588 Miss G. Ricardo — ^4 Revision of 



Brachyrrhopola fulva, ? , sp. n. 



Type ( $ ) and another from Mackay, Queensland (G. 

 Turner) . 



A small species, the wings identical with those of B. fenes- 

 trata, but easily distinguished from it by the yellowish 

 abdomen, with the base and last segments more or less 

 blackish ; face golden yellow ; the thorax with stripes and 

 short golden pubescence. 



Length 9^ mm. 



Face black in centre, shining, sides covered with golden 

 tomentum; moustache yellow, the hairs paler at tips; palpi 

 black w^ith black hairs, scanty black hairs below and round 

 head. Antenna reddish yellow; first two joints stout, almost 

 equal in length, the third long ; the antennse longer than the 

 depth of head. Thorax blackish brown, with three median 

 brown stripes shining through the yellow tomentum and 

 pubescence, which is most apparent on the shoulders and 

 anteriorly; sides of thorax and head black, with two golden- 

 haired stripes ; some long yellow hairs on thorax posteriorly ; 

 scutellum reddish. Abdmnen reddish yellow ; the first seg- 

 ment and anterior border of second black, remainder of 

 second segment and the third shining yellowish, almost bare ; 

 the fourth, fifth, and sixth segments black on anterior 

 borders, the last band the narrowest; the last three segments 

 with short golden pubescence on the yellow part, the same 

 pubescence appears but very sparsely on the other segments ; 

 the abdomen is club-shaped, the first two segments being 

 narrower, the others convex ; underside concave, blackish, 

 yellow at base. Legs reddish yellow ; coxse, base of femora, 

 and apices of anterior and posterior tibiae and fore tarsi 

 black. Wings greyish, on the fore border and base yel- 

 lowish brown, with a brown band crossing the base of discal 

 cell; the basal cells and discal cell almost entirely and the 

 first posterior cell on its basal half hyaline; the small trans- 

 verse vein below the middle of the discal cell. Halteres 

 yellow. 



This species is very probably identical with Codula quadri- 

 cincta, Bigot, but without seeing the type it is impossible 

 to decide. 



The following Walker types belong to this genus : — 



Brachyrrhopola claviveutris [Diuctria], from Dorey, New Guinea. Wings 



clear. 

 B. inopinus [^Dasypogori], from New Guinea. Wings dark on fore horder. 

 J5. iiidecorus \_Dasypuyoti], from New Guinea. Wings brown at apex. 

 B. seniifilatus [Uasi/jjof/on], from Gilolo. Wings clear. 

 B. solutus [^Dastj-poijon^, from Gilolo. Wings clear. 



