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dusky pale-tipped hairs ; second segment testaceous at the base 
with some small flat black scales. Proboscis metallic violet- 
black ; palpi metallic violet-black, densely scaled, with black 
chaetae, about one-fourth the length of the proboscis. 
Thorax shiny black with narrow-curved bronzy-brown scales, 
two broad-scaled white spots towards the middle, a short line of 
flat silvery-white scales over the roots of the wings, one in front 
of their bases, a line of flat white scales on each side of the bare 
area in front of the scutellum and pale narrow-curved scales, and 
some flat ones in front of it; chaetae black, dense over the roots 
of the wings ; prothoracic lobes long and thin, with flat white 
scales ; scutellum black with flat silvery-white scales ; chaetae 
black ; metanotum dusky black. 
Abdomen shiny black with flat violet scales, dusky in some 
lights, with white scaled basal bands and snowy-white basal 
lateral spots; the violet scales at the apices of the segments with 
brilliant coppery tips ; the basal segment with mostly pale creamy 
scales and dense pale hairs; posterior border-bristles deep brown, 
some long, some very small. 
Legs deep metallic dusky violet, pale at the base of the 
femora, fore and mid legs with basal pale bands to the metatarsi 
and first tarsals, and in the second pair a trace of banding on 
the second tarsal; hind legs with whiter banding, and that on 
the second tarsal prominent; fore and mid ungues uniserrate, 
hind simple, black. 
Wings with short fork-cells of about equal length, but the 
first sub-marginal slightly longer and narrower than the second 
posterior, and its base nearer the apex of the wing, its stem as 
long as the cell; stem of the second posterior as long as the cell; 
mid cross-vein longer than the supernumerary, posterior about 
twice its own length distant from the mid. Lateral vein-scales 
long and rather broad, especially so on the basal areas of the 
second and fourth vein. 
Halteres with pale ochreous base and pale brown stems and 
knobs with small pale scales. 
Length .—6 * 5 mm. 
Habitat .—Stannary Hills, North Queensland (Hr. Bancroft). 
Time of capture .—April 4th. 
Observations .—Described from a single perfect 9 • A very 
marked species coming in a new genus. Dr. Bancroft has been 
only able to obtain one specimen, all mosquitoes being rare in 
the Stannary Hills. This specimen was found resting on a grass 
