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NEW SPECIES OF AUSTRALIAN OADDIS-FLIES, 



T,ext-fig. 5. : Steiwpsychodes melavochrysa n. sp., ?. End of abdomen, left lateral 

 view. 



Wings: Foreivivg densely covered with short hairs; colour rich gold and 

 black, arranged in a bold and irregular pattern, as shown in Text-fig. 6. Hivd- 

 wing black, with an irregular streak of gold along costa spreading downwards 

 beyond half-way to form an irregular blotch of gold embracing the fork of Rs 

 and nearly touching M. 



Text-fig. 6. : Stenopsychodes melanocli rysa n. sp., 

 of black (shaded) and gold (left clear). 



Forewing, to show pattern 



Habitat: Dorrigo, N.S.W. Two females only. 



T y pes: Holotype 9 ( Dorrigo, W. Heron, undated ) in Coll. South Aus- 

 tralian Museum, Adelaide. Paratype ? in Cawthron Institute Collect ion, Nelson, 

 N.Z. Both specimens are, unfortunately, much damaged. 



Family HYDROPSYCHIDAE. 



Genus MACRONEMA Pictet, 1836. 



Two species of this widely distributed and handsome genus are known from 

 Australia, viz. : M. mist rale McL. and M. dubium Ulmer. A third very strikingly 

 beautiful species is here added. 



