BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 409 



about ^ longer than the third, and equal to the fourth and fifth 

 combined ; the latter two of about equal length. Wings pellucid, 

 almost hyaline, with a slightly greyish tint ; margaritaceous 

 reflections ; costal and first two longitudinal veins brown. First 

 longitudinal vein reaching the costa a little before the base of the 

 fork ; cross-vein tolerably distinct ; petiole very pale, about ^ the 

 length of the posterior branch of the fork ; branches slightly and 

 gradually divergent, fg twice the length of gh ; kl equal to hn. 



Hah. — Mount Kosciusko, N.S.W. (Helms); two specimens in 

 Coll. Australian Museum. March. 



Ohs. — Closely allied to S. notata, Sk. 



C. Cross-vein situated beyond the middle of the first longitudinal 

 vein, 

 c. Tip of the posterior branch of the fork nearer the apex of the 

 wing than the tip of the second longitudinal vein. 



461. SCIARA EXSEQUIALIS, sp.n. 



(J. — Length of antennae 0'070 inch 



Expanse of wings 0-083 x 0-030 



Size of body 0-080 x 0-015 



5. — Length of antennae 0-037 inch 



Expanse of wings 0-105x0037 



Size of body 0-085x0-016 



1-77 millimetres- 

 2-09x0-76 

 2-0-2 X 0-38 



0-90 millimetre. 



2-67x0-90 



2-14x0-40 



$. — Antennae black, with a pale pubescence ; moderately slender, 

 more than f the length of entire body ; flagellar joints with 

 minute pedicels, 2| to 4 times as long as wide, the tei^minal joint 

 considerably longer than the ])enultimate one. Head black, sub- 

 opaque. Eyes contiguous above. Palpi dark-brown or black. 

 Thorax black, sub-opaque, with three longitudinal double rows of 

 short yellow hairs ; lateral borders and scutellum with tolerably 

 long black hairs. Halteres yellow. Abdomen black, clothed 

 with yellow hairs ; as wide as or rather wider than the thorax i 

 forceps wider than the anal segment, black. Legs dark brown, 

 the tarsi black. In the fore-legs the tarsi not quite \, in the inter- 



