BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 813 



335. MOLOPHILUS PERVAGATUS, Sp.n. 



(J. — Length of antennae 0*050 inch ... 1-27 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-150 x 0-042 ... 3-81 x 1-06 



Size of body 0-120x0-020 ... 3-04x0-50 



9. —Length of antennae 0-042 inch ... 1-06 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 150x0-042 ... 3-81 x 1-06 



Size of body 0-135x0-020 ... 3-42x0 50 



Head brown, sometimes bordered with yellow or yellowish ; 

 rostrum and palpi brown; antennae brown; the first basal joint 

 yellow; flagellar joints fusiform or sub -cylindrical, CoUare 

 yellowish. Thorax light brown, with an ochreous or sometimes a 

 reddish tendency, dull, with two longitudinal rows of brown 

 hairs ; humeri and lateral line to origin of wings ochreous-yellow^ ; 

 pleurae and metathorax dark brown ; origin of wings yellowish. 

 Halteres yellow. Abdomen dark brown, clothed with yellow 

 hairs ; male forceps and female ovipositor testaceous-brown. Legs 

 ochreous, brownish-yellow or sometimes yellowish-grey, with a 

 sericeous, almost golden-yellow reflection ; femora with a brown 

 ring at the tip ; fore tibiae of male with slightly swollen brown 

 ring near the base. Wings hyaline or almost so; veins pale 

 yellowish, clothed with long brownish hairs, imparting a grey 

 appearance to the wings ; the hairs, more dense, longer, rather 

 darker, and forming a more or less distinct oblique clouding 

 between the tip of auxiliary vein and great cross-vein, as in M. 

 pulchrijyes. 



Hah. — Generally distributed in N.S.W. (Masters and Skuse). 

 Almost throughout the year. 



Ohs. — This is probably the most common of our species. 



336. MoLOPHiLus LUCiDiPENNis, sp.n. 



$. — Length of antennae 0-033 inch ... 0*84 millimetre 



Expanse of wings 0-150 x 0-042 ... 3-81 x 1-06 



Size of body 0-120x0-020 ... 3-04x0 50 



