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the dark fore border to the middle band of spots, which in 

 this species is wider and extends to the posterior border of 

 wing, and has an almost straight basal border, the upper 

 border a little sinuous, but not so irregular as in Macquart's 

 species; the spots of second and third vein are here com- 

 pletely joined, reaching from the fore border across the base 

 of fork of third vein, sometimes reaching the fourth vein, 

 both borders nearly straight ; the spot at apex of discal cell 

 is present, and also the two apical spots, which are joined. 

 Red hairs are visible at base of cheeks, on sides of thorax, 

 and a tuft on breast, besides the usual segmentations of 

 abdomen and border of scutellum. The colouring of thorax 

 and abdomen is darker, being blackish brown, with the same 

 grey tomentose bands. 



Length of type about 18 mm. 



Pelecorhynchus fulvus, ? , sp. n. 



Type ( ? ) and two others from Alps, Victoria, Australia 

 {French Coll). 



This handsome well-marked species will be easily identified 

 by the bright russet colour of the thorax, abdomen, and 

 wings, and by the black legs with yellow tarsi ; there is a 

 black dorsal line on the abdomen and the apex of the wings 

 is clouded with black. 



Length 16 mm. 



Face black, very convex, shining, bare, divided from the 

 cheeks by deep furrows, the cheeks covered with grey 

 tomentum and with a few black hairs. Palpi brown, the last 

 joint egg-shaped, with black pubescence and a few white 

 hairs below. Beard white. 



Antennae black, the second joint fulvous, the first two 

 joints with black hairs. Forehead about as broad as it is 

 long, black, with a band across the middle of yellowish-brown 

 tomentum ; pubescence black. Thorax bright russet, with 

 same coloured pubescence ; the sides of dorsum black, with 

 blackish pubescence and a few white hairs above the wings ; 

 sides and breast black, with long white-haired tufts. Abdo- 

 men bright russet, with short imperceptible red pubescence ; 

 the sides of dorsum black, corresponding with sides of thorax, 

 and a median black stripe extends almost to the apex, reaching 

 halfway across the fourth segment ; sides with black hairs, 

 white hairs on the first two segments; underside black. 

 Legs black, the tarsi pale yellow, with yellowish-white 

 pubescence ; elsewhere the pubescence is black. Wings pale 



