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nearer the base of the wing than that of the former ; jDosterior cross- 

 vein about as long as the mid cross and about one and a half times 

 its own length distant from the mid cross; fringe golden yellow; 

 halteres with the stem pale yellow and knob darker. 



Length 5*5 to 6 mm. 



(J. Head pale yellowish brown, scales paler than in the $ ; antennae 

 pale, nodes brown, penultimate and apical segments brown moder- 

 ately long, basal lobes orange yellow, plumes brown with their base 

 orange coloured; palpi longer than proboscis, orange yellow with 

 the penultimate and apical segments violet-brown scaled, apex of 

 ante-penultimate, penultimate and apical segments with fairly long 

 orange yellow hairs ; proboscis golden yellow with apex dusky. 



Thorax with a blackish- brown U -shaped area covering most of 

 the thorax, the rest lemon yellow, fairly densely clothed with bright 

 lemon yellow narrow curved hair-like scales ; scutellum lemon yellow 

 covered with golden yellow narrow curved scales, lateral lobes black, 

 four posterior border bristles to mid lobe and five to lateral lobes 

 three in front and two behind ; pleurae mottled with lemon yellow 

 and brown with scattered pale scales and golden hairs ; metanotum 

 brown. 



Abdomen pale covered with orange yellow scales and with golden 

 yellow posterior border bristles, with a few violet brown scales in 

 the centre towards the apex on most of the segments, first segment 

 greyish with numerous golden yellow bristles and a small patch of 

 golden scales in the centre, segments five to seven with apical 

 lateral nude brown patches; lateral border bristles dense, yellow, 

 apical segment densely covered with golden hairs ; venter clothed 

 with orange yellow scales, densely covered with golden hairs, the 

 character of the genitals could not be correctly observed owing to 

 the dense hairy clothing. 



Legs similar to $ ; ungues of fore and mid legs unequal, the larger 

 with two teeth, the smaller simple, hind ones missing. 



Wings with the costa and subcostal vein with golden scales, 

 scales on remaining veins pale dusky brown; fringe pale; first 

 fork-cell longer and narrower than the second, the base of the latter 

 nearer the base of the wing than that of the former; stem of the 

 first fork-cell about seven-eighths the length of its cell, that of the 

 second about five-sevenths the length of the cell; posterior cross- 

 vein longer than the mid cross-vein and about twice its own length 

 distant from it. Halteres with pale stem and darker knob. 



Length 5*5. mm. 



Habitat. Papua, Lakekamu Gold Field {Dr. Gihlin). 

 Observations. Described from three $ specimens and 



