BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 639 



190. SCATOPSE FENESTRALIS, Sk. 



S . fenestralis, Sk., I.e., p. 1384, p. xxxix., fig. 10, 9. 



Originally described from N.S.W. Several specimens were 

 recently received from Brisbane, Queensland (J. 0. Wild and F. 

 Allbon) ; in Coll, Queensland Museum. 



490. SCATOPSE ElCHMONDENSIS, Sp.n. (PI. XIX., fig. 11.) 



$. — Length of antennae 0-016 inch ... 0*40 millimetre. 



Expanse of wings 0-080 x 0-035 ... 2-02x0-88 



Size of body 0-090x0-017 ... 2-27x0-42 



Antennae short, 2- + 8-jointed, longer than the head, black, 

 densely covered with minute hairs. Head black, levigate, with 

 microscopic pubescence. ,Eyes bronzy black. Palpi yellow. 

 Thorax black, nitidous, densely covered with microscopic 

 pubescence ; pleura?, pectus, scutellura and metanotum black. 

 Halteres black. Abdomen black (the incisions pale) sub-nitidous, 

 densely covered with minute hairs. Coxae, femora and tibiae 

 black ; the tarsi pale yellow. Fore coxae and femora considerably 

 dilated, the latter short. Wings pellucid, with a somewhat greyish 

 tint, brilliantly iridescent ; the costal and first two longitudinal 

 veins dark brown, the rest pale. First longitudinal vein joining 

 the costa at a point f the distance from the base of the wing to the 

 tip of the second vein ; the latter joining the costa before the 

 middle of the wing ; cross-vein small ; costal vein extending very 

 slightly beyond the tip of the second vein ; petiole a little arcuated 

 at the base, considerably shorter than the posterior branch of the 

 fork ; anterior branch bent anteriorly at the tip, reaching the 

 margin before the apex of the wing ; posterior branch not reaching 

 the margin ; base of the fork situated a little beyond the middle 

 of the wing ; wing-fold and following vein almost straight and 

 parallel, not reaching the margin ; the last longitudinal vein 

 strongly bisinuate, also not reaching the margin. 



Hah. — Richmond River, IST.S.W. (Helms), March and April. 

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