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tubercles and two ovate spots on the scutellnm yellow ; the 

 superior winp;s have a dark fuscous cloud on their anterior mar- 

 gin, extending from base to apex, the width of the marginal and 

 second submarginal cells, a little palest towards the base of the 

 wings ; legs ferruginous, anterior pair darkest ; the anterior tibiae 

 at their apex furnished exteriorly with a stout bent to <th rather 

 more than one-third the length of the basal joint of the tarsi ; 

 the tarsi densely cihated ; the intermediate and posterior legs 

 have a silvery-white pubescence, most dense on the tarsi and on 

 the posterior femora and tibiae within. Abdomen, the apical 

 margin of the basal segment has a broad yellow band, dilated 

 laterally ; a similar band, continued beneath, occupies the third 

 segment a little before its apical margin ; beneath, the second 

 segment is produced at its base into a conical tubercle. 

 Hab. New Holland (Hunter River). 



Genus 11. MEROGLOSSA. 



F. Smith's MSS. (Details, Plate H.) 



Head transverse, face elongate ; ocelli placed in a slight 

 ciu-ve on the vertex. Antennae filifonn in the male, 13-jointed, 

 the seventh joint more slender than the others. Mentum elon- 

 gate-conic, about thrice the length of the labium ; the labium 

 lanceolate, of about the same length as the paraglossae, which are 

 broad, and as well as the labium very pubescent. Maxillary palpi 

 six-jointed. Thorax ovate, superior wings having one marginal 

 cell acuminate at its apex ; submarginal cells two, the first twice 

 the length of the second, the second receiving both the recurrent 

 nervures. Abdomen elongate-ovate. 



1. MeROGLOSSA CANALICULATA, n. S. B.M. 



Male. Length 4^ Unes.— Black, ocelU large and prominent, 

 the face deeply canaliculate, smooth and shining ; the canahcu- 

 lation occupying the whole of the face above the insertion of the 

 antennte and extending on each side of the clypeus nearly to its 

 anterior margin ; a raised yellow line traverses the inner orbits 

 of the eyes ^ the clypeus 'yellow, angular above ; the kbrum, 

 mandibles and antennjc ferruginous, the scape broadly dilated, 

 yellow in front. Thorax, the prothorax slightly elongated, the 

 collar narrowly yellow, the disk strongly punctured ; the meta- 

 thorax rounded and covered with griseous pubescence; the te- 

 gula; have a minute white dot in front, and are, as well as the 

 uervures of the wings, rufo-piceous ; the legs rufo-piceous ; the 

 anterior tibia piceous in front. Abdomen cylindrical, closely 



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