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brown hairs ; metanotum dusky castaneous-brown, almost black, 

 with a yellow median line. Halteres deep castaneous-brown, 

 almost fuliginous, stem yellow. Abdomen about twice the length 

 of thorax, clothed with dark brown hairs, superior segments dusky 

 castaneous-brown with a very narrow border of yellow posteriorly; 

 last two segments same colour beneath ; venter yellow. Legs 

 deep umbrous-brown, trochanters and bases of femora yellow. 

 In fore legs tibia | longer than metatarsus. Wings rather longer 

 than abdomen, yellow at root, pellucid, almost hyaline, iridescent; 

 costal and first and third longitudinal veins brownish. Costal 

 extending beyond third longitudinal about J the distance to tip 

 of fourth longitudinal ; auxiliary vein indistinct, joining costa 

 opposite base of tifth longitudinal fork ; second longitudinal vein 

 pale, reaching costa at a point about ^ the distance from tip of 

 first longitudinal to that of third longitudinal ; middle cross-vein 

 pale ; fourth longitudinal vein pale, almost reaching the margin 

 immediately below apex of wing ; tip of third longitudinal rather 

 nearer apex of wing than tip of anterior branch of fifth longi- 

 tudinal fork ; posterior branch of latter rather more than ^ the 

 length of anterior. 



Hab. — Elizabeth Bay, near Sydney (Masters and Skuse)- 

 February. 



Obs. — A very distinct and unmistakable insect.* 



254. Camptocladius vestitus, sp.n. 



5. — Length of antennae 0-012 inch ... 0-30 millimetre. 



Expanse of wings 0-052 x 0-016 ... 1-32 x 040 



Size of body 0-065 x 0'012 ... 1-66x0.30 



Antennse dark brown ; basal joint ochreous-yellovv. Head 

 brown, Eace, clypeus, and palpi ochreous or brownish-ochreous* 

 Thorax ochreous-yellow or brownish-yellow, levigate, with three 

 dark brown stripes ; two longitudinal rows of yellowish hairs ; 



* Some specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum, recently 

 obtained by Mr. Helms at an elevation of 5000 feet on IMount Kosciusko, 

 belong to a closely related species. 



