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part indistinctly tessellated, the sides with a few hairs. Scutellum 

 black, rounded behind, with a few bristles. Breast tomentose, black, 

 marked on each side with two fulvous spots, the anterior somewhat 

 larger at the base, the posterior at the apex. Abdomen purple-violet, 

 shining, unspotted, tomentose ; obscurely violet below. Wings 

 brownish, veins black, a yellow spot at the base. Legs black, tomen- 

 tose. The size of M. vomitorice. 

 New Zealand (Sir J. Banks). 



C. AUBEOPUNCTATA. Macquurt, l.c.y Snpp. 5, p. 130 (1854). 



Female. Palpi fulvous, broad. Face and cheeks black, with thin 

 white down. Front with a broad black band ; the sides with yellow 

 down slightly golden, which descends a little on the sides of the face. 

 Antennee black, with faint green reflections, with thin white down, and 

 black lines. A small humeral patch, and another at the insertion of 

 the wings, orange-yellow. Abdomen brilliant blue, with faint green 

 reflections. Legs black. Scales brownish, bordered "with white. 

 Wings greyish ; veins normal. 

 ^ Length, 22—4 lines. 



Australia and New Zealand (M. Bigot) . 



This very common species may be the same as C. icela (Walker). 

 It is viviparous. 



C. AUREONOTATA. Mttcquart, I.e., Supp. 5, p. 135 (Pollema), (1854). 



Palpi black. F^ce black, with thin grey down ; rather fulvous on 

 the anterior border of the epistome. Front with a black band ; the 

 sides with thin grey down ; a small patch of shining yellow at the base 

 of the antennae. Antennae black ; the second joint terminated by 

 white down; style with but little elongated hairs. Eyes hairy. 

 Thorax denuded of down, but with black hairs; a small patch of 

 golden down under the shoulders, and another at the insertion of the 

 wings. Abdomen very brilliant blue ; belly shining-black, with blue 

 reflections. Legs black. Scales brown, margined with white. 

 Wings clear ; externo-median vein slightly arched from the elbow. 



Length, 3—4 lines. 



New Zealand (M. Bigot) . 



Perhaps the same as the next species. 



C. HORTONA. Walker, I.e., p. 894 (1849). 



Female. Body black, dull, clothed with black hairs and bristles. 

 Front flat, very broad ; epistome not prominent ; sides of the face 

 bristly at the base; eyes coppery, fore-part convex, its facets very 



