280 NEW AUSTRALIAN ASILID.E, 



R.S. TAS. 



very sliglitly tinc^ed with brown; anterior veins brown, pos- 

 terior veins black. 



Female resembles the male very closely, but the thorax is 

 somewhat lighter, and less distinctly marked. 



This species bears some resemblance to iV. (jvaminis, but 

 can be easily distinornished by the thoracic bristles being- 

 black instead of white, by its lighter colouring, moustache 

 with black hairs above, instead of being entirely yellow, and 

 thorax with two instead of one median stripe. From IV.*^ 

 misiipes, Macq., a South Australian species, it may be distin- 

 guished by its smaller size, lighter coloured legs, and by the 

 scutellar bristles, and bristles fringing first abdominal seg- 

 ment, being bhick instead of yellow. 



N. hninnetis may be met with somewliat sparingly settled 

 on the surface of roads, especially in the neighbourhood of 

 the bush. I have only met with it during the month of 

 January. 



In addition to the above, there is another undescribed 

 species of Neoitaf/ius, from Western Australia, in Mr. G. H. 

 Hardy's collection, but as it is a single female, with no very 

 marked characteristics, I refrain from describing it until 

 further material is available. 



