Alexandkr — Crane t'LiEb^ 235 



Rostrum dark l)r()wii. Antennae dark l)rown, the basal flagellar segment 

 eJo.'igrife-coiiical, the lerminal segments elongate-eylindrieal. Head brown, light 

 yellow beneath. Mesonotal praeseutnm yellow or brownish-yellow without darker 

 markings; reniaiiubT of the niesonotuin slightly darkei-. Pleura yellow, the 

 sternum a little darker. Halteres brown. Legs wilh llie coxae aud troehanters 

 pale brown; femora and tibiae dark ln'owuish-l)la('k ; metatarsi blaek, the tips 

 narrowly and abi-uptly white; segments two and llii'ee white, the terminal tAVO 

 segments infuseated; elaws reddisli. Wings with a greyish-brown tinge, the 

 eostal jnaigin dark brown, this eolouration eontinued around the wing -margin to 

 the end of vein R*+^ ; cord and the origin of Rs broadly seamed with dark brown ; 

 eell R^ dark brown, with the exception of a large area of the pale ground-colour 

 at the base ; veins dark broAvn. Venation : Rs rather straight, angulated at 

 origin; R-+^ almost perpendicular at origin, slightly spurred at the bend; basal 

 deflection of R*'""''' about equal to r-m: cell first M- rather large; basal deflection 

 of Cu' about e(|ual to m. Abdominal segment one obscure yellow; segments two 

 to seven yellow, tlie caudal margin narrowly dark broAvn, these markings nar- 

 rowest on the basal segments, broadest on the seventh segment, Avhere it includes 

 about the distal half; remainder of the abdomen dark brown. 



Hah. North Queensland: Kuranda ( F. P. Dodd), Bahinda, August 7 1920 

 (J. F. ]llingwortli). Type, I. 12146, in South Australian Museum; paratype, 

 alcoholic, in the collection of the author. 



The genus Elephantomyia has not hitherto been recorded from Australia. 



CERATOCHEILUS Wesche, 1910, 



Ten species of this well-defined genus have now been made known. It is of 

 great interest to add still another form, the first from the Australian Region. 

 It is possible that Rhamphidia lev is Hutton, of New Zealand, is a member of this 

 genus. 



CERATOCHEILUS AUSTRALASIAE sp. nov. 



Thorax brownish-yellow, the praescut»nn Avith three broad, nearly confluent, 

 brown stripes; pleura brownish-yellow Avith a l)road, dark broAvn longitudinal 

 .stripe; Avings strongly infuseated, unspotted; cell first M^ closed. 



9 Length (excluding rostrum), 8 mm.; AA'ing, 7-8 mm.; rostrum 5-3 mm. 



Rostrum slender, dark broAvnish-l)Iack. . Antennae dark broAvnish-black. 

 Head yelloAvish-grey, the median area of the vertex a little infuseated ; corniculns 

 small, snbcircular, yelloAvish-broAvn. Pi-onotum dark brown. Latin-al margins 

 of the mesonotal praescutmn broAvnish-yelloAV, the disk with three broad dark 

 brown stripes, the anterior ends of the lateral stripes confluent Avith the median 

 stripe, restricting the ground-colour to tAvo indistinct streaks near the suture; 



