BY G. li HARDY. 39 



venter whitish. The scutellum is black and has yellow 

 ]>ubescence. Other but indistinct markings are presi nt on 

 the thorax and scutellum, and they appear fco be remains 

 of lateral thoracic stripes which extend on to the scutel- 

 lum. The abdomen has the first segment inconspicuously 

 margined apicallv with reddish brown, and the genitalia 

 is black but more or less tipped with reddish brown; the 

 pubescence is more or less depressed, yellow, and with 

 lighter and darker pub sc ace in plact The legs are 



brownish at the baa and apes ol tl nte, and have 



yellowish pubescence. The wings are lighl grey and the 

 halter e are' yellow. 



Female. Bhu k with the pubescence mostly depi 

 ed and yellow. The . - are widely - parated and have 

 scattered pubesceni ; the front has y Llowish tomentum 

 anel mostlv brownish pubesi ace; r has also a deep median 

 furrow on each side of which, half-way between the ocelli 

 and antennae, tb re is a prominence with yellow pubescence. 

 The antennae at reddish and ar on ightly stained 



black on the I gments which have black hair: the 



length "i the third joint is equal to thai of the two basal 

 unil i 'The proboscis is reddish and the receding 

 faci has yellow tomentum and hairs. Th thoraz has 

 lighl hould i spots From which run a pair of median 

 pair of lat ral Btri an st ripes 



b come more or I 99 fused toward-- the scutellum, but the 

 darker int rval separating them is still traceable; the 

 lateral stripes meet tin median and run on to the Bcutel- 

 lum, which is oth rwise brown with a black apical tip. 

 The abdomen is similarly coloured to thai of the male and 

 most of the segments have an inconspicuous apical brown 

 i. and th apical '- are much attenuated. The 



legs have th basal half of the s gments y llowish. The 

 wings and halteres are as in tin male. 



Length. Male. 10 mm. ; female, 13-15 mm. 



ffab. Victoria: Gisborne, 5 males and 4 f males, 

 collected by G. Lvell. 



Xenomorpha grandicornix, sp. inn-. 

 T xt fig. 3. 



Description. — In gem ra] appearance this species is 

 similar to Actina incisuralis, Macquart. The antenna' will 

 distinguish it from any other Beridina known. 



Male. The head is black and the eyes are widely 

 separated and pubescent ; the front is shining and has 

 black pubescence and about half-way between the antenna' 

 and the ocelli there is a transverse impression from which 



