DIPTERA 49 



Fam. EPHYDRIDAE. 



NoTiPHiLA Fallen, 

 (i) Notiphila itisularis, sp. nov. 



t ?. Long. corp. i\ mm. : al. 37'i mm. Front brownish-grey, with the orbits and 

 a central stripe light yellowish-grey ; face light yellowish-grey, with two or three bristles 

 near the oral margin ; proboscis reddish-brown, palpi light yellow ; antennae light 

 reddish-yellow, the third joint only very slightly infuscated towards its tip. Thorax and 

 scutellum light yellowish-grey, pleurae and metanotum light greenish-grey, halteres 

 light yellow. Abdomen greenish-grey, with four rather obscure brownish spots on the 

 first and second segments, two similar ones on the third, and two very small ones on 

 the fourth. Legs with the fore co.xae and all the femora dark brown, covered with 

 greenish-grey tomentum, knees, tibiae and tarsi entirely reddish-yellow ; intermediate 

 femora with a few bristles in the apical half beneath, intermediate tibiae with three 

 conspicuous bristles on the outer surface. Wings hyaline, veins yellowish-brown. 



H.\B. Oahu, one male and one female, Waialua, Koolau range, F"ebruary 1893. 



Brachydeuter.\ Loew. 

 ( I ) Brachydeittcra argentata Walker. 



Notiphila argentata Walker, Ins. Saundersiana Dipt. p. 407 (1S56). 



Brachydeutera diniidiata Loew, Monog. Dipt. N. Amer. i. p. 163 (1S62). 



H.<\B. Hawaii. A single specimen of this already well-described North American 

 species was obtained by Mr Perkins at Olaa in July 1895. Three specimens are 

 also recorded from the same island by L. O. Howard (Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, 

 vol. IV. no. 4, p. 490, July 1901). 



Sc.ATELLA Desvoidy. 



(i) Scatclla liaiiHiiiensis, sp. nov. 



t ?. Long. corp. 2\ — 2f mm. ; al. 2\ mm. Front shining black with a slight 

 greenish tinge ; face shining greenish-black with a little brownish tomentum, a pale spot 

 below the base of each antenna, a row of three conspicuous bristles down each side and 

 the oral margin fringed with fine hairs ; antennae quite black, arista with distmct 

 pubescence on the upper side. Thorax shining brownish-black, the shoulders and front 

 margin greenish-cinereous, pleurae and metanotum greenish-cinereous, a brown patch 

 F. H. III. 7 



