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of the fore and mid legs equal and with a single tooth, hind 
claws equal and simple. 
Wings with the veins brown-scaled, except at the roots, 
where the scales are deep purplish-black; first sub-marginal cell 
a little longer and much narrower than the second posterior cell, 
its stem a little more than half the length of the cell; stem of 
the second fork-cell about the same length, not quite so long as 
the cell; posterior cross-vein a little more than its own length 
distant from the mid cross-vein ■ lateral scales of the apical 
portions of the veins long and narrow and blunt at the summit; 
halteres pale ochraceous, with slightly fuscous knob. 
Length. —5 mm. 
Habitat. —South Queensland (Dr. Bancroft) (71); Tasmania 
(Macquart). 
Time of capture. —September (September 1, 1899). 
Observations. —Amongst the large collections sent by Dr. 
Bancroft are some specimens labelled by him C. vigilax (?); these 
are evidently Macquart’s C. rubithorax ; they resemble C. occiden¬ 
talism Skuse, but the first sub-marginal cell is only slightly longer 
than the second posterior cell, and also there are four rows of 
black bristles on the mesonotum, not three, as in C. occidental is, 
nor is the tarsal banding so distinct. The head ornamentation 
is peculiar, and seems to apply to an Aedss, but I have not 
sufficient material to be certain. 
Macquart’s original description is as follows :—• 
“ $ . Tkorace testaceo. Abdoruine nigro, incisuris albidis. Pedibus 
fiavidis; tarsis fuscis albo-annulatis. 
“ Proboscis tawny, black at the base and extremity, sometimes entirely 
black. Palpi black, tawny at the base; front brown, with a grey pubescence. 
Antennae black ; thorax reddish-testaceous (denuded). Abdomen black, 
more or less shining, with a greyish-white pubescence about the incisions. 
Legs rather pale tawny; posterior femora sometimes black within their 
posterior third; posterior tibiae brownish-black; tarsi black, sometimes 
yellowish ; the first three joints with a white ring at the base, narrow and 
sometimes indistinct to the anterior and intermediate pairs, large to the 
posterior. Wings rather limpid ; veins normal, covered with small black 
hairs. 
“ Five 6 specimens, of which one has the tarsal rings nearly absent.— 
Tasmania. 
Length. — 2\ lines.” 
This 9 was evidently a rubbed specimen, from the description, 
and from the statement that the thorax was denuded. 
