BY ARTHUR WHITE. 157 



Male and female. Face covered with bright yellow 

 loinentum; moustache consisting of a few long, yellow, 

 hristle-like hairs. Antennae red. Thorax black, the 

 sides yellow, with yellow bristles. Abdomen dark reddish, 

 unusually slender, and hardly club-shaped. Legs entirely 

 red, with pale red bristles. Wings large, hyaline, with a 

 yellow tinge towards the costal margin. 



This species may be met with in March, flying in the 

 bright sunshine with great rapidity, but seems to be 

 generally uncommon. 



Brachyrrhopala limbipennis, Macq. 

 Svn. Brachyrrhopala maculinervis, Macq. 

 Dioctria tasmanice, Walk. 



Wings with fore border dark brown, remainder hyaline ; 

 thorax black; abdomen reddish-black; legs red or black, 

 the base of tibiae usually yellow. A variable species, both 

 as regards size and colouration. 



Length. Male and female, 12-20 mm. 



Hab. Generally distributed. (Also in Victoria and 

 Queensland.) 



Male and female. Face covered with yellow tomentum, 

 and bearing two black stripes, which are joined above. 

 Moustache rather bushy, yellow. Antennae reddish-black, 

 the third joint usually the darkest. Front and thorax 

 black. Abdomen reddish-black, the third and fourth seg- 

 ments with narrow pale yellow hind margins. Legs mth 

 femora and tibiae reddish-black, the tibiae usually with the 

 base yellow ; tarsi red or black ; bristles of legs black. 

 Wings lai-ge, the fore border deep brown, carried down 

 centrally (at the base of the discal cell) in the form of a 

 black spot ; remainder of wing hyaline. 



Variation. An unusually small male taken at Manga- 

 lore on October 18, 1914, has a rounded black spot on the 

 face, instead of two black stripes, third joint of antennae 

 light red, and legs light red with femora black below. 



This species is easily recognised by the dark fore border 

 o^ the wings. It may be met with commonly frequenting 

 flowers in the bush, and seems to be generally distributed. 

 My dates range from October 18 to December 26. 



Brachyrrhopala fenestrata, Macq. 

 Syn. Codula fenestrata, Macq. 



Brachyrrhopala victories, Roder. 

 W'ings brown, with a hyaline spot in centre, thorax 

 black ; scut^llum red ; abdomen a rounded club-shape, 



