BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 403 



the thorax ; forceps black. Legs blackish-brown. In the fore-legs 

 the tarsi ^ longer than the tibiae ; in the intermediate-legs the tarsi 

 •scarcely I longer than the tibiae ; in the hind-legs, the tibise and tarsi 

 almost equally long, the latter very slightly longer. Spurs yellow, 

 short. First joint of the tarsi about twice the length of the second; 

 second joint about J longer than the third, and equal to the fourth 

 and fifth combined. Wings hyaline, with rich golden reflections ; 

 costal and first two longitudinal veins dark brown. First longi- 

 tudinal vein joining the costa considerably before the base of the 

 fork ; cross-vein very distinct ; petiole very pale, much paler than 

 the fork, the same length as the posterior branch ; anterior branch 

 ^ longer than the posterior ; branches slightly divergent at the 

 tips, fff 3| times the length of gh ; kl shorter than Im. 



5rt6.— Mount Kosciusko, N.S.W., 5000 ft. (Helms) ; in Coll. 

 Australian Mus. March. 



Ohs. — Allied to S. festina, Sk. 



c. Tip of the 'posterior branch of the fork 7iearer the apex of the 

 wing than the tip of the second longitudinal vein. 



111. SCIARA MCESTA, Sk. 



aS'. mcesta, Sk., I.e., p. 691. 



One 2 specimen from Hamilton, Upper Nth. Pine, Queensland 

 (C. J. Wild), in January ; m Coll. Queensland Ihiseum. 



457. SciARA coNJUNCTA, sp.n. 



(J. — Length of antennae 0-075 inch ... 1-89 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-085 x 0-030 ... 2-14x0-76 



Size of body 0-090x0-016 ... 2-27x0-40 



Antennae black, with a minute pale pubescence ; moderately 

 slender, I the length of entire body ; flagellar joints with very 

 short pedicels, 2 to 3 times as long as broad. Head black, sub- 

 nitidous. Eyes contiguous above. Palpi brown or black. Thorax 

 black, nitidons, with three longitudinal rows of short brown hairs ; 

 the intermediate row single, short and indistinct ; lateral ones 



