BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 769 



cutting middle of stigma ; prsefurca a little arcuated at base, 

 about three times the length of distance from origin of third 

 longitudinal vein to small cross- vein ; sub-marginal cell abont 5 

 longer than the first posterior; discal cell closed, the great 

 cross- vein close to its inner end. 



Hah. — Elizabeth Bay, near Sydney (Skuse), August. 



Ohs. — -I have obtained only a single specimen. 



298. DlCRANOMYIA AURIPENNIS, Sp.n. 



^. — Length of antennae 0*050 inch ... 1*27 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-250 x 0-060 ... 6-34 x 1-54 



Size of body 0-210 x 0-030 ... 5-33 x 0-76 



Head, including rostrum, palpi, and antennse black. Rostrum 

 as long as the head. Thorax fulvous or brownish-fulvous, levi- 

 gate ; pleurae lighter fulvous. Halteres with a slightly infuscated 

 club. Abdomen ochreous-brown, levigate, sparingly clothed with 

 short yellow hairs ; forceps brownish-yellow or somewhat fulvous. 

 Legs brown ; coxae and basal portion of femora fulvous or brown- 

 ish-yellow. Wings pellucid, with a yellowish tint, rather darker 

 along anterior border between first longitudinal vein and costa, on 

 anterior half between second longitudinal vein and costa, and 

 extending downwards to the tip of the latter ; brilliant margari- 

 taceous reflections ; stigma scarcely distinguishable. Auxiliary 

 vein reaching the costa a little before or opposite the origin of the 

 praefurca ; sub-costal cross- vein pale, situated before the tip of 

 auxiliary vein a distance equal to rather more than § the length 

 of the praefurca ; marginal cross-vein indistinct, close to the tip of 

 first longitudinal vein; the latter appearing as if incurved towards 

 second longitudinal and joined by cross-vein to costa ; praefurca 

 about J longer than the distance between origin of third longitu- 

 dinal vein and small cross-vein ; discal cell closed, the great cross- 

 vein before its inner end. 



Bah. — Mossman's Bay, near Sydney (Skuse) ; Blue Mountains, 

 N.S.W. (Masters). September. 



