778 DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



3. Sub-genus Tetrajyhana. Palpi four-jointed. One species, 

 G.fusca (PI. XXIV., fig. 48). 



305. Geranomyia (Geranomyia) picta, sp.n. 



^. — Length of antennas 0"060 inch ... 1"54 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0*220 x 0-050 ... 5-58 x 1-27 



Size of body 0'240 x 0-030 ... 6-09x0-76 



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



Expanse of wings 0-240 x 0-050 ... 6-09x1-27 



Size of body 0-210x0-030 ... 5-33x0-76 



Head, including proboscis, palpi and antennae black; front 

 with a greyish bloom. Palpi two-jointed. Collare brown^ 

 Thorax fulvous-brown, with a greyish bloom, traversed by 

 three brown longitudinal stripes ; the intermediate stripe 

 extending to posterior border of metanotum, Hal teres with 

 infuscated club. Abdomen brown, ochreous or fulvous-brown 

 on the venter ; genitalia fulvous or brownish- ochreous. Coxae 

 fulvous ; femora testaceous, darker at the tip ; tibiae and tarsi 

 obscure testaceous, the terminal joint of latter infuscated. 

 Wings pellucid, with a slight tint ; the stigma and two 

 spots on the distal half of anterior border brown; a small 

 squarish spot at origin of praefurca, and a longish one on the 

 costa beginning a short distance beyond stigma, and terminating 

 at tip of third longitudinal vein ; the cross-veins, inner ends of 

 sub-marginal and sub-costal cells and fifth longitudinal vein 

 clouded. Auxiliary vein reaching costa a little beyond origin of 

 second longitudinal vein ; praefurca angularly bent near its origin, 

 generally with a small stump of a vein ; marginal cross-vein and 

 tip of first longitudinal vein pale, the latter arcuated into second 

 longitudinal ; sub-marginal cell nearly one- third longer than the 

 first posterior ; discal cell closed ; the great cross-vein situated 

 much before its inner end, and usually opposite inner end of first 

 sub-marginal cell. 



