by FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 
1737 
reaching the costa opposite the tip of the posterior branch of 
the fork of the fifth longitudinal vein ; middle cross-vein almost 
imperceptibly longer than the posterior cross-vein, situated beyond 
the latter a distance equal to rather more than half its length ; 
first sub-marginal cell somewhat longer and distinctly narrower 
than the second posterior cell, its base lying slightly beyond that 
of the latter ; anterior branch of the fifth longitudinal vein 
originating at a point about mid-way between the origin of the 
second longitudinal and the tip of the sixth longitudinal, joining 
the margin opposite the middle of the second posterior cell. 
Hah . — Blue Mountains, N.S.W. (Masters); Victoria Park, 
Brisbane, one specimen (Mr. H. Tryon). November to January. 
200. CuLEX ANNULIROSTRLS, Sp.n. 
— Length of antennse 0*090 inch ... 2 '27 millimetres. 
Ex})anse of wings 0J.50x0'035 ... 3'81 x 0’88 
Size of body 0‘170x0‘03.5 ... 4'31x0'88 
Antennm brown, the length of the proboscis; first joint of the 
scapus and basal half of the second joint testaceous. Head deep 
brown, nearly black, with yellow scales. Proboscis deep brown, 
nearly six times the length of the palpi, with a prominent broad 
ring of white in the middle one-third the length of the proboscis. 
Palpi black or deep bi’own, the third and last joints almost imper- 
ceptibly tipped with white. Ihorax deep brown, rather densely 
covered with yellow scales and hairs ; pleura' dee)> brown, spotted 
with a few small patches of white scales ; a little testaceous under 
the origin of the wings; scutellum somewhat testaceous-brown, 
with long yellow hairs ; inetanotum deep brown. Halteres 
brownish-ochraceous. Abdomen twice the length of the thorax, 
deep brown, nearly fuliginous; each segment bordered anteriorly 
with a narrow band of white scales and fringed posterioi ly with 
golden-yellow hairs ; underneath covered with white scales. (Joxje 
reddish-brown, with white scales. Beinora deep brown above. 
