BY G. H. HARDY. 121 



Atherimorpha vernalis, White 



(PI. XXVII., fig. 2). 



White, P. & P. Roy. Soc. Tasm., pg. 42, text fig. 1, 1914. 



Hab. Tasmania; Greeveston, Mt. Wellington, Hobart, 

 Sandford, Bagdad, Cradle Mt. White states that a near 

 ally occurs in New South Wales. Victoria; Ringwood. 

 19th Oct., 1918, one $ specimen (C. E. Cole). 



At Cradle Mt. a yellow brov/n variety was taken ais 

 well as the ordinary form. 



Type in the British Museum. 



Atherix pusilla, Macq. 



Macquart, Dipt. Exot. suppl. 5, pg. 88, pi 2, fig. 13, 

 1854. 



The description and the figure o-f the wing of this 

 species are nearest to Ghrysopilus cequalis, Walker, but 

 it is inconceivable that Macquart would place a species, 

 of the genus Glirysopilufi into the genus Atherix. Possibly 

 the species belongs to the genus AtJierimorpha. 



Macquart's description is short, and as follows: — ■ 

 "Length 2 lines. $ . Black (denuded), with traces of 

 "white pubescence. Legs black, tibiae fawn. Wings grey; 

 "stigma brown. Adelaide. 



Genus Chkysopii.us, Macq. 



C'hrysopilus, Macq., Recueil Soc. Sci. Agric. Lille, pg. 

 403, 1826. 



Kertesz, Cat. Dipt. Vol. 3. pg. 317, 1908 



(which see for synonymy). 

 White, P. & P. Roy. Soc. Tasm., pg. 39, 1914. 

 Five posterior cells open, anal closed ; antennje three 

 jointed with a hair-like terminal arista ; anterior tibise 

 without spurs, intermediate with two, posterior with one 

 spur ; abdomen slender ; eyes contiguous in $ , separate 

 in ? , without pubescence ; tibice without bristles, 



Ghrysopilus cequaJu, Walk. 



(Plate XXVII., figs. 3, 4.) 



Leptis aqualix, Walker, List. Dipt, B.M. i., pg. 216, 1848. 



? Froggatt, Austr. Ins., pg. 296, 1907. 

 Chrysopilus oequalU, Kertesz, Cat. Dipt, iii., pg. 317, 1908. 

 Chrysopila rufipes, Macquart, Dipt. Exot. suppl. 4, pg. 103, 

 pi. 9, fig. 17, 1849. 



