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testaceous yellow, with three broad brownish-red vitte, 
which become fuscous posteriorly, the median one con- 
tinued over dise of scutellum; pleura with a fuscous 
streak on upper margin from humeri to base of wings. 
Abdomen dark brown, paler on sides of tergites anteriorly, 
the dorsum with slight grey pruinescence, which is most 
distinct on the centre in the form of a slender vitta when 
seen from behind. Legs pale yellow, apical third of each 
femur and all of the tarsi black. Wings yellowish, veins 
dark brown, cross-veins not noticeably infuscated. Calyptre 
and halteres yellow. 
Eyes bare, separated by a little less than one-third of the 
head-width ; orbits narrow, frontal bristling normal; para- 
facial linear ; cheek as high as width of third antennal seg- 
ment, the latter about three times as long as second ; arista 
plumose; palpi slender. Thorax with four pairs of post- 
sutural dorso-central bristles, no presutural acrostichals well 
developed, and a moderately long prealar bristle ; sterno- 
pleurals 1:2. Abdomen ovate, pointed apically. Fore tibia 
without median bristles; fore tarsus slender, longer than 
tibia; mid-tibia with two posterior bristles; hind femur with 
one preapical antero-ventral bristle; hind tibia with one 
antero-dorsal and one antero-ventral bristle. Wings rather 
broad, first posterior cell widened apically, last section of 
fourth vein about 1°5 as long as penultimate section, the 
latter not much longer than outer cross-vein. 
Length 5°5 mm. 
Type, Mt. Wellington, Tasmania, 3.x.1912 (A. White). 
This species closely resembles Metopomyia atropunctipes, 
described in this paper, in colour, the markings of the legs 
being very distinctive. 
Helina pellucidiventris, sp. n. 
Male and female.—Head fuscous; frons, face, and cheeks 
densely white pruinescent, almost silvery ; antennz entirely 
yellow, third segment infuscated except at apex; palpi 
luteous. Thorax densely grey pruinescent, with faintly 
indicated vitte in front of suture; humeri and apex of 
scutellum faintly yellowish in male, conspicuously so in 
female. Abdomen testaceous yellow, opaque, with a brown 
or fuscous vitta, which may be complete or incomplete, and 
a pair of spots on second and another on third tergite of 
same colour, and sometimes a minute pair on fourth. Legs 
testaceous yellow, slightly darkened. Wings clear, yellow 
