60 RECOKli:- f)F THE Al'Sl KALIAN MUHEUM. 



DlA'l'OMlNEUKA I;E(;IS-L4E0KUII, sp. nor. 



9. Length, 9.5-10; width of liead, :;.25-.S.5 ; length ul wing, 9.5-10; 

 proboscis, 4.5 mm. 



Head. — Face convex, creamy, pubescence creamy; cheeks greyish, 

 tinged creamy, pubescence cream_y ; gi-ooye between face and cheeks deep ; 

 front about twice as wide anteriorly, tomentum grey-brown, pubescence 

 dark ; no frontal callus ; pubescence on eyes dai'k, pale on outer margin : 

 tirst two joints of antennae pale reddish-yellow, pubescence black, third 

 joint red ; palpi deep yellow, upper margin of second joint concave, 

 reddish, pubescence black ; proboscis black, long ; beard grey, dense. 



Thora.c. — Black, tomentum grey, pubescence golden, lateral black, a 

 tuft of grey pubescence beneath and behind the wing roots ; scutellnm 

 black, posterior border with long golden pubescence ; pleuiee black, 

 tomentum and pubescence grey. 



AbJoiue}!. — The centre of the tiist and second segments and the 

 posterior border black, remainder yellowish -brown, remaining segments 

 black, posterior segmentations yellowish-broAvn ; pubescence black, golden 

 on the segmentations ; venter yellowish-brown, flecked with black, pubes- 

 cence pale. 



Le(js — Coxae, femora, and tibia? yellowish-brown, tarsi darker, coxa,^ 

 with pale' pubescence, that on femora pale above and black beneath, tibia? 

 and tarsi with black pubescence. 



Wiiujs. — Clear, veins yellowish-brown ; stigma inconspicuous ; first 

 posterior cell slightl}' narrowed at the border. Halteres pale. 



Ohs. — Described from two almost perfect specimens and unlike any 

 other Diatoiiiiiienra known to me and does not fit the deso'iptions of other 

 species. It is somewhat similar in build to Erej)ln)i).<is (/ibhula, Walker. 



Uab. — King George Sound, Western Australia. (Collector. — 

 G. Masters). 



Diaio.mineui;a hicoeokata, sp. mir. 



(J. Length, 11, $ 11; widtli of head, ^ *!■. $ '^ (\''-^) ■ l^'i'gtli <jf 

 wing, (J and $, 10.75 ; proboscis, (J 5, $ 4.75 mm. 



A small compact species. Antenna? and ])al])i reddish-yellow ; thorax 

 black ; abdomen yellowish-red ; apical segments black ; legs i-eddish- 

 brown ; wings with cross-veins shaded. 



(J. Jh'ii(L — Face reddisli-yellow, convex, pubescence black and pale, 

 dense; cheeks with grey tomentum and dark pubescence, groove betwt'eii 

 cheeks and face shallow ; tirst two joints of antenna; pale reddish-yellow 

 with long black pubescence, third joint wd, apex black; palpi yellowish- 

 brown, tii'st joint shoi't, swollen, second joint ta])ering to a tine point, 

 pubescence at apex black, elsewhere yelloAV ; beard yellowisli, dense; eyes 

 densely pubescent. 



Tlmro.v. — Black, reddish above the wing rcmts, toiiieiiluiii l)i(i\vii, 

 ])ubescence yellow and black, dense ; lateral borders with bliick j)ul)esci'iu-e, 

 orange above the wing roots; scutellum similar to thorax: pleuiw with 

 grey-brown tomentum and grey pubescence, orange colored beneath the 

 wings. 



Ahdiunc}!. — First three segments yellowisli-red, third llecked with 

 black, remaining segments black, segment;it ions yellowisli-red, second and 

 third segments witli median, oblong, tlaik brown plugs, pubescence black, 



