the AsiliJio of AusiidUtsla. 475 



\^'alker's type a male from Xcw South Wales. 



In Brit. Mns. Coll. arc t'emalcs and a male from Burperi- 

 gary, S. Queensland (7'. L. Bancroft), 1901. 



A small speeios. with clear wings, yellowish legs, thorav 

 and ahdoiuen Ijlack. 



Length U-IO mm. 



In ^^acqua^t^s tyj)e the Jega are somewhat darker than in 

 those of ^^'alker's type. The first two joints of the antenna in 

 AJacquart's type are reddish, not black as stated, and the 

 small transverse vein of the iving is in the middle of the discal 

 cell, not verv near the base as sliown in figure. 



Macqnart's description is as follows: — 



Length 5 lines. J . 



Palpi with M hite hairs. Beard and moustache white ; 

 face with yellowish tomeutum. Forehead brown. Antennae: 

 the first two joints black (in reality reddish), the third 

 wanting. Abdomen : anterior and posterior borders of 

 segments ashy grey. Legs fawn-coloured, with coxw grey ; 

 some black colour on the anterior and middle legs ; poste- 

 rior legs wanting. Wings clear. From Tasmania. 



To this the following particulars may be added : — T/torav 

 greyish, with three black short stripes. Knees of let/s nar- 

 rowly black, apices of tarsi also black ; bristles on the last 

 four tarsi and on the apex of the first hind tarsus black, 

 elsewhere pale yellowish. The small cross-vein of the ivi7i(/ 

 is at or slightly below the middle of discal cell and the fourtli 

 posterior cell is pedunculated at its base ; the cross-vein 

 closing the second basal cell joins the pedunculated part at 

 about the middle. The wings are shorter than the body, 

 measuring 5-G mm. 



Lejitogaster untipoda, Bigot. 



From Tasmania. 



Described as having testaceous legs, the posterior femora 

 widely brown at base, with another narrower brown band 

 before the apex. 



Leptogaster bancruft'i, J ? , sp. n. 



Tvpe (c?) from Mr. French's Coll., Victoria (1898). 



Type ( ? ) from Queensland (1909) [Dr. Bancroft). 



A black species with yellowish legs, but the hind legs 

 darker, almost wholly black. Wings clear, the small cross- 

 vein at the middle of discal cell, and the cross-vein closing 

 second basal cell also joining the stalk of fourth posterior 

 cell at about the middle. Length 12 mm. ; wings Q-7 mm. 

 Face covered with greyish tomeutum, the moustache yellow. 

 Antennce black. Forehead the same as face. T'^orar reddish 



