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inconspicuous ; second much larger, nearly black ; third 

 ferruginous, with silvery bloom, and thrice the length of 

 second. A row of fourteen frontal bristles present ; seven 

 facials ; nine epistomials. Proboscis black, with golden 

 hairs ; palps almost black. A single row of black bristles 

 behind eyes ; hairs on back of head golden ; hairs on genae 

 pale gold, and moderately long. Verticals present, but not 

 very large ; lateral verticals absent. 



Thorax pale golden, with three longitudinal black stripes 

 of which the middle one extends as a faint indication on the 

 scutellum. Scutellum distinctly grey. Sides of thorax pale 

 gold and silvery ; ventral side grey. Last pair of anterior 

 acrostichals present ; prescutellar acrostichals well developed. 

 Dorsocentral row complete, the last two larger than others ; 

 three humerals well developed, the lowest not extending to 

 mesonotum. Anterior intra-alar slightly larger than usual. 

 Scutellar apicals well developed. 



Legs black and grey. First femur golden on ventral side ; 

 longitudinal row of bristles complete ; femur moderately 

 hairy. Second femur with a well-developed " comb," only 

 very slightly hairy ; second tibia not hairy. Third femur only 

 faintly golden on under side, and lightly clothed with short 

 hairs. 



Abdomen silvery and black, as usual ; very hairy on 

 ventral surface. Hypopygium very dark brown almost black, 

 less hairy than usual. Forceps, when viewed externally, shiny 

 black, slightly sculptured and angular, but when viewed inter- 

 nally they appear dark brown. They are closely approximated 

 for over half their length, but no connecting membrane is 

 developed. At the angle are about ten short, stout, black 

 bristles. The upper portion is hairy. Accessory plates brown 

 and provided with only short hairs. Claspers brown at base, 

 shiny black towards tips. Posterior clasper long and blunt ; 

 the anterior bifurcate. The connecting membrane immediately 

 surrounding the penis develops a small " clasper-like" process 

 antero-ventrally. First joint of penis dark brown ; the second 

 joint considerably simpler in structure than in the other forms 

 examined by us, almost black in colour, and provided distally 

 with a pair of medium-sized recurved hooks (Fig. 20). 



Described from one male captured on bad meat in 

 Brisbane. 



