772 DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



301. DlCRANOMYIA VIRIDIVEXTRIS, Sp.n. 



^. — Length of antennae 0-040 inch ... TOl millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-250 x 0-050 ... 6-34x1-27 



Sizeof body 0-180x0-025 ... 4-56x0-62 



^. — Length of antennae 0-037 inch ... 0-92 millimetre. 



Expanse of wings 0-250x0-050 ... 6-34x1-27 



Sizeof body 0-195x0-030 ... 4-93x0-76 



Head yellowish to brownish ; rostrum shorter than the head, 

 yellowish to brownish ; palpi and antennge brown ; the first joint 

 of scapus sometimes ochreous. Thorax pale greenish-yellow, some- 

 times darker (in one specimen even reddish-brown), shining, with 

 indistinct traces of an intermediate stripe. Halteres pale green, 

 the club very slightly darker. Abdomen green; ^ forceps usually 

 concolorous with rest of abdomen ; ^ ovipositor short, ochreous- 

 brown. Legs yellowish or greenish -yellow ; tibise and tarsi 

 greyish. Wings hyaline ; veins brownish ; stigma greyish, some- 

 times indistinct. Auxiliary vein reaching costa opposite or 

 somewhat before origin of second longitudinal vein ; sub-costal 

 cross-vein situated more than half the length of stigma distant from 

 its tip ; marginal cross vein at tip of first longitudinal vein ; prae- 

 furca arcuated, only a little longer than distance between origin 

 of third longitudinal vein and small cross-vein ; discal cell closed, 

 the great cross-vein at or somewhat beyond its inner end. 



Hab. — Middle Harbour, near Sydney (Skuse). Three speci- 

 mens. 



Obs. — Three specimens captured by me at Knapsack Gully, 

 Blue Mountains, appear to belong to this species, but they are 

 too shrivelled to satisfactorily examine. 



302. DlCRANOMYIA CDNEATA, sp.n. (PI. XXI., fig, 5). 



(J.— Length of antennae 0-035 inch ... 0*88 millimetre. 



Expanse of wings 0-200x0-045 ... 5-08x1-13 



Sizeof body 0-140x0-016 ... 3-55x0-40 



