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black, yellowish at the base. Pulvilli dark yellow. Wings hyaline. 
First posterior cell open about half the length of anterior cross vein. 
Calypters brownish yellow. Halteres dark yellow, brown at base. 
Abdomen dark brown, more yellowish on the sides. Distal white 
pollinose margins on all the segments becoming broader on the sides of 
second and third segments. ‘Theca blackish brown, a little shorter 
than wide. Genitalia brownish black. 
Type: Holotype, female, BMNH, Mount Tafa, Papua, 8,500 ft., 
March 1934, L. E. Cheesman. 
Remarks: This is the second species of the genus now known from 
the Australasian region. ‘This species is characterized by its diffusely 
brownish coloration, the black areas being brownish, and the light 
colored areas relatively dark. 
Thecophora australiana (Camras) 
Occemyia australiana Camras, Ent. News, vol. 66, p. 124, 1955. 
Two additional specimens have turned up in the collection. This 
species is distinctive in having an unusually large amount of white 
pollen on the thorax. 
MATERIAL EXAMINED: Como, New South Wales, Dec. 1923, H. 
Petersen (flower sweepings), 2 males, USNM and author’s collection. 
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1961 
