456 DRAaOXFLIES FROM AUSTRALIA AND TASMANIA, 



four wings is placed as follows : a basal blotch running out to the 

 first antenodal (in forewing, this may be divided into a small basal 

 patch and a spot on the first antenodal in the subcostal space); a 

 small patch upon the arcukis; a semicirculai' spot upon an ante- 

 nodal placed about half-way between base and nodus, followed, in 

 the forewing only, by another similar but slightly smaller spot 

 about half-way between it and nodus; a large irregular blotch 

 upon nodus; a round spot beneath proximal end of pterostigma; 

 between the two last, about half-way, another roundish spot ; 

 finally, an elongated blotch or cloud near apex of wing. At base 

 of costa of all four wings is a tiny but conspicuous cream-coloured 

 spot. Pferosfic/nia 3 mm., dark brown, very narrow. Antmodah 

 1.3-15 in forewing, usually 10 in hind wing, the first and seventh 

 so m e w h at h y pe r t r oph ied . 



Head: /^^i^.s dark brown, the orbits broadly yellow beneath. 



Vertex and antennce black ; 

 occipital tubercle large, 

 yellow. Frons irregularly 

 brownish at base, yellow 

 above, w4th short black 

 hairs; anteriorly the frons 

 is cosered by a broad dark 



^^ " '^"" brown band. Antedypens 



Kead oi Arch ipetalm auru-u/af a, n.g. ^, , , , 



et sp. , (? ; ( X 6). yellow, postclypeus very dark 



brown; lahrum. dark brown, 



with two small centrally placed yellow spots; labium rich brown, 



hairy. 



Thorax blackish-brown, hairy. Profhora.v with two dorsal 

 yellow spots. Synthorax with a pair of short slanting dorsal 

 yellow stripes converging posteriad, pointed at both ends; behind 

 these, further apart, a pair of yellow spots. Sides of thorax with 

 well-marked lateral and sublateral bands of pale yellow; between 

 them, a small yellow spot near wings; and another spot placed 

 latero-ventrally close to base of abdomen. Leys black, except 

 the basal half or more of the femora, which is dark brown. 



Abdomen cylindrical, moderately stout, 1-2 widened, 3 



