166 A Revision of the Asilidse of Australasia. 



Ommatius queenslandi, sp. n. 



Type (c? ?) from Stannary Hills, N. Queensland {Dr. 

 T. L. Bancroft, 1909). 



A small black species ; abdomen with some grey tomentose 

 spots. Ze^s black, tibiae yellowish. T^-iw^* clear, not dilated 

 in the male. 



Length, c? 9, ? 14 mm. 



Male. — Face brownish, with yellowish-grey tomentura. 

 Moustache composed of long, yellow, bristly hairs. Tubercle 

 not very prominent, but reaching to antennae. Beard silvery 

 white. Antenn<B black, with long feathered bristle. Fore- 

 head reddish brown, with black pubescence. Back of head 

 with black hairs curved inwards. Thorax blackish brown, 

 with grey tomentum on shoulders and at sides, on middle 

 suture, and on posterior part of thorax ; on this last appear 

 numerous black bristles and white pubescence ; some black 

 pubescence on dorsum ; sides with whitish hairs and two 

 stout black bristles above base of wings ; breast-sides 

 covered with ashy-grey tomentum. Scutellum covered with 

 grey tomentum, with j^ellowish hairs on border. Abdomen 

 blackish brown, with grey tomentose side spots and very 

 scattered grey pubescence ; genital organs not very promi- 

 nent, black hairs on last segments. Legs black ; tibise 

 yellow below, posterior pair yellow at base ; femora with 

 white pubescence and bristles black, which, however, are 

 yellow on posterior incrassate pair ; tibiae with black bristles 

 and yellow or whitish hairs. Wings hyaline ; veins brown, 

 small transverse vein beyond the middle of discal cell ; cells 

 anteriorly rilled. 



Female identical. Abdomen with incisions of some seg- 

 ments ashy-grey tomentose ; the grey pubescence is white 

 and more abundant. 



The following species have been recorded from New 

 Guinea and other parts of the Australasian Region : — 



Ommatius annulatus, cnemideus, Bigot ; aruensis, excurrens, 

 fulvimanus, infernus, schlegelii, serenus, suffusus, Wulp ; 

 minimus^ minor, Dol. ; canus, discalis, lucifer, nanus, retrahens, 

 Walker. Of these last, canus, nanus, retrahens (and also 

 strictus from Celebes) have no tubercle on face, but the 

 abdomen is not club-shaped as in Emphxjsoynera ; the type of 

 discalis appears to be missing. 



[To be continued.] 



