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portion of antennae. Ocelli conspicuous as in Epiptera. 
Posterior margin of pronotum moderately, subangulately 
emarginate, the anterior and posterior margins laterally 
subparallel. Mesonotum one-fifth longer than width of 
head including eyes ; disk obscured but with suggestions of 
three longitudinal carinse. Legs more or less as in typical 
Epiptera, the front tibiae one-sixth longer than femora. Pos- 
terior tibiae two and one-half times as long as femora, each 
with a strong lateral tooth just beyond middle. Apices of 
hind tibiae and first two tarsal segments beneath, each with 
a row of stout spines which are longest at the sides. First 
tarsal segment distinctly longer than second and third to- 
gether. Venation on basal two-thirds of front wings pre- 
cisely as in Epiptera, the wing broken off obliquely from be- 
yond the apex of clavus to last of accessory subcostal 
branches. 
Color rather uniformly dark brown, at least on the under 
side, with the under sides of the wings lighter and the ven- 
tral surface of the abdomen almost black. 
Length 9.5 mm., greatest width approximately 3.5 mm. 
This species will not fit in any of Kirkaldy’s Australian 
genera (1906) . It might fit the old definition of Elidiptera 
but certainly does not belong with the genotype, callosa 
Spinola, of that genus (see Muir, 1922). As noted else- 
where, it approaches Metcalf’s recent genus Epiptera 
(1922) but differs in its anteriorly located vertex with a 
median longitudinal carina, non-constricted basal portion 
of frons between the eyes, very long pronotum, and some- 
what longer tibiae. 
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