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nal•l•()^^iy yellowish ; dorsal shield of the ovipositor dark l)rown ; sternites obscure 

 yellow. Ovipositor with the valves very small, the tergal valves upcurved, acute 

 at the tips. 



II ah. Lord Howe Island (A. M. Lea). Type, L 12137. 



D. brrviraiua is iiearh^ related to D. auripennis Sknse, differing in the 

 coloiu-ation of the head, antennae, and abdomen. 



DICRANOMYIA SUBREMOTA sp. nov. 



Antennae dark l)rown ; general colouration grey; mesonotal praescutum and 

 scutiun marked with light brown ; legs brownish-yellow, the tips of the tibiae 

 narrowly dark brown; wings faintly greyish-yellow, sparsely spotted with brown; 

 Sc short, basal deflection of Cu^ far before the fork of M. 



$ Length, about 5 mm.; wing, Q mm. ? Length, 5-4 mm.; wing, 

 6 5-6-7 mm. 



Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennae dark brown; flagellar segments 

 suboval. Head grey. Mesonotum grey, Avith three broad but ill-defined light 

 brown stripes ; scutal lobes light brown, median area grey ; remainder of 

 mesonotum grey. Pleura dark, grey pruinose. Halteres light brown, yellow 

 basally. Legs with the coxae dark brown; trochanters obscure brownish-yellow; 

 femora brownish-yellow, the tips indistinctly darkened ; tibiae and metatarsi 

 obscure yellow, the tips narrowly but conspicuously dark brownish-black ; terminal 

 tarsal segments blackened. Wings with a faint greyish-yellow tinge, with very 

 small and indistinct brown seams, arranged as follows : at arculus ; at origin of 

 lis; the stigmal area, appearing as a narrow seam to r; narrow seams along the 

 cord and outer end of cell first M- ; veins pale yellowish-brown. Venation : Sc 

 short. Sc^ extending a short distance beyond the origin of Rs, Sc- some distance 

 from the tip of Sc\ lying before the origin of Rs; Sc^ alone about equal to the 

 basal deflection of Chi^ ; Rs long, gently arcuated, about twice the deflection of 

 R*+\ the latter about equal to the first section of vein R^+^ ; r at about one-third 

 R-^^ ; r-m faint ; basal deflection of Cu^ about its own length before the fork of M ; 

 Cu- longer than the basal deflection of Cu^. Abdominal segments dark brown; 

 genital segments obscure yellow. 



Hob. Norfolk Island (A. M. Lea). Type, I. 12138. 



DICRANOMYIA IDONEA sp. nov. 



General colouration dull yellow; antennae moniliform; halteres with the 

 apices tipped with yellow ; legs short, hairy, yellow, the femora with two narrow 

 brown subterminal rings; tibiae and first three tarsal segments tipped with black; 

 wings pale yellow, sparsely spotted and clouded with brown and grey; Rs and 



