STUniES IN AUSTRALIAN TA KAN'I D.!-: TAYLOR. 63 



SiLVlUS NKJLMl'KXMS, liir,(r,ln. 

 SlIA'lUS ATEi;, Tuijlor. 



Aim. Mag. Nat. ilist. (8), .\ix. (1917), p. 21:>; Taylor, I'roc. liiim. Soc, 



N. S. Wales, xli. (1917), p. 751. 



iS. in (J ripe in) is takes precedence as it a|)peare(l in KelM'iuu'v wliilst »S'. 

 uter was not published until Api'il. 



Hid). — Claudie liiver, (Queensland. (Collector. — J. A. Kershaw) ; 

 Brock's Creek and Marv River, Northern Territory, (Collector. — G. F. 

 Hill), 



8lI,Virs DdDln, liicuriln. 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (S), xvi. (1915), p. 261. 



Hah. — Gayudah, Queensland. (Collectoi-. — G. Masters). 



ECTEX(J1'S1S AUSI'K'ALIS, liicanln. 



Auu. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), xix. (l!>17), p. 217. 



Length, ^ 11.5, 9 10.5-11; width of head, ^ 3.5, $ 2-2.5; leugth 

 of wing, S 10, 9 10-10.5 mm. 



Two $ specimens and a J" in the collection diifer somewhat from the 

 description of this species which is stated to be somewhat variable in the 

 legs, 



(J. Abdomen as in description ; legs black, except basal half of 

 iemoi-a, veddish-yellow, f em nr, tibia' and prsf tiirsal of the middle riylit ley 

 pale reddish- ij ell oa\ remaining tai^si dusky ; antennae as described, third 

 joint missing. 



9 . Second and third divisions of antennae raw-sienna ; median 

 thoracic stripe uniformly broad, broader than the lateral stripes ; no trian- 

 gular median spots on the second to fourth segments of abdomen ; appendix 

 of wing variable in length ; legs as in type. 



Obs. — Judging from the description of this species and the specimens 

 before me this would appear to be a variable species. The differently 

 colored mid right leg in the $ is curious as it belongs without doubt to 

 the specimen under review. The dimensions of these specimens is given 

 as they were omitted from the description of the type. 



Hah. — Gayndah, Queensland. (Collector. — G. Masters). 



KcTKNorsis vui.i'ECL'1-A, Wiedemann. 



AusszweiH. Ins. i. (1828), p. 195 (Chrysops) ; Ricardo, Ann. Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. (8), xvi. (1915), p. 266. 

 Hah. — Gayndah, Queensland. (Collector. — G. Masters). 



Var. XKiiai'EXXis, car. noc. 



$. Length, 11 ; width of head, 8; width of front of vertex, 0.5; 

 length of wing, 9.5 mm. 



Palpi black, base i-aw-sienna, pubescence black, beard very scanty, 

 golden ; tirst and second segments and first two divisions of the third 

 joint of the antennae reddish- brown, rest black ; pubescence black, sparse ; 

 wings dusky, veins deep black ; stigma black ; appendix short. Legs : 

 coxae raw-sienna, femora, tibite and tarsi black, pubescence black. 



