606 DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



I. Base of the fork of the fifth longitudinal vein situated before 

 the proximal end of the first posterior cell. 



a. In the fore-legs the tihice longer than the metatarsus. 



468. SciOPHiLA McCoYi, sp.n. 



9- — Length of antennae 0-150 inch ... 3-81 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0290 x 0-100 ... 7-35 x 2-54 



Size of body 0270 x 0060 ... 6-85 x 1-54 



Antennae slender, longer than the hfad and thorax combined ; 

 joints of scapus and first three or four flagellar joints ochraceous- 

 yellow, the remaining joints dark brown, with hoary pubescence ; 

 flagellar joints 2| to 3 times longer than broad. Hypostoma, 

 proboscis, and palpi ochraceous-yellow. Front brown, the vertex 

 black. Thorax dark brown, levigate, the humeri and tw^o small 

 spots, one above, the other before, the origin of wings, ochraceous- 

 yellow ; three dense convergent rows of black hairs extending to 

 the scutellum ; lateral borders and scutellum densely beset with 

 long black hairs, longer on the scutellum ; pleurse brown, with 

 ochraceous markings ; scutellum and metathorax ochraceous ; the 

 anterior half of metanotum brownish. Halteres vellow, the club 

 brown. Abdomen brown, somewhat shining, all the segments 

 bordered posteriorly with ochraceous-yellow ; venter and oviposi- 

 tor ochraceous-yellow. Coxae ochraceous-yellow, the fore pair 

 more brownish ; femora brownish-ochreous ; tibiaB and tarsi 

 cinereous. Tibial spurs black. In the fore-legs the tibite slightly 

 longer than the metatarsal joint. Wings pellucid, almost hyaline, 

 somewhat infuscated with greyish behind the fork of the fifth 

 longitudinal vein, and between the apical portions of the first and 

 third longitudinal veins ; three small, but distinct, brown clouds : 

 one at each end of the marginal cell, the cloud at the proximal 

 end rather larger than the other, reaching the base of fourth 

 longitudinal ; the third largest, roundish, enveloping base of fork 

 of foui th longitudinal ; also subcostal cross-vein and base of fork 

 of fifth longitudinal vein each with a less distinct, very small 



