548 Dr. C. P. Alexander on 



Dicranomyia cairnensis, sp. n. 



Mesonotal prsescutum obscure yellow, the median area 

 broadly shiny brownish black ; a dorsal brown pleural 

 stripe ; wings tinged with brown ; stigma a little darker 

 brown, small, subcii'cular; $c long, cell 1.*/ M^ closed. 



Male. — Length (excluding head) 4 mm. ; wing 5 mm. 



Head broken in the type. 



Mesonotal prsescutura shiny obscure yellow, the median 

 area broadly shiny brownish black ; remainder of the meso- 

 notum crushed in the type, appearing to be almost uniform 

 brown, the scutellum a little paler. Pleura whitish testa- 

 ceous, the dorsal region infuscated to produce a brown, 

 dorsal, longitudinal stripe. Halteres brown. Legs with 

 the coxae and trochanters pale whitish testaceous ; femora 

 dark brown ; remainder of the legs broken. "Wings Avith a 

 strong brown tinge; stigma small, subcircular, dark brown ; 

 veins dark brown. Venation : Sc long, Sci ending about 

 opposite four-fifths the length of the long Rs, Sco at its 

 extreme tip ; Rs arcuated at origin ; cell 1*/ M^ relatively 

 .small, closed, pentagonal ; basal deflection of Cui immedi- 

 ately before the fork of M. 



Abdomen dark brown, the sternites a little paler, INIale 

 hypopygium with the pleurites moderately stout, the pleural 

 appendage of each side produced proximad into a long, 

 slender, chitinized arm, the tips decussate across the median 

 line ; penis-guard yellow. 



Hab. North Queensland, 



Holoti/pe, cJ, Kuranda, Cairns District, altitude 1100 feet^ 

 April 1921 (A. P. Dodd). 



" Ex scrub." 



Dicranomyia cairnensis bears a considerable resemblance 

 to D. sedata, Alex. (North Queensland), difiering chiefly in 

 the wing-pattern and structure of the hypopygium. 



Dicranomyia amicula, sp. n. 



General coloration pale brownish yellow ; legs light 

 yellow, the terminal tarsal segments darkened; wings nearly 

 hyaline, stigma pale brown ; Sc long ; cell \st Mo open by 

 the atrophy of the outer deflection of il/j. 



Female. — Length 3*6 mm, ; wing 4*2 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi light brown. Antennae brown ; 

 flagellar segments oval. Head grey. 



Mesonotum obscure yellow, the median area of the prae- 

 scutum brown ; scutum and postuotum sparsely pruinose ; 



