252 I^ECORbs of THE S.A. Museum 



testaceou.s; trochanters brownish yelhjw ( rcniaindcr of Ihc leys l)rokcii). Wings 

 with a brownish tinge ; stigma oval, dark brown ; subcostal cell a little darker 

 than the remainder of the wing; cord and longitudinal veins beyond it indistinctly 

 clouded and seamed with brown ; conspicuous whitish-subhyaline areas before 

 and beyond the stigma; veins bi"own, tips of veins M-, M^ and Cu^ pale at the 

 wing-margin. Agnation: 8c long, Sc^ ending about opposite two-fifths the 

 length of 11-+-*; ISc- a little removed from the tip of Sc^ ; the distance on costa 

 between the tips of Sc^ and R^ is about two-thirds of r; Ks moderately long, 

 gently arcuated ; R-+'^ a little shorter than Rs ; R- nearly at right angles to R-+"^ 

 at the fork, r joining near its base ; petiole of cell M^ shorter than m ; m-cu 

 obliterated by fusion of Cu^ and M'^^"*; vein second A running very close to and 

 parallel with anal angle of wing, cell second A consequently' very linear and of 

 nearly uniform width for its entire length. Abdominal tergites brown, the eautlal 

 margin of the segments ringed with black, this including about the apical fourth 

 of each segment ; lateral regions of the tergites more yellowish ; sternites yellow, 

 the caudal margins of the segments narrowly and conspicuously banded with 

 dark brown. Ovipositor yellowish horn-coloui- ; tergal valves compressed, the 

 apices bluntly rounded; sternal valves a little shorter than the tergal valves, the 

 tips acute. 



Huh. Queensland: Cairns district (A. M. Lea). Type, I. 12166. 



The reference of this fly to the genus Brachypremna is entirely provisional. 

 All of the known existing species of the genus are American. Several features 

 of structure and colour of the present insect point strongly to Brachypremna, 

 and it is placed therein until more material becomes available. 



CLYTOCOSMUS Skuse, 1890. 

 CLYTOCOSMUS SKUSEI sp. nov. 



General colouration l)lack, the mesonotmn lined with silvery grey; pleura 

 spotted with white, a triangular orange area before the wing-root ; wi)igs reddish- 

 brown, the base brighter; abdomen black, the basal half of tergite two, all of 

 tergites seven to nine, and the sternites orange. 



6 Length, 21 mm.; wing, 19-20 mm. Fore leg, femur, 9-3 mm.; tibia, 

 9-8 mm. ; metatarsus, 4-5 mm. ; remainder of fore tarsi, 7 mm. ; middle leg, femur, 

 11 .") mm., tibia, 9-9 mm., metatarsus, 4-7 mm., remainder of middle tarsi, 8 mm.; 

 hind leg, femur, 12 mm., tibia, 12-9 mm., metatarsus, 6-3 mm., remainder of hind 

 tarsi, about 8 mm. 



Head fiery -orange ; palpi brownish-black. Antenna(> with the basal segment 

 orange; remainder of the organ black; the first seven flagellar segments dilated 

 into a cordiform structure, the branches being short and inconspicuous, much 



