Mr. J. K. Mallocli on ll.volic Mu.scaridj«. IJbO 



also before ine eleven females from Ceylon (./. \l\ Ycrhnn/)^ 

 and have seen two mules and one female from the i'liili|)|jine 

 Islands {C. J', liaker). 



lAspu ivesc/iei, sp. n. 



Male. — Black, shining:. Frons brownish black, opaqnc ; 

 face, cheeks, and occipnt with dense white pruinescence ; 

 antenn.e black, apex of second scf^nu'iit reddish ; palpi 

 whitish y»dlow. Thoriix brownish prniiu!s(;eiit on dorsum, 

 with three shining Ijlaek vittie; plenne densely wiiitish-grey 

 prninescent. Alxlomen with a pair of enrved shining black 

 marks, which arc contiguous l)asally, oil second, third, and 

 fourth tergitea. Legs brownish fuscous, grey-pruinescent, 

 tibiie tawny. Wings clear. Calyptiie whitish, llalteres 

 yellowish. 



Arista long plumose ; anteniue not mucli shorter than 

 face; parafaeial witii sparse hairs ; palpi gradually dilated. 

 Thorax with two strong prescutellar pairs of dorso-centrals, 

 the two anterior pairs behind suture <iud the two pairs in 

 front of it almost indistinguishable ; pleural bristles normal. 

 Abdomen rather broad ; l)asal sternite hairy ; fourth long, 

 not armed at apex, fifth notched in centre. All coxie, ami 

 especially the fore pair, the trochanters, and the bases of all 

 femora with very long setulose hairs which are crinkly at 

 apices ; fore tibia witli an antero-dorsal and a posterior 

 median bristle; mid-tibia with one posterior bristle; hind 

 femur without strong bristles; liind til)ia with one antero- 

 ventral, one antero-dorsal, and one i)ostero-dorsal bristle at 

 middle ; tarsi normal. Outer cross-vein regularly curved ; 

 first posterior cell narrowed apically. 



Length 5 mm. 



Type, l^ort Melbourne, Victoria, 10. xii. 1900 [JV.lVesche). 



Named in honour of the collector, who did some very line 

 work on Diptera. 



Lis}) (I uiiiseta, sp. n. 



Female. — Similar to the |)rcceding. Differs in having the 

 tibiae slightly darker; the thorax with one pair of presutural 

 and two pairs of postsntural dorso-centrals, all very long and 

 strong; the fore tibia with one very long posterior bristle, 

 and noiu; on antero-dorsal surface; the mid-tibia with an 

 ailditional bristle on antero-dorsal surface; and the mid and 

 hind femora with a few setulose hairs at base. 



Length 5 mm. 



TijiK' and one paratvpe, Port Melbourne, lO. xii. lUOO 

 {/r. IVescke). 



Ann. ii; Ma;/. xV. Ili'st. Ser. 9. Vul. x. 27 



