142 Mr. .T. K. Mallocli on Exotic Muscaii(ho. 



vi'ins of wings very broadly clouded, and the femora and 

 tarsi tawny. 



Eyes hairy ; arista pubescent ; frons normal. Prealar 

 sliort ; postsutural dorso-centrals 3 ; presutural acrostichals 

 absent. Fore tibia with a median posterior bristle; mid- 

 tibia with three posterior bristles; hind femur with a strong 

 preapical antero-ventral bristle ; hind tibia with two antero- 

 dorsal and three antero-ventral bristles. 



Length Q)-7 mm. 



Type, Victoria, 12. xii. 1914' (.-f. White) ; paratype, Victoria 

 (C. French). 



Helina micans, sp. n. 



Male. — Similar in general habitus to antarctica, Bigot, 

 which it very closely resembles. The colour of thorax and 

 abdomen more brassy than in that species, and the abdominal 

 checkering more iridescent. The antenuse and palpi are 

 fuscous. Legs tawny, tarsi fuscous. Wings slightly yellowish, 

 veins yellow basally. 



Eyes hairy ; narrowest part of frons at least as wide as 

 third antennal segment (in antarctica the interfrontalia is 

 obliterated above and the narrowest part of frons is much 

 narrower than third antennal segment) ; arista plumose. 

 Prealar very short ; postsutural dorso-centrals 3 ; abdomen 

 ovate. Fore tibia unarmed at middle ; mid-tibia with three 

 posterior bristles ; hind femur with a complete series of 

 antero-ventral bristles, and a series of setulaj on postero- 

 ventral surface ; hind tibia with two or three autero-dorsal 

 and two antero-ventral bristles. 



Length 10 mm. 



7V//ve, Mangalore, Tasmania, 24. xii. 1911 {A. White). 



Helina sjnlariformis, sp. n. 



Female. — A robust species like the preceding, and in many 

 respects resembling the genus Spilaria, especially in having 

 some fine hairs on the hypopleura below the spiracle. Black, 

 densely grey-pruinescent, the thorax with four black vittse 

 and the abdomen with blackish checkerings. Legs tawny, 

 tarsi fuscous. Wings hyaline. Calyptra? yellowish. Halteres 

 yellow. 



Eyes sparsely hairy ; frons normal ; arista plumose. 

 Thorax with a short weak pair of presutural acrostichals, 

 three pairs of postsutural dorso-centrals, and a short prealar; 

 sterno-pleurals 1:2; scutellum bare on sides and below. 

 Fore tibia with a median posterior bristle ; mid-tibia with 



