294 EEVISIOX OF GEXERA BELONGING TO DIPTERA BRACHYCERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



Blepharotes punctatus, n. sp. (Text-fig. 10). 



Description. — This species is one of a series that previously ha.s been con- 

 fused with B. corarius Wiedemann. The antennae have the style as long as the 

 third joint. The thorax contains a pair of white tomentose spots at the apices 

 of the transverse suture. The genitalia of the male conform to Text-figure 10. 



The head is brownish and more or less covered — the face is completely 

 covered — with a yellowish white tomentum; the hair on the front is black; the 

 moustache and beard are of the same colour as the face. The eyes, proboscis, 

 palpi and the hairs on the latter are black. There is a row of black bristles 

 behind the eyes. The antennae have the first joint a little longer than the second 

 and the third joint is one and a half times the length of the basal joints united ; 

 the style is a^s long us the third joint. 



The ground colour of the thorax is brown and the scutellum is similarly 

 coloured. There is some white tomentum at the sides of the thorax and there 

 are also two pairs of white tomentose spots, one situated at the apices of the 

 transverse suture and the second just above the scutellum. All the bristles and 

 the hairs are black. 



The abdomen is yellowish-red and contains a pair of black lateral tufts of 

 long hair on each segment. The third to eighth segments have a few white 

 hairs on the anterior side of each tuft. 



The male genitalia are large, black, abundantly covered with long bristly 

 hairs and are of the form shown in Text-figure 10. The upper forceps have a 

 small process on the upper edge, and the apex is broadly truncate; the lower 

 forceps are simple, and contain the apical emargination which is usually present. 



The female ovipositor is shining black and is considerably compressed but, 

 however, it contains a dorsal and ventral surface. 



The hairs on the anterior and intermediate coxae are white; the legs are 

 entirely black and, with the ex<'eption of the above, they have all the hairs and 

 bristles black; the pulvilli are brown. 



The wings are uniformly suffused dark brown. 



Length. — Tlie male is 33 nmi. and the female 35 mm. 



Hab. — Queensland; Jandowae, December, 1920 (collected by R. Illidge) ; 

 one pair taken in copula. 



Types. — The male holotype and the female allotype are in my own collection. 



Blepharotes brisbanensis, n. sp. (Text-fig. 9). 



Description. — This species is one of a series that has previously been con- 

 fused with B. corarius Wiedemann. The antennae have the style only a quarter 

 the length of the third joint. The male genitalia are as shown in Text-figuie 9. 



The head is black and has some white pubescence on the front; the tomen- 

 tum on the face is light yellowish and the moustache and beard are of the same 

 colour. The eyes, proboscis, palpi and the hairs on the latter are black. There 

 is a row of black bristles behind the eyes. 



The antennae have the first joint a little longer than the second and the 

 third two and a half times the length of the first and second together; the style 

 is a qnarter the length of the third joint. 



The gi'ound colour of the thorax is black and there is some white lateral 

 tomentum. 



