ii6 Records oi" the S.A. -Museum 



sciital lobes (lark lirown; .sctitcllniii and postiiotuiii i-cddisli-tcstacfous, hrown 

 medially, sparK(4y ])ruiii()S('. Phnira. oljsoirc Iji-ownisli-ydlow. with a broad dark 

 brown longitudinal strijtc extending from the pronotiini to Ihc base of th*; 

 abdomen, passing through the base of the halteres. ^iTesostermuu between the 

 fore and middle eoxae pale brown. Halteres pale l)i-o\vn, the knobs darker. Legs 

 with the eoxae and trochanters brown, the femora brown, i)aler ba^sally; tibiae 

 and tarsi darker brown; hairs on the legs profoundly bifid as in the genus. Wings 

 with a strong brownish tinge, a little darker along the eord ; cells C and Sc darker 

 brown; veins dark brown. Venation: Se^ ending a short distance beyond the 

 origin of Rs, Sc- opposite this origin ; Rs short, straight, subequal to the deflection 

 of R*+"' ; R2+3 sinuous, about twice the length of the sector ; cell first M- closed, 

 m a little more than one-half the outer deflection of M-^ ; basal deflection of Cu^ 

 a short distance beyond the fork of M. Abdomen dark brown; valves of the 

 ovipositor reddish horn-colour. 



Huh. Lord Howe Island (A. M. Lea). Type, I. 12147. 



MOLOPHILUS Curtis, 1833. 

 MOLOPHILUS GIGAS sp. nov. 



Antennae short in both sexes; size very large (Aving of female U nun.); 

 general colouration dark brown; femora yellow, the apical half brownish-black; 

 wings amber-yellow. 



S Length, about (io mm. ; wing, 8 7 mm. $ Length, about 8 mm.; wing, 

 9 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brown, the former dusted with grey. Antennae 

 short in both sexes; scape dark brown; flagellar segments brown, the base of each 

 segment obscure yellow to produce an indistinct bicolorous appearance ; terminal 

 flagellar segments uniformly dark brown. Head dark, conspicuously light grey- 

 pruinose ; vertex with conspicuous proclinate bristles. Pronotum brown. Meso- 

 notal praescutum Ijrown, grey-pruinose, with four darker brown stripes, the 

 intermediate i)air confluent anteriori\' ; region ceplialad of the pseudosutural 

 foveae rufous; tuberculate pits black, separated from one another by a distance 

 about equal to the diameter of one; pseudosutural foveae conspicuous, black; 

 remainder of the mesonotum dark l)rown. Pleura dark, sparsely light grey- 

 pruinose; dorsal-])leural membrauces obsciu-e yellow; a patch of yellow hairs on 

 the lateral sclerite of the postnotum. Halteres yellow. Legs with the coxae 

 dark brown; trochanters yellow; femora with about the basal half yellow, the 

 distal half conspicuously and abruptly dark brownish-black; the amount of yellow 

 is greater on the fore and middle legs; tibiae and tarsi dark brownish-black; hind 

 legs long, the femora incrassated. Wings Avith a strong amber-yelloAv tinge; veins 



