the Asllidse of Australasia. 483 



posterior cells open but narrower at border, the small trans- 

 verse vein beyond the middle of discal cell. 



Chrysopogon crabroniforrnis, Roder. 



In Brit. Mus. Coll. one female from Queensland. 



Roder created the genus for this species. 



A handsome black and fulvous insect, with a stout abdo- 

 men fulvous at base and apex, with a broad black band on 

 the third and fourth segments. Legs fulvous. Face golden 

 yellow, with a yellow moustache. Wings golden yellowish, 

 dark brown at apex and pale brown on posterior border ; 

 the first posterior cell closed far from border, the fourth 

 open, the anal cell not quite closed. 



Length 20 mm. 



Chrysopogon mf/lleri, Roder. 



Described as black. Length 29-30 m'ra. From Victoria. 



Face with yellow tomeutum. Moustache pale yellow. 

 Antenna black. Thorax brownish, with three darker median 

 stripes, with pale yellowish triangular spots on the shoulders, 

 suture, and posterior border, and at apex of scutel/um, the 

 spine on each side of thorax is present. Abdomen at base 

 j)itehy black, from the third segment yellow, bordered on 

 each segment with black, leaving yellow spots, which are 

 small on the third, then larger, leaving only a black spot ou 

 the sixth segment. Legs very stout, deep red ; titjiae at 

 apices darker, li lags tinged yellowish, with reddish veins ; 

 first posterior cell closed or very narrow. 



Chrysopogon fasciatus, ^^ ? , sp. n. 



Type J ? , both from Mackay, Queensland (G. Turner^. 



A species with black golden-banded aljdomen, red legs and 

 antenuse, and greyish-brown wings ; all posterior cells and 

 the anal cell open. 



Length, (J 17, ? 15 mm. 



Black. Face covered with grey tomentum and greyish or 

 yellowish short pubescence ; moustache composed of only a 

 lew yellowish or whitish bristles. Palpi reddish, with some 

 coloured pubescence. Antenna reddish yellow, long; the 

 nrst joint a little longer than the second, both with reddish- 

 \ellow hairs; third joint slender, nearly twice as long as the 

 hrst two. Forehead black, with a few reddish-yellow hairs 

 at sides. Thorax black, with some short fulvous tomeutum 

 on dorsum ; shoulders and sides with golden tomeutum ; 

 prothorax with a yellowish pubescent stripe, and thorax, 

 with similar stripes three in number; scutellam black, witli 



