138 ^Ir. J. R. ]\r.alloch on E.roti'c Mnscari(la\ 



Male. — Narrowest part of frons nearly as wide as tliird 

 autcnnal scf^nicut ; orbits sctulose on their entire length ; 

 arista plumose ; vibrissa! angle not uiucli produced ; facial 

 ridges haiied more than midway to base ofantenntc. Thorax 

 without presutnral acrostichals ; prcalar short. Fore tibia 

 unarmed at middle ; mid-tibia with three or four posterior 

 liristlcs ; hind femur witli a cc^mplete series of short antero- 

 ventral bristles, the postero-ventral surface with a few short 

 sctulose hairs; hind tibia with three or four short antero- 

 dorsal bristles. Outer cross-vein oblique and much curved. 



Female. — Frons about one-third of the head-w idth ; hind 

 femur with bristles on antero-ventral surface confined to 

 apical lialf ; liind tibia with one antcro-ventral bristle. 

 Otherwise as male. Genitalia normal. 



Length 8-1) mm. 



Type, male, Healesville, Victoria, 13. xii. 1914; allotype, 

 Mangalore, Tasmania, 22. ii. 1913 (A. Wkite). 



Named in honour of the collector. 



Hdina tasmaniensis, sp. n. 



Male. — A deep blue species, with greenish vitta lateral 

 to the dorso-ceutrals on each side of thorax^ and the abdomen 

 with a greenish tinge posteriorly, the pruinesccuce almost 

 absent. 



Narrowest part of frons not wider than third antennal 

 segment ; parafacials linear, much narrower than in luhitei. 

 Fore tibia as in that species ; mid-til)ia with two posterior 

 bristles ; hind tibia with about three antero-dorsal and three 

 antero-ventral bristles. Outer cross-vein not so oblique or 

 curved as in ivhitei. 



Length 4 mm, 



y'ype, Mangalore, Tasmania, 20. iv. 1913 (A. White). 



Helina regina, sp. n. 



Male and female. — Black, with a distinct blue tinge, the 

 abdomen almost entirely bUie, with whitish pruinesccuce in 

 checkerings as in many Calliphorin(E. Head black, cheeks 

 more or less rufous brown, orbits silvery. Thorax quadri- 

 vittate. Legs lilack. Wings hyaline. Calyptne ^vhitc. 

 Ilalteres with black knobs. 



Male. — Eyes rather sparsely haired ; frons at narrowest 

 part about twice as wide as third antennal segment ; orbits 

 narrow, with bristles on their entire length ; parafacial about 

 as wide as third antennal segment ; facial ridges haired 

 midwav to base of antenna; arista plumose. Presutural 



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