520 AUSTRALIAN TABANIDiE, iii., 



of first joint, third joint broad, 2'abmi7is-\ike, no angle or tooth, 

 tomentum pale; eyes bare. 



Thorax [denuded], cinnamon-rufous, lateral borders and scu- 

 tellum paler, pubescence apparently pale, dark lateralh^, a small 

 pale patch above the wing-roots: pleura3 cinnamon-rufous, covered 

 with grey tomentum and scattered, pale hairs. 



Abdomen mummy-brown, with indistinct, small, grey, apical 

 spots, apparently forming a median stripe, segmentations pale, 

 pubescence very short, black, pale on the spots: venter dark 

 yellowish-brown, tomentum pale. 



Legs reddish-yellow, tarsi darker, pubescence black, dense on 

 tarsi, mid-tibial spurs stout, prominent. 



Whigs clear, veins yellowish-brown, stigma yellowish ; no 

 appendix. 



Hah.-q.: Stradbroke Island (H. Hacker; Dec, 1913). 



This species bears a certain resemblance to .S'. sitbluridus mihi, 

 but may be distinguished from it by the differently shaped, 

 frontal callus, subcallus, and thorax. 



Type in Queensland Museum. 



SiLVIUS PSAROPHANES, n.sp. 



Length, 14; width of head, 5: width of thorax, 4; length of 

 wing, 10 mm. 



A medium-sized, grey species, with median, abdominal stripe 

 composed of apical, triangular spots on the segmentations; thorax 

 with four, indistinct, brownish stripes; wings clear; legs reddish. 



$.Head: face covered with dense grey tomentum and mixed 

 black and grey hairs; subcallus shining-black; antennae reddish- 

 yellow, situated on a slight tubercle, third segment darker, first 

 and second densely covered with creamy-yellow tomentum, and 

 short, black pubescence; palpi half the length of proboscis, 

 reddish-yellow, darker towards the apex, covered with mixed, 

 light and dark pubescence; eyes black, nude, the large facets 

 occupying about two-thirds of the eye, the small ones commenc- 

 ing as a narrow band at the ocelli, which are yellowish, and 

 expand in width towards the base of the eye ; beard grey, 

 scant V. 



