BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 607 



cloud. Auxiliary vein reaching the costa somewhat beyond the 

 middle of the marginal cell ; subcostal cross-vein situated slightly 

 before the middle ; marginal cell not quite 2^ times as long as 

 wide ; petiole scarcely shorter than the posterior branch of the 

 fork ; base of the fork of the fifth longitudinal vein situated 

 considerably before the proximal end of the first posterior cell. 



Hah. — Victoria. Type specimen in the National Museum, 

 Melbourne. 



Ohs. — Dedicated to Prof. McCoy, the learned Director of the 

 National Museum of Melbourne, to whom I am indebted for the 

 pleasure of describing this species. 



469. SCIOPHILA PICTITHORAX, Sp.n. 



^. — Length of antennae 0-115 inch ... 2-92 millim^res. 



Expanse of wings 0-200 x 0-065 ... 5-08x1-66 



Size of body •... 0-180x0-035 ... 4-56x0-88 



Antennfe slender, nearly \ longer than the head and thorax 

 combined ; joints of scapus yellow ; flagellar joints dark brown, 

 almost black, with a hoary pubescence. Hypostoraa and proboscis 

 yellow. Palpi deep brown or black. Front brown, the vertex 

 blackish. Thorax ochreous-yellow, with two cuneate brown stripes 

 to middle, and a small round brown spot at each side below the 

 humeri ; the posterior half with two large, almost confluent, some- 

 what shining, dark brown patches; beset with scattered black 

 hairs ; pleurae yellow, the lateral callosity of the metanotum and 

 callosity above the middle coxse brown ; scutellum dark brown ; 

 metanotum ochreous, tinged with brown on the posterior half. 

 Halteres pale yellow, the club brown. Abdomen brown, the sides 

 and posterior half of second and third segments ochreous-yellow, 

 and the sides and posterior margins of the remaining segments 

 less distinctly ochreous ; rather densely clothed with brown hairs ; 

 venter ochreous-yellow ; forceps brownish-ochreous, densely haired. 

 Coxfe and femora ochreous-yellow, the hind coxse with a brownish 

 longitudinal spot ; tibiae brownish ; tarsi brown, the terminal 

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