128 AUSTltALIAN PvHYPHlD^ AND LEPTID^ (DIPTEKa), 



Holotype and allotype in the Australian Museum. 



Hab. Mt. Wellington, Tasmania. Holotype ( ^ ), mIIo- 

 type ( ? ), 2nd Decembei-, 19 IG. 13 $ paratypes, from 

 25t.h November to 4th December. 1 ? paratype, 31st 

 December, 1917; also a long series in Mr. Clive Cole's col- 

 lection. 



This species occurs near "The Springs' (2,000ft.), 



where the $ can be taken on fallen logs, the ? (rare) can 



be taken by sweeping. The fly appears in quantities for 



about a fortnight, after which it becomes excessively rare; 



? ? are rare at all times. 



Autitrohptis multimaculata, sp. nov. 

 (PI. XXVII., fig. 10.) 



$ . Differs from A. rhyj)1ioides chiefly in the spots of 

 the wings, the entirely black abdomen, darker legs, and 

 finally the hairs on face, thorax, and abdomen are lighter. 



Wings. Oostal cell with one spot at basal cross vein, 

 one at half length, and the apical quarter is suffused 

 black ; apical half of marginal cell suffused black ; spots 

 in submarginal at base, middle and three quarters length ; 

 .second submarginal cell spots at base, quarter, middle, 

 ;^ud three quarters; 1st posterior with spot at base; fol- 

 lowed by six others; 2nd, 3rd, and 4th posterior cells have 

 Lwo spots eiach ; auxiliary cell with three spots ; discal 

 ■coll -with two spots ; there are indications of other spots 

 more or less present. The veins between the 2nd and 

 5rd posterior and discal cells, between discal and basal 

 >cell9, between fourth posterior, 2nd basal, and anal cells, 

 suffused black. 



Length, 3^ mm. 



Holotype in the Australian Museum. 



Hab. Tasmania: — ^Cradle Mt., 1 specimen, $, 22nd 

 Jan., 1917. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY (LEPTID^). 



This list contains only works dealing with Taxonomic 

 Entomology, and includes references to the original generic 

 descriptions as well as the genera and species described 

 from Australia. 

 Bigot. Paris. — Societe Zoologique de France, Bulletin 12, 



1887. 

 IFerguson. Kova.^ Po^p^-v o^" N'^w South Wales; Journal 



& Proceedings, Vol. 49. plate 26, 1914. 



