5S8 Miss G. Ricardo — A Revision of 



Brachyrrhopola fulva, ? , sp. n. 



Type ( 2 ) and another from ^lackay, Queensland {G. 

 Turiiei-) . 



A small species^ the irings: identical with those of B. fenes- 

 irata, but easily distinguished from it by the yellowish 

 abdomen, with the base and last segments more or less 

 blackish ; face golden yellow ; the thorax with stripes aud 

 short golden pubescence. 



Length 9i mm. 



Face black in centre^ shining, sides covered with golden 

 tonientum; moustache yellow, the hairs paler at tips; palpi 

 black with black hairs, scanty black hairs below and round 

 head, Ante>ince reddish yellow; first two joints stout, almost 

 equal in length, the third long ; the antennse longer than the 

 depth of head. Thorax blackish brown^ with three median 

 brown stripes shining through the j^ellow tomentum and 

 pubescence^ which is most apparent on the shoulders and 

 anteriorly; sides of thorax and head black, with two golden- 

 haired stripes ; some long yellow hairs on thorax posteriorly ; 

 scutellum reddish. Abdomen reddish yellow ; the first seg- 

 ment and anterior border of second black, remainder of 

 second segment and the third shining yellowish, almost bare ; 

 the fourth, fifth, and sixth segments black on anterior 

 borders, the last band the narrowest; the last three segments 

 with short golden pubescence on the yellow part, the same 

 pubescence appears but very sparsely on the other segments; 

 the abdomen is club-shaped, the first two segments being 

 narrower, the others convex ; underside concave, blackish, 

 yellow at base. Legs reddish yellow ; coxse, base of femora, 

 and apices of anterior and posterior tibite and fore tarsi 

 black. Wings greyish, on the fore border and base yel- 

 lowish brown, with a brown band crossing the base of discal 

 cell; the basal cells and discal cell almost entirely and the 

 first posterior cell on its basal half hyaline; the small trans- 

 veise vein below the middle of the discal cell. Haltercs 

 yellow. 



This species is very probably identical with Codula quadri- 

 cincta, Bigot, but without seeing the type it is impossible 

 to decide. 



The following Walker types belong to this genus : — 



Brachyrrhopola claviventris [ZJjWna], from Dorey, New Guinea. Wings 



clear. 

 B. inopiuus \^Dasypogo7i], from New Guinea. Wings dark on fore border. 

 B. indecorus [Dasi/pof/on^, from New Guinea. Wings brown at apex. 

 B. seiuitilatus [Dasi/poc/on], from Gilolo. Wings clear. 

 B. solutu.-? [Dasi/poi/o)i], from Gilolo. Wings clear. 



