Two new species of Trogossitidae are described from southwestern Pacific Islands: Egolia lawrencei sp. nov. (Lord Howe Island) and Phanodesta lawrencei sp. nov. (Norfolk Island). Egolia lawrencei is the second species known for Egolia Erichson, 1842; its congener, E. variegata Erichson, 1842 from Tasmania, is redescribed. The other Australian species of Phanodesta, P. pudica (Olliff 1889) from Lord Howe Island, is redescribed.
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