46 AUSTRALIAN STRATIOMYIIDJi, 



veins present (i.e., the median is two branched in the terms 

 used by Enderlein) requires, confirmation. 



The Australian Museum and the Macleay Museum 

 have, between them, about thirty unidentified specimens, 

 many of which are referable to this and the next sub- 

 family, but unfortunately the specimens in the Australian 

 Museum are not in a suitable condition to be studied with 

 advantage, and those in the Macleay Museum do' not seem 

 to belong to the described forms. There is, however, suffi- 

 cient material with diversity of characters to warrant a 

 special warning" against the assumption of venational char- 

 acters made by Enderlein. 



Genus Peratomastix, Enderlein. 



Peratomastix, Enderlein, Zool. Anzeiger, xliii., 1914, p. 

 311, fig. 16. 

 Type. — Peratomastix australis, Enderlein. 



New South Wales. 



Peratomastix australis, Enderlein. 



Peratomastix australis, Enderlein, Zool. Anzeiger, xliii., 

 1914, p. 311. 



Subfam. Hermetiin.e. 



Characters. — This subfamily differs from the prcvioiis 

 chiefly in the presence of a fourth posterior vein. 



Note. — The material to hand is not in sufficient abund- 

 ance or in sufficiently good condition to enable the snecies 

 represented to be studied with advantage. Brauer's genus 

 Lagenosoma is considered to be identical with Walker's 

 genus Massicyta, and although this appears to be correct 

 further information on the subject is desirable. 



Genus Massicyta, Walker. 



Massicyta, Walker, Proc. Lin Soc. Lond., i., 1857, p. 8, 



PI. i., fig. 1. Id., Enderlein, Zool. Anz., xliv., 1914, 



p. 8. 



Lagenosoma, Brauer, Denkschr. Akad. Wien., xliv., 1882, 



p. 81. 



Type of Massicyta. — M. bicolor, Walker ... Singapore. 



Tvne of Lagenosoma. — L. picta, Brauer ... Cape York. 



Massicyta picta, Brauer. 



Lagenosoma picta, Brauer, Denkschr. Akad. Wien., xliv , 

 1882. p. 81. 



