102 ME. F. WALKEE OlST NEW SPECIES OE DIPTEEA 



possession of their nests, or whetlier they had merely sought 

 shelter in their deserted habitations, I am not prepared to say. 

 As the millepedes are considered to feed on vegetables, it is pos- 

 sible that they had taken possession of these abodes to feed at 

 leisure on their structure. I am the more inclined to this opinion 

 from the worm-eaten appearance of some of the deserted nests. 



<--/) Descriptions of New Species of the Dipterous Insects of New 

 / Gruinea. By Feancis "Walkee, E.L.S. 



- ' [Bead March 3, 1864.] 



Earn. MYCETOPHILID^, Haliday. 

 G-en. SciAEA, Meigen. 



1. SciARA VARiPES. Fcem, Testacea, antennis nigricantibus basi tes- 

 taceisj pedibus longiusculis, tarsis nigris, alis cinereis. 



Female. Testaceous. Antennae blackish, testaceous towards the base, 

 not longer than the thorax. Abdomen a little longer than the thorax. 

 Legs slender, rather long ; tarsi black. Wings cinereous ; veins black ; 

 radial vein extending a little beyond the fork of the subapical vein. 

 Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wings 6 lines. 



2. SciARA? FiLiPES. Mas. Testacea, gracilis, abdomine attenuate 

 apicem versus nigro, pedibus longissimis, tibiis apice tarsisque fusces- 

 centibus, alis cinereis. 



Male. Testaceous, slender. Abdomen attenuated, black towards the 

 tip, more than twice as long as the thorax. Legs slender, extremely 

 long; tarsi and tips of the tibiae brownish. Wings cinereous ; veins 

 brownish ; radial vein ending at a little before the fork of the sub- 

 apical vein ; cubital vein very near the costa. Length of the body 

 3 lines ; of the wings 7 lines. 

 The specimen here described is mutilated, and therefore can 

 hardly be characterized as a new genus. 



Earn. CULICIDiE, Haliday. 

 Gen. Me&aehina, Desv. 



3. Megarhina inornata. Mas. Fusca, palpis purpm-eis argenteo 

 bifasciatis, antennis nigris, pectore femoribusque argenteis, abdomine 

 lurido apicem versus nigro, pedibus non fasciatis, alis fuscescenti- 

 cinereis. 



