the marginal cell, and at a point about one-third of the 
distance from the base of the wing to the tip of the costa; costal 
*In the only specimen I have seen the tibiie and tarsi of the intermediate 
and hind pairs of legs arc unfortunately lost. 
