268 On a neic Genus of Scatops'ul Flies. 



a|)ically (no pulvilli). Upper brancli of tlie radial sector less 

 transverse. Costa extoiidiiij^ well beyond the tip of lii^^. 

 Bases of the lower branch of the ineilia and of the anal vein 

 detective. Cross-vein connecting Jis with Cu meeting Cu 

 before the fork. Wing-membrane with numerous short 

 macrotrichia. 



Genotype: C. antennata, sp. n. 



The flies are considerably larger than any European 

 Scatopsid, and have some superficial resemblance to Myceto- 

 pliiiidai of the genus Loiomyia. Corjiioscelis^ on the other 

 hand, resembles the other European iScatopsidaj in size and 

 appearance. 



Canthylosrells antennata, sp. n. 



Antennai black. Eyes in punctiform contact above the 

 antenna in the cJ, just separate in the ? . Thorax with 

 three rather distinct dark dorsal stripes, on a brownish- 

 ochreous ground. Male claspers rather large, pointed, the 

 basal half broad; ninth tergite with two sharp points. Hind 

 femora pale yellowish on the basal half, incUuling the com- 

 mencement of the swollen portion; ajncal half brown, darker 

 at the tip and at the junction with the pale portion. Hind 

 tibia brown, with a more or less conspicuous yellowish ring 

 occupying the middle third. First hind tarsal joint nearly 

 cylindrical, about half as long again as the second. Coxai 

 all ochreous. Wings with a conspicuous dark band near the 

 tip, somewhat crescent-shaped, with the convexity inwards. 

 Wing-length 5-6 mm. 



Wellington, N.Z., in forest, 14. xii. 1920 {G. V.Hudson); 

 type and two other c? from Wainuiomata, also two (J, two ? 

 without exact data, in the British Museum ; another $ in the 

 Cambrid";e Museum, 



Canthyloscelit claripennisf sp. n. 



Antenna; brownish on the basal half or more, black apically. 

 Eyes of J separated by about the width of two ommatidia. 

 Tliorax indistinctly striped. Male claspers smaller than in 

 C antenunta, rounded apically ; ninth tergite simple. Hind 

 femora with the dark colour more extensive, the pale yellow 

 confined to the slender basal portion. Hind tibite without a 

 distinct pale ring in the middle. First hind tarsjvl joint 

 nearly cylindrical, about half as long again as the second. 



