BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 
1729 
scutellum, its branches coalescent with the next lateral vittse ; all 
the vittse are equidistant and all beset with long golden-yellow 
hairs posteriorly ; the outside ones on the lateral margin rather 
wider than the rest, joining the next before reaching the anterior 
margin; pleurae with some large patches of white scales; scutellum 
densely covered with white scales and long golden-yellow hairs. 
Halteres yellow. Abdomen twice the length of the thorax, densely 
clothed with whitish scales ; terminated with two small elongate 
deep brown lamellae. Legs rather robust. Coxae brown, with 
white scales. Femora, tibiae and tarsi pale ochre-yellow, every 
joint tipped with black. Wings hyaline, veins yellowish-brown, 
cilia pale, sericeous ; brilliant margaritaceous reflections. Auxiliary 
vein joining the costa before the tip of the anterior branch of the 
fifth longitudinal vein ; sub-costal cross-vein situated nearer the 
base of the second longitudinal than to the humeral cross-vein ; 
middle cross-vein considerably longer than the posterior cross- vein, 
the former situated a little in advance of the latter, both very 
little before the tip of the posterior branch of the fifth longitu- 
dinal ; anterior branch of the latter originating a little before the 
tip of the sixth longitudinal vein, and joining the margin opposite 
the base of the second posterior cell. 
Bab . — Port Denison and Wide Bay, Queensland (Masters) ; 
Cosford, N.S.W. (Skuse). February. 
Obs — Probably occupying the brush country all along the east 
coast. 
195. CuLEX occiDENTALis, sp.n. (W. Maclcay, MSS.) 
5 . — Length of antennse 0'090 inch ... 2 '27 millimetres. 
Ex[ianse of wings 0‘200 x O’OoO ... 5'08 x D27 
Size of body 0'200 x 0‘040 ... 5'08xl'01 
Antenmc almost cinereous, about I the length of the proboscis ; 
the first joint of the scapusand basal half of the second ochraceous. 
Eyes bordered behind with a narrow line of golden-yellow scales, 
