AUSTRALIAN CONOPID FLIES—CAMRAS 75 
hyaline, blackish between first and third veins becoming paler in 
submarginal cell beyond apex of second vein. Calypters yellow. 
Halteres yellow, brown at base. 
Abdomen rufous on second, third, and sixth segment, on lateral 
distal margin of fourth segment, and on distal margin of fifth segment. 
Remaining parts of abdomen black, faintly white pollinose. Distinct 
white pollinose at junction of first and second segments and at distal 
margin of second, third, and fourth segments. Sixth segment indis- 
tinctly yellow pollinose. Genitalia shiny black, partly reddish. 
VARIATION (in paratype): Length 6 or 6.5 mm. (head missing). 
Similar to type. Apex of submarginal cell beyond level of posterior 
crossvein hyaline. Darkened again at tip of submarginal cell. 
Seutellum entirely black. Most of pleura black. Posterior femur 
broadly black in the middle. Dorsum of second and third abdominal 
segments partly blackish. 
TyprEs: Holotype, male, BMNH, Yanchep, 32 miles north of 
Perth, Western Australia, January 9-23, 1936, R. E. Turner. Para- 
type, 1 male, author’s collection ex BMNH, Dedari, 40 miles west of 
Coolgardie, Western Australia, January 11-21, 1936, R. E. Turner. 
REMARKS: This species is characterized by having the wing pattern 
confined to the area between the first and third veins, the remainder of 
the wing being hyaline. 
Genus Thecophora Ronadani 
Thecophora Ronadani, Nuovi Ann. Sci. Nat. Bologna, ser. 2, vol. 3, p. 15, 1845. 
Occemya Robineau-Desvoidy, Bull. Soc. Sci. Yonne, vol. 7, p. 130, 1853. 
Thecophora papuana, new species 
Description: Female: Length 5.5 mm. Front and middle of 
vertex dark rufous. Dull black on upper sides of occiput and sides of 
vertex. Ocellar tubercle shiny black. Ocelli shiny rufous. Face 
dark yellow, partially blackish on the cheeks. Occiput blackish, dark 
yellow on lower third. Orbits white pollinose. Antennae dark 
brown, rufous on first segment and basal half of medial surface of 
third segment. Remainder of third segment and arista black. 
Second antennal segment yellowish below. First segment as long as 
wide. Second segment two times length of first. Third segment 
same length as second. Proboscis blackish, distal segments each 
about equal to head length. 
Thorax blackish brown, paler and white pollinose on the pleura. 
Coxae dark brown, white pollinose. Anterior coxa more yellowish. 
Legs dark brown. Base of femora yellowish, occupying about the 
basal third of posterior femur on the lateral surface. Femora nar- 
rowly yellowish at the base. Distal tarsi nearly black. Claws mostly 
