64 DIPTERA OP AUSTRALIA, 



II. (J forceiJS with long digitiform appendages. 



389. DoLicHOPEZA ciNEREA, Macquai't. 



Apeilesis cinerea, Macq., Dipt. Exot. Suppl. I. p. 8, pi. i, fig. 3, 

 1846 ; O.-Sacken, Studies, I. p. 151, 1886. 



(J. — Length of antennse 0-135 inch ... 3-42 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-420 x 0-095 ... 10-66x2.39 



Size of body 0-330x0-035 ... 8-38x0-88 



9. — Length of antennae 0-090 inch .^. 2-27 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-420x0095 ... 10-66x2-39 



Size of body 0-330x0-035 ... 8-38x0-88 



Greyish-ochreous. Occiput, palpi and flagellar joints often 

 darker greyish ; antennae in ^ considerably longer than in 5> the 

 flagellar joints with a few short stifi" hairs near the base. Thorax 

 opaque, often with three bi'oad gi-eyish or light brownish stripes. 

 Hal teres with a slightly infuscated club. Abdomen with the 

 terminal segments sometimes tinged with brown, or bordered with 

 brown posteriorly ; ^ genitalia concolorous with i^est of body ; 

 lamella terminalis supera bidentate in the middle, with a deep 

 emargination between ; digitiform appendages long, bidentate on 

 the inner side towards the middle; ^ ovipositor brownish-ochreous, 

 shining. Legs uniformly greyish. Wings with a light greyish 

 appearance ; an indistinct paler reflection at each end of stigma ; 

 stigma and veins grey ; anal angle of wing distinct ; gi-eat cross- 

 vein not its length distant from inner end of fourth posterior cell. 



Hab. — Tasmania (Verreaux) : generally distributed in N.S.W. 

 (Masters and Skuse). September to February. About sixty 

 examples. 



Obs. — The above-described seems to best correspond with Mac. 

 quart's very brief description, and is the commonest of our species. 



