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Abdomen black, transversely wrinkled, the apical margins of 

 the segments paler and more shining- in some aspects, and with 

 whitish tomentum, especially laterally; basal segment with dis- 

 tinct lateral bristles, second with a few short hairs; hypopygium 

 with sparse and very short hairs, more or less impressed at the 

 base towards the right side, and also with a, terminal impres- 

 sion. Length 3.5-4 mm. (PI. V, fig. 7, PI. VII, fig. 8.) 



HAB. Bnndaberg, Queensland; bred from two species of 

 Jassids, Mr. Koe'bele's specimen, numbered 2321, being reared 

 from a very different species of leaf-hopper from one which 

 yielded me the same fly. 



5. P. doUchostignius, sp. nov. 



Male; front and face with silvery grey or whitish tomentum, 

 as also the head posteriorly. Antennae pitchy black, the third 

 joint paler, but sordid, distinctly produced acuminately at the 

 apex. 



Thorax black, with fuscous tomentum, at the sides in front 

 and on the pleura more igrey, the metanotum covered with whit- 

 ish; scutellum with sparse hairs, those on the hind margin twice 

 as long as those on the disc; halter es sordidly pale, black at the 

 base. Wings with the neuration blackish, paler at base, stigma 

 pale brown, about twice as long as the fourth costal segment, 

 small cross-vein a'bout opposite the apex of the auxiliary vein, 

 posterior cross-vein very oblique, its upper extremity about 

 opposite the apex of the second longitudinal vein. Legs with 

 the coxae black, trochanters (more or less), apex and base of 

 femora, tibiae for the most part, tarsi except the apical joint, 

 yellow; posterior tibiae about the middle at the thickening with 

 two or three longish hairs outwardly. 



Abdomen with very short suberect hairs; the second, third, 

 fourth and fifth segments deep black at base, with greyish 

 tomentum apically, as on the whole of the basal segment, which 

 lias a transverse row of 8 or 10 black bristles at the sides; the 

 second segment at the sides with some weak black hairs; hairs 

 on the abdomen mostly pale. Hypopygium with a narrow elon- 

 gate area, the surface of which is dull and of peculiar texture. 

 Length 4.75 mm. 



HAB. Bundabeng, Queensland. One example captured. 



