BY ARTHUR WHITE. 33 



«ned, and without any sign of the silvery tomentum of 

 the male, and the colouring of the posterior legs is lighter. 



This species can be distinguished from all the other 

 Australian members of the genus by the bright orange- 

 red scutellum, in conjunction with the orangei-red abdo- 

 men, the latter being covered in the male by a silvery 

 tomentum. The antennae are remarkably long, and in 

 their form closely approach those of the genus Phycus ; 

 the other characters, however, show plainly that the spe- 

 cies belongs to the genus Ectinorrhynchus. 



E. phyciformis has been taken by Mr. Hardy at> Hobart 

 and at Wedge Bay during December and January. It 

 has also been taken by Mr. Spry in Victoria in November. 



23. Lonchorhynchus, Gen. nov. (Fig. 18). 

 Black species, having the proboscis projecting promi- 

 nently forwards ; the wings short and narrow, with the 

 fourth posterior cell closed. 



Fig. 18. Wing of Lunch urhynch us nit id i frons. 



This genus is proposed for three Tasmanian species which 

 ■seem to form a natural group. It agrees with Ectinor- 

 rhynchus in having the proboscis projecting prominently 

 forwards, though differing in length in the different spe- 

 cies, but differs from that genus in having the wings small 

 and narrow, instead of large and broad, in the closed 

 fourth posterior cell, and in the uniform black coloura- 

 tion with white abdominal markings. The abdomen is 

 long in two of the species, short in the third. The fourth 

 posterior cell is always closed, a character that will at 

 once distinguish the genus from both Anabarrhynchus and 

 Psifocephala, in which it is always open. From Parapsilo- 

 cephala it is distinguished by the projecting proboscis, 

 more robust build, and characteristic abdominal markings. 

 From the Australian genus Spatulipalpa, Krob., to which 

 it seems to> bear some resemblance, it is distinguished by 

 the small palpi, projecting proboscis, and small wings. 



Head broader than the thorax. Front either bare or 

 moderately hairy. Proboscis projecting prominently for- 

 wards, usually shorter, but in one species longer, than 



