78 ME. p. SMITH OK NEW SPECIES 



with long glittering pale hairs ; the second segment of the abdomen 

 with two ovate yellow spots beneath, 

 Hab. Gilolo. 



The male of this species is described in the sixth volume of the 

 ' Proceediags,' p. 21. 



3. Thynnus (Agriomyia) abductor. T. niger, capite thoraceque 

 flavo variegatis, abdominis segmentis maculis duabus transversis 

 flavis, alis hyalinis. 



Male. Length 6^ lines. Black ; head and thorax very closely punctured, 

 subopake ; abdomen shining, with delicate punctures at the base of 

 the segments, sparing towards their apical margins. The sides of the 

 clypeus bordered with yellow, and a V-shaped yellow mark between 

 the antennae ; the anterior and posterior margins of the prothorax, the 

 tegulse, an ovate spot on the scutellum, the postscutellum, and a 

 narrow line running from it to the base of the posterior wings yellow ; 

 a yellow oblong and also an ovate spot beneath the wings, and another 

 on each side of the metathorax situated posteriorly ; all the tibiae and 

 tarsi and the intermediate and posterior femora ferruginous; the 

 tibiae, tarsi, and posterior femora more or less fuscous above ; the 

 wings hyaline, the nervures black. Abdomen, all the segments with 

 a narrow line on each side near their apical margins ; the lines some- 

 times obsolete on the sixth segment. 



Hab. Salwatty and New Guinea. 



This species closely resembles T. vagans, but is at once dis- 

 tinguished by narrow yeUow lines, interrupted in the middle, on 

 the apical margins of the segments, and the margins are also much 

 more depressed. 



G-en. J^^LURirs, Klug. 



1, ^LURUS FRAGI1.IS. ^. capitc thoraceque nigris ; abdomine, pedi- 

 bus antennisque pallide ferrugineis. 



Male. Length A\ lines. Head and thorax black, and clothed with 

 silvery pubescence, that on the face and clypeus very fine, dense, and 

 glittering ; the cheeks with a long fringe of silvery hairs ; the man- 

 dibles and antennae pale ferruginous ; a yellow spot on the clypeus, 

 and a minute one at the base of each antenna. The anterior margin 

 of the thorax, the tegulae, and the postscutellum yellow ; the wings 

 hyaline and iridescent, the nervures pale ferruginous. The legs and 

 abdomen ferruginous. 



Hff6. Morty Island. 



This elegant species somewhat resembles the M. ahdominalis of 

 Gruerin, but its red antennae and the silvery pubescence on the 

 head and abdomen wUl at once distinguish it. 



