28 Miss G. Ricardo on the 



Diatomineura clavata, $ , Macq. Dipt. Exot. i. p. 105 (1838) 

 [Pangonia] ; Ricardo, Ami. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) v. 

 p. 113 (1900). 



One female from Victoria (R. Bakewell), 59. 24 in Brit. 

 Mus. Coll. Two females from Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, 

 in Mr. French's Coll. One of these latter was identified 

 with the type in Paris by the kindness of M. Surcouf, to 

 whom I sent it for comparison. 



The following particulars may be added to the original 

 description of the type (a male) : — 



Face reddish brown, convex, with grey tomentum and 

 fairly long black hairs bordered by some white ones, the 

 cheeks covered with ashy-grey tomentum and with black 

 pubescence. Forehead brownish, with grey tomentum and 

 black pubescence. Palpi large, concave on the upper side 

 for more than the apical half, with black pubescence. An- 

 tenna dull red, the first two joints covered with grey 

 tomentum, with black hairs ; hind part of head with white 

 hairs, at vertex black. Beard yellowish white. Pubescence 

 of dorsum of thorax black, at sides and at base of wings and 

 posteriorly white, scutellum bordered with white hairs. The 

 white spots mentioned by Macquart as on sides of segments 

 of abdomen are tufts of white hairs at the sides with black 

 hairs above them, the pubescence on dorsum black; the 

 white dorsal spots are indicated on the second, third, and 

 fourth segments ; the first segment and anterior border of 

 second are obscurely reddish, the rest of the abdomen 

 bluish black. Pubescence of legs black. 



Length 14 mm. 



Diatomineura brevirostris, Macquart, Dipt. Exot., Suppl. iv. 

 p. 326 (1842) [Pangonia] ; Ricardo, Ann. & Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. (7) v. p. 113 (LU00). 



A series of females from Mackav, Queensland (G. Turner), 

 94. 61 ; from Brisbane {H. Trijon), 1907, 285; from Bur- 

 pengary, Queensland (Dr. T. L. Bancroft), 1904, 93 ; from 

 Kuranda, Queensland (Dodd), 1914, 281 in Brit. Mus. Coll. 



Three females from Herberton, Queensland, 3000-4000 ft. 

 (F. P. Dodd), Dec. 1910, in Mr. Wainwright's Coll. 



Macquart's description is as follows : — 



" Black. Abdomen red at base. Ocelli hairy. Antennae 

 and legs red. Wings with no appendix ; first posterior cell 

 open. Length 8 mm., ? . Related to Pangonia ruficomis 

 (from Tasmania). Proboscis 2 mm. long, with large terminal 

 lips. Beard yellowish white. Face and anterior part of 



