the Asilkla3 of Australasia. 593 



yellowish tomentum ; four hlatk bristles above and two 

 below root of wiufi:, scuteUimt with two long black ones. 

 Alulomen dull yellowish, with blackish bauds on the anterior 

 borders of segments, becoming broader towards the apex, 

 which in the female is almost wholly black. Legs yellow; 

 the coxre black, covered with greyish tomentum and long 

 yellowish hairs. U'lnf/s faintly tinged brown at apex ; 

 neuration as in A", claripennis, but the fourth posterior cell 

 is rather more open. Hal teres yellow. 



Neosaropogon claripennis, sp. n. 



Type (c^) and another from Townsvillc, Queensland {F. P. 

 Dodd)y and type ( ? ) and another from same locality. 



A species with dark reddish-brown abdomen, indistinctly 

 marked with black ; legs lighter, reddish yellow, with tarsi 

 black. Antcnnai reddish yellow. Wings clear; fourth poste- 

 rior cell narrowed at opening. 



Length 23 mm. One female measures only 16 mm,. 



Dark reddish brown. Head wider than it is deep. Face 

 slightly convex, a dull yellowisli deep chamois-leather colour, 

 with golden tomentum ; moustache of long yellow bristles. 

 Palpi black, with yellowish pubescence. Beard yellowish. 

 Antennce reddish yellow ; the third joint nearly three times as 

 long as the first two joints together, cylindrical, bare, ending 

 in an obtuse point ; the first two joints with hairs. Forehead 

 blackish, but covered w ith yellowish tomentum ; hairs round 

 head stout, reddish yellow. Thorax black, when not denuded 

 more or less covered with dull brownish-yellow tomentum ; 

 shoulders and sides with golden-yellow tomentum ; dorsum 

 with short black bristles ; sides "with yellowish-red hairs and 

 two long black bristles above root of wing, four or more 

 below root of wing, and shorter ones at base of thorax ; 

 scutellum with two long black bristles, colour and tomentum 

 as in thorax. Abdomen reddish, indistinct blackish markings 

 on the middle segments, base of first segment black, some 

 short yellow hairs at sides and long ones at apex in the male; 

 dorsum almost bare, but very short black hairs are apparent 

 when closely examined ; in the female the abdomen appears 

 lighter in colour, more yellowish ; in both sexes on side of 

 first segment at the base is a tuft of stout bristle-like yellow 

 or reddish hairs, apex of female with short red bristles ; 

 underside reddish brown or reddish yellow, with blackish 

 segmentations. Legs reddish yellow ; coxse black, with some 

 white hairs ; knees of posterior tibiae and the last four tarsi 

 on all the legs black ; femora with very few black bristles. 



