202 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Culicada demansis, n. sp. 



Thorax deep brown, with uniform golden brown scales. Scutellum 

 with creamy scales. Abdomen black with dull white incomplete 

 basal bands on all, and lateral white spots on some of the segments. 

 Tarsal bands white, very broad on the hind tarsi, which character at 

 once distinguishes this species. 



5 . Head black The narrow curved and lateral flat scales are 

 creamy yellow, and the rather sparse upright forked scales at the 

 back of the head are black. The palpi are long, clothed wnth black 

 scales^except for the white apex, and a few white scales at the junc- 

 tion between tlie second and third segments, and tlie junction 

 between the first and second segments. Proboscis entirely dark 

 scaled. Antennae black, the basal segment is dark brown and only a 

 little lighter in colour than the remaining segments. 



Thorax deep brown, with uniform golden brown scales, which 

 are perhaps a little darker laterally ; just behind the prothoracic 

 lobes are a few creamy narrow curved scales. Prothoracic lobes and 

 scutellum with creamy narrow curved scales. Pleurte with creamy 

 scales. Abdomen black with dull white incomplete basal bands on 

 all segments, none of which reach the lateral margins where, 

 however, in some segments there is a small whitish lateral spot. 

 Ventral surface with dull white scales, and a few scattered darker 

 scales. Femora and tibiae light testaceous. Femora light scaled 

 below, except for apical third, and dark scaled elsewhere with a few 

 scattered whitish scales. Knee spot ochreous. Tibiae unhanded. 

 Tarsi with broad white bands, all apical tarsi unhanded ; fore and 

 mid legs with fourth tarsi also unhanded. Banding very deep on 

 hind legs. 



Wings rather densely clothed with dark brown scales. The first 

 fork cell is longer, but narrow^er than the second posteiior cell, its 

 stem is over half the length of the cell. The supernumerary and mid 

 cross-veins form a straight line with each other. The posterior 

 cross-vein is about its own length distant from the mid cross-vein. 

 Halteres, light stems and knobs. 



Length 5 mm. 



Habitat. — Tasmania. 



Observations. — Described from one rather damaged female. 



As only one specimen was sent, the ungues could not be well 

 examined, so the relationship of this species to others of the 

 genus Culicada cannot at present be determined. 



Culicada varidema, n. sp. 



This species varies very much in thoracic scale ornamentation, 

 from uniform dark brown scales to a variety which possesses many 

 golden scales, especially on the median area. Abdomen unhanded, 

 but with ochreous lateral spots on some segments. Legs testaceous 

 with yellowish tarsal bands. The distinctive character of this species 

 is a lai'ge dark area in the centre of the wing. 



2 . Head black on the vertex and yellow at the sides and back. 

 The narrow curved scales are imiform in size and of a light golden 

 colour. The upright forked scales are all black, and the lateral flat 



