Abstract
The larva of Diplectrona atra McLachlan, 1878 is re-described and compared with the morphologically very similar larva of D. felix McLachlan, 1878. Information for the identification of both species is given and some zoogeographical and ecological notes are presented.
Acknowledgements
We are greatly indebted to Prof. J.M. Edington for providing specimens of D. felix from his collection and to Prof. Waltraud Klepal and Mag. Gerhard F. Spitzer for their assistance in preparing the SEM micrographs.