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the outer part is narrower and conical. Length of the body 6J lines ; 

 of the wings 14 lines. 



a. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Genus STONIA. 



Mas. Corpus sat gracile. Proboscis valida. Palpi robusti, 

 porrecti, subarcuati, caput non superantes, articulo 3o acuto 

 minimo. Antennae longiusculae, late pectinatae. Abdomen alas 

 posticas vix superans. Pedes laeves ; tibiae posticae calcaribus duo- 

 bus apicalibus parvis. Ala? anticae longae, sat angustae, apice 

 rotundatae, margine exteriore convexo perobliquo. 



Male. Body rather slender. Proboscis stout, moderately 

 long. Palpi stout, porrect, slightly curved, not extending beyond 

 the head; third joint acute, very minute. Antennae rather long, 

 broadly pectinated. Abdomen hardly extending beyond the hind 

 wings. Le^s smooth, moderately long and stout ; hind tibiae with 

 two rather short and slender apical spurs. Wings long, rather nar-« 

 row. Fore wings much rounded at the tips ; exterior border convex, 

 very oblique. 



Stonia bipars. 



Mas. Nigra ; caput et abdomen lutea ; thorax luteo varius ; 

 abdomen macutis duabus lineisque duabus lateralibas fascicu- 

 loque apicali nigris ; alee fascia lata obliqua abbreviata lutea; 

 anticce plaga basali fasciaque submarginali abbreviata luteis. 



Male. Black. Head, fore part of the thorax, a dot on each 

 side, scutellum and abdomen luteous. Proboscis tawny. Abdomen 

 with a black spot on each side at the base and with two luteous 

 black lines which are abbreviated towards the base; apical tuft 

 black. Wings with a broad luteous oblique band, which is slightly 

 abbreviated at each end; veins black. Fore wings with a luteous 

 patch near the base, and with a luteous submarginal band, which is 

 abbreviated towards the costa. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the 

 wings 14 lines. 



a. Moreton Bay. From Mr. Diggles' collection. 



Genus BUESADA. 



Mas et fcem. Corpus gracile. Proboscis mediocris. Palpi 

 porrecti, laeves, graciles, caput vix superantes ; articulis 3us conicus, 

 minimus. Pedes laeves, graciles; tibiae posticae quadricalaratas. 



