Hutton. — On New Diptera. 195 



Scatopse notata, Linnaeus (Tipula). 



S. longipennis, Skuse, Pro. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., vol. iii., 



p. 1383, and vol. v., p. 638. 



Black, with a white or yellowish mark on each side of the 

 thorax behind the origin of the wing. First longitudinal less 

 than one-third the length of the wing. The third longitudinal 

 more than two-thirds the length of the wing. 



Hab. In a letter to Mr. Skuse Baron Von Osten-Sacken 

 says that he has received numerous specimens from New 

 Zealand. No doubt it has been introduced from Europe. 



Family ASILIMJ. 

 Saropogon fascipes, sp. nov. 



General colour blackish-brown. Head and face yellow, 

 antennas brown, proboscis black. Bristles of the epistome 

 vellow. Thorax with golden spots on the shoulders and on 

 the sides of the metanotum. Scutellum golden. Legs dark- 

 brown ; the bases of the femora, knee-joints, the whole of the 

 fore and middle tibiae, and the basal half of the hind tibiae 

 brownish - yellow. Halteres pale - yellowish. Wings very 

 pale-brownish, the tips clouded with fuscous. Male: Length, 

 14 mm. ; wing, 10 mm. 



Hab. Wellington (Hudson). 



A very distinct species, easily distinguished from S. anti- 

 podus by its darker colour and banded legs. 



Family AGEOMYZID^. 

 Milichia picata, sp. nov. 



Head silvery ; the eyes large, black, nearly round. Second 

 joint of the antennae broadly oval, reddish-brown, broadly 

 margined with white. Arista minutely pubescent. Bristles 

 on the vertex and front as far as the antennae. Oral vibrissae 

 present. Thorax black, with some irregular white marks on 

 the sides ; the dorsum with four rows of short setae, two of 

 which are on the pleurae and two on the sides of the dorsum. 

 Scutellum yellow, with two black setae at the end. Abdomen 

 velvety black, the fourth and fifth segments margined pos- 

 teriorly with white, which is interrupted in the middle on the 

 fifth ; the sixth with white marks on the sides. Femora 

 black, the knees tawny ; the tibiae yellow, with two black 

 bands ; tarsi pale brownish-yellow. The middle and hind 

 tibiae with a strong subapical bristle. Halteres white, the 

 stalk pale-yellow. Wings pale-yellowish, with numerous 

 dark-brown spots. Five spots in the marginal cell, nine or 

 ten in the submarginal, eight in the first posterior, three in 

 the second posterior, one or two in the discal cell. Posterior 



