240 E. W. FERGUSON. 



Face light grey, front dark brown. Proboscis black. 

 Palpi yellow. Antennae black; first and second joints 

 small, third joint broadened, longer than wide, terminating 

 in a long thick arista, not quite twice as long as rest of 

 antenna. Prothorax brown, with a somewhat yellowish 

 tint, sides and apex with a greyish bloom; with three 

 darker longitudinal lines, not quite reaching base, the 

 median the narrower. Scutellum brown. Abdominal 

 segments dark brown, bordered apically with a moderately 

 broad greyish-yellow band interrupted in the middle, apical 

 segment greyish-yellow with a median dark spot. Venter 

 light greyish-yellow, sides similarly coloured. Legs pale 

 yellow, tarsi with first joint infuscate at apex, the other 

 joints dark; intermediate tibiae with two apical spurs. 

 Wings with characteristic venation, the third veinlet very 

 short or absent, the angulation below variable; deeply 

 infuscate along anterior margin from inner end of stigma 

 to apex of wing; stigma dark brown or black, veins dark 

 brown, yellowish at base. Length 4*5 mm., antennae *97mm. 

 third joint *22 x *15 mm.; arista '6 mm. 



Hab. New South Wales, Gosford, (J. B. Oleland, 24/5/15), 

 Milson Island (E. W. Ferguson, 3/6/15). 



This species may be readily identified by the dark anterior 

 margin of the wings. The dark portion is moderately broad 

 and fades away below, but its lower border is fairly sharply 

 defined. The arista is considerably longer than in S. vexans, 

 to which it is most nearly related in its yellow venter and 

 legs. The specimens were taken by Dr. Oleland in company 

 with S. longicornis on the Mangrove Mountain Road behind 

 Gosford, and were captured while trying to bite. 



Spaniopsis clelandi, n. sp. 

 Plate XXVI, fig. 5, 9. 

 ? Of medium size. Thorax brown with three darker 

 longitudinal lines; abdomen dark brown with lighter apical 

 bands; venter darker grey; legs bicolorous. 



