BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 401 



of stem ochreous. Abdomen nmber-brown, the terminal segments 

 black, clothed with very short brown hairs ; lamellee of the ovi- 

 positor black, oval. Legs brown ; the tip of first and the last 

 four tarsal joints black. In the fore-legs the tibiae and tarsi of 

 equal length ; in the intermediate-legs the tibiae somewhat longer 

 than the tarsi ; in the hind-legs the tibiae nearly ^ longer than the 

 tarsi. Spurs as long as the last joint of tarsi, honey-yellow. First 

 joint of the tarsi in the fore- and intermediate-legs 2^ times the 

 leno-th of the second, in the hind-legs about three times its length; 

 second joint in the fore- and intermediate-legs slightly longer than 

 the third, in the hind-legs 5 longer ; the length of the fourth and 

 fifth taken together. Wings pellucid, with a pale greyish tint, 

 and brilliant reflections • costal and first two longitudinal veins 

 dark brown. First longitudinal vein joining costa a little before 

 the base of the fork ; cross-vein distinct ; petiole paler than the 

 fork, very slightly shorter than the posterior branch ; branches 

 very slightly divergent at the tips ; the anterior branch ^ longer 

 than the posterior, fg three times the length of gh ; hi consider- 

 ably longer than Im. 



Eah.—^lomxt Kosciusko, KS.W., 5000 ft. (Helms) ; in Coll. 

 Australian Mus. One specimen in March. 



ft Thorax with three longittidinal rows of hairs. 



455. SCIARA CONSANGUINEA, Sp.n. 



9. — Length of antennae 0-037 inch ... 0-90 millimetre. 



Expanse of wings 0-108 x 0-042 .. 2-73 x 1-06 



Size of body 0-108x0018 ... 2-73x0-45 



Antennae dark brown or black, densely covered with a pale 

 pubescence ; very slender, as long as the head and thorax com- 

 bined ; flagellar joints sub-sessile, twice as long as broad, the 

 terminal one longer. Head black or deep brown, levigate. Eyes 

 contiguous above. Palpi brown. Thorax black, sub-nitidous, 

 with three double longitudinal almost parallel rows of short 

 brown hairs ; also some long hairs on the lateral border and 

 scutellum. Halteres dark brown, the stem sordid ochreous. 



