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and the base of each axilla more broadly ; a yellow spot in each 

 parapside at base. Forewings infuscated from base of mar- 

 ginal vein distad about three-fourths the distance from apex 

 of stigmal to apex of blade, the area nearly as wide as the 

 wing under the venation, but narrowing distad, conical. Oral 

 area yellowish. Pedicel longer than any of the funicle- joints, 

 of which the second is largest, ovate, the third wider than 

 long. Club without a nipple. Length, 1'50 mm. 



Kab. — South Australia: Murray Bridge (A. M. Lea). 



Type. — I. 1348, South Australian Museum. One specimen 

 on a slide. 



OMPHALINI. 



AcHRYSOCHARELLOiDEA, new gen. 



9 . Like Gyrolasella, Girault, but the club of the 

 antennae 4-jointed, the fourth joint minute, itself terminating 

 in a seta. Parapsidal furrows complete ; postmarginal vein 

 longer than the slender stigmal. Scutellum with two grooved 

 lines. Teeth of mandible minute. Antennae 10-jointed with 

 two ring- joints. 



S . Not known. 



Type. — The following species. 



ACHRYSOCHARELLOIDEA PAX, Uew Sp, 



9 . Metallic-green and punctate, the wings hyaline ; 

 legs pale-yellow, excepting the coxae and proximal third or more 

 of the femora ; scape pale-yellow at proximal third, the 

 antennae otherwise black. Pedicel smallest of the flagellum, 

 the two funicle-joints largest, the three proximal club-joints 

 large, a little wider than long. Length, 1*25 mm. 



Hab.—'New South Wales: Sydney (A. M. Lea). 



Type. — I. 1349, South Australian Museum. One specimen 

 on a slide. 



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Rhicnopeltella, Girault. 

 Rhicnopeltella reticulata, Girault. 



(S . The same as the female ; antennae with four ring- 

 joints, the two joints of the funicle both transverse ; pedicel as 

 long as the funicle. Antennae dusky-yellowish. Length, 

 0'75 mm. 



Rhicnopeltella filia, new sp. 



9 . Closest to splendoriferella, but dark blue-green, the 

 wings hyaline, the antennae concolorous with the body ; 

 cephalic tibiae, the knees and tarsi pallid-dusky. Distal 



