AUSTRO-MALAYAN DIPTERA 395 



With each species, I have quoted the principal description only. 



An exclamation (!) after a quotation, means that I have seen the type 

 of the species. The types of Doleschall I have compared in the Museum 

 in Vienna. 



Among several conflicting names , I have given preference to the one , 

 whose identification seemed the most probable. 



Synonymies borrowed from other works are followed by the authority 

 in brackets. 



MYOETOPHILID AE . 



Sciara sp. — One 9 , Kandari, Celebes, April 1874 (Beccavi). 

 Its red thoracic dorsum seems to mimic a Plecia. 



Sciara sp. — 29, Hatam, N. Guinea, June 1875 (Beccari). 



Sciara sp. — 29, Aru Islds., Wokan, 1873 (Beccavi). 



Mycetophila sp. — One specim. Kandari, Celebes, April 1874 

 (Beccari). Has a good deal of Myc. obscurata Wk. (Salwatty). 

 Its compressed thorax and large fore coxae (as long as the fore 

 femora), give it a peculiar appearance. 



BIBIONIDAE. 



Bibio obediens n. sp. 9. Reddish-yellow, including the coxae 

 and femora ; antennae (except the base), tibiae and tarsi black ; 

 wings brownish, costal margin darker. Long. corp. 9 mm. 



Palpi and lips blackish ; antennae deep-black , except the 

 scapus, which is yellow ; ocellar tubercle black ; tibiae and tarsi 

 black, shining. The rest of the body, including halteres , coxae 



