SILIMKS IN AlsrUAMAN TAIiAMIi.K TAYl,(li;. 57 



ou one wing, ou the other wing the tirst posterior cell has a distinct petiole. 

 Aiiotlier specimeu shows a distinct petiole to the tirst posterior cell ou 

 both wings. 



Uuh. — Moonbar anil .lindabyne, NeAV South ^Vales. (Collector. — 

 K. Helms). 



1^ji;ki'IU)I'S1s vicixa, ><p. nov. 



$ . Length, 1-i ; Avidtli of head, 5.5 ; length of wing, 14 ; jn'oboscis, 

 5 mm. 



A species with clear wings ; tliorax Avith Hve grey stripes ; abdomen 

 mainly reddish-broAvn with black spots in the middle of the second and 

 third segments and lateral golden pubescence on the thorax and abdomen ; 

 legs reddish-brown. 



Head. — Face and cheeks covered Avith grey tomentum and long grey 

 hairs mixed with scattered black ones ; beard orange ; first joint of 

 antennge swollen, long, black, base red-brown, second joint dark red-brown, 

 base of third red-brown, annuli black, pubescence on tirst two joints black, 

 long and dense ; palpi black, second segment considerably longer than tirst, 

 tapering to a blunt point, apex reddish, pubescence creamy- white, dense; 

 proboscis black ; eyes covered watli dense black pubescence. 



Thorax. — Black, reddish-brown above wing roots, with three grey 

 stripes on the anterior half and one on either side above the wing roots 

 on the posterior half ; pubescence ou lateral borders black on the anterior 

 half and a dense row of orange hairs beneath the black ones the whole 

 length of the thorax, there is a tuft of grey hairs behind the wing roots ; 

 scutellum black ; pubescence black ; pleura with grey tomentum and 

 pubescence. 



Abdumen. — First segment black, sides red-brown, second red-brown 

 with an apical lateral patch, third black with red-brown flecks, fourth and 

 fifth black, segmentations red-brown ; second segment with a median 

 black spot, segments one to three with traces of orange haii'S medianally, 

 lateral pubescence orange ; venter black, segmentations red-brown, pubes- 

 cence grey and black, that on segmentations pale, yellowish towards apex. 



Legs. — Coxae blackish with grey pubescence ; femora, tibise and tai'si 

 red-biT)wn, pubescence black, grey on upper surface of femora. 



W'nuj^. — Clear, basal half of fore border and base 3'ellowish, cross- 

 veins at base of third vein and discal cell tinged brown ; veins dark brown, 

 stigma yellow ; no appendix. 



Ohs. — A species most nearly related to E. anreuhirta, Ricardo, but 

 differs in the color of the antennas, palpi and legs, and the ornamentation 

 of the thorax and abdomen. 



f/('7>.— Went worth Falls, New South Wales. (Ct)llector aiid donor. — 

 A. Musgrave). 



Var. GEOKOil, car. nor. 



9. Similar to the type but the beard is yellow instead of orange; 

 the lateral fringe of orange hairs on the thorax and abdomen is replaced 

 by yellow ones, with black ones above on the abdominal segments, longest 

 on the third and fourth segments. 



