60 DIPTERA 



small ; proboscis black, clothed at the tip with tawny hairs ; palpi 

 black. Antennse pitchy ; second joint ferruginous ; third decreasing 

 in depth from the base to the tip, which is conical, full four times 

 the length of the second ; style black, very much longer than the 

 joint. Thorax tinged with grey. Abdomen bright-blue, obconical, 

 much broader but hardly longer than the thorax ; tip tinged with 

 purple beneath. Legs black, clothed with black hairs and bristles ; 

 foot-cushions tawny. Wings grey ; wing-ribs and veins black ; tip 

 cross-vein forming a slightly obtuse angle with the fourth longitudinal 

 vein, very slightly curved inward near the base, straight from thence to 

 the tip, joining the border at some distance above the tip of the wing ; 

 lower cross-vein with two curves, the lower inward, shorter than the 

 other, which is outward. Scales grey, with dull pale-yellow borders. 



Length, 3 lines. 



New Zealand (Dr. Sinclair). 



C. icELA. Walker, I.e., p. 897 (1849). 



Body clothed with black hairs and bristles. Head covered with 

 hoary bloom, adorned above with a tawny covering on each side of 

 the crown ; epistome slightly prominent ; sides of the face beset with 

 bristles for one-third of the length ; eyes dark red, facets on the fore- 

 part rather larger than those elsewhere ; proboscis black, clothed at 

 the tip with tawny hairs. Palpi tawny, beset with black bristles. 

 Antennae black, as long as the face ; tip of the second joint and base 

 of the third joint ferruginous ; third joint linear, nearly truncated at 

 the tip, about four times the length of the second ; style much longer 

 than the third joint. \ Thorax black, adorned with grey stripes ; breast 

 tinged with grey. Abdomen elliptical, brilliant purple mingled with 

 blue, a little shorter and broader than the thorax. Legs black, 

 clothed with black hairs and bristles ; thighs tinged with grey ; knees 

 ferruginous ; foot-cushions pitchy. Wings grey ; "wing-ribs and veins 

 black ; tip cross-vein forming an obtuse angle with the fourth longi- 

 tudinal vein, having a short and extremely shallow inward curve near 

 the base, straight from thence to the tip, joining the border a little 

 above the tip of the wing ; lower cross-vein with two slight curves, the 

 lower inward, the other outward. Scales grey, with dingy-white 

 borders. 



Length, 2f lines. 



New Zealand (Dr. Sinclair). 



C. ANTENNATIS, SJ). UOV. 



Thorax black, with blue reflections, and with three indistinct pale 

 bands on the fore-part ; a faint reddish mark on the shoulders, and a 



