BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 301 



inner marginal cell obliterated by confluence of the veins; marginal 

 cell almost obliterated ; indistinct trace of third longitudinal fork, 

 posterior branch close and almost parallel to anterior branch of 

 fourth longitudinal ; latter fork very pale, apparently sessile, the 

 posterior branch detached at its base, branches straight at tip, 

 anterior joining immediately above apex of wing, posterior scarcely 

 reaching margin ; anterior branch of fifth longitudinal fork 

 scarcely twice the length of posterior. 



Hah. — Berowra, N.S.W. (Masters). Two specimens. 



■^■^ Second longitudinal vein joining costa beyond middle of 

 anterior border. 



282, Ceratopogon 10-punctatus, sp.n. (PI. xiii., fig. 39). 



Q. — Length of antennae 0*021 inch .. 0*52 millimetre. 



Expanse of wings 0-055 x 0-021 ... 1-39x0-52 



Size of body 0-065 x 0-020 ... 1-66 x 0-50 



Black, opaque; scutellum brown; legs deep brown; tarsi yellowish- 

 brown. Thorax with three longitudinal double rows of brown or 

 blackish hairs, divergent posteriorly. Halteres whitish at apex of 

 club. Abdomen short, robust, clothed with brown hairs, second 

 to sixth segments with a small whitish spot on each bide, those on 

 fifth very small. In fore legs tibia J longer than the metatarsus. 

 Wings shorter than entire body, hyaline, rather densely covered 

 with brownish hairs, with rich cupreous (and somewhat violaceous) 

 reflections ; costal, first two longitudinal veins, middle cross-vein 

 and basal portion of fourth longitudinal brown or brownish. 

 Auxiliary vein pale and indistinct ; first longitudinal reaching 

 costa almost opposite but immediately before base of fifth longi- 

 tudinal fork ; second longitudinal incrassated, reaching costa 

 somewhat beyond middle of anterior border, and opposite tip of 

 posterior branch of fifth longitudinal fork ; inner marginal cell 

 obliterated by confluence of veins ; marginal cell almost closed 

 extremely narrow ; complete fork, and portion of petiole of third 



