868 DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



Auxiliary vein reaching costa opposite inner end of second sub- 

 marginal cell ; sub-costal cross-vein near its tip ; marginal cross- 

 vein rather indistinct, about its length distant from tip of first 

 longitudinal vein ; praefurca moderately long, arcuated at its 

 origin ; petiole of first sub-marginal cell very short ; anterior 

 branch of second longitudinal vein usually slightly sinuose, about 

 half the length of posterior branch, reaching costa beyond tip of 

 first longitudinal a distance about half the length of stigma ; 

 posterior branch arcuated slightly upwards at the extreme tip ; 

 second posterior cell more than half the length of third posterior ; 

 discal cell longer than wide, the great cross-vein opposite its 

 middle ; seventh longitudinal vein sinuated. 



Hah. — New South Wales (Masters). Three specimens 



Ohs. — Closely allied 

 the wing-markings, etc 



QJ)s. — Closely allied to G. cyanea, but easily distinguished by 

 p ■win.o--i-na7'kine's. etc. 



369. Gynoplistia bella, Walker. (PI. xxiii., fig. 33). 



Ctenophora bella, Walk., Ent. Mag. II., p. 470, 1835 ; Gy7io- 

 2)listia hella^ Westwood, Lond. and Edin. Phil. Mag. VL p. 280, 

 1835; G. variegata, Westw., Zool. Journ. V. No. 20, 448, pi. 

 XXII., figs. 12, 13; Macquart, Dipt. Exot. I. p. 44, t. iii. f. la, 

 1838 ; SuppL i. p. 10, 1846, t. i. f . 5 ; Variegata gyninoplistioides, 

 Bigot, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1884, p. 456. Gynoplistia elegans, 

 Walk., Ins. Saund. i. Dipt. p. 447, 1856 ; G. variegata Schiner, 

 "Novara" Exp. Dipt. 1868, p. 39; G. bella, Westw., Trans. Ent 

 Soc. Lond. 1881, p. 370. 



(J. — Length of antennae 0*120 inch ... 3*04 millimetres 



Expanse of wings 0-330 x 0-090 ... 8-37x2-27 



Size of body 0-360 x 0-060 ... 9-14 x 1-54 



Q. — Length of antennae 0110 inch ... 2'79 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-440x0-120... 11-17x3-04 



Sizeofbody 0-440x0-090... 11-17x2-27 



