120 AUSTRALIAN RHYPHIDyE AND LEPTID.E (DIPTERA}, 



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3. Antennje witli unjointed arista, eyes touchiag in $ 

 widely separate in $ , 4. 



Antennge with arista jointed and thickened, eyes 



separate in both sexes. Atherimorphm. 



4.. Eyes baxe, abdomen elongate, anterior tibiae withouit 



spurs, intermediate with two, and posterior wit-k 



one spur. Chr'jf^opilus. 



Eyes pubescent, abdomen conical, short, anterior tibisfr 

 with one, intermediate and posterior tibite witk 

 two spurs. D asy 01117710 .. 



S. Wings hyaline, indications of the third posterior vei» 

 usually present, fourth posterior vein rising frorw 

 the discal cell about I length from base. Blood- 

 sucking. Spaniopsis. 



Wings spotted, 3rd posterior vein rising from |- lengtk 

 of discal cell, no trace of the fourth posterior vein- 

 present. Non blood-sucking. Austroleptit. 



Genus Clesthenia, White. 



White, P. & P. Roy. Soc. Tasm., pg. 45, text fig. 3 (wing) 

 1914. 

 This genus is characterised by : — Five posterior cells,, 

 fourth and anal cell closed : antennae three jointed with a, 

 short thickened two jointed (apparently) terminal style : 

 legs with all tibiae two spurred ; thorax arched, and abdo- . 

 men conical. Eyes bare, separate in both sexes, short 

 bristles on intermediate and posterior tibiae. 



Clesthenia aberrant. White. 

 (PI XXVII., fig 1.) 

 White, P. & P. Roy. Soc. Tasm., pg. 46, text fig. 3, 1914. 

 Hab. Tasmania ; Hobart, Mangalore, Mt. Wellington^ 

 Dunalley. 



Type in the British Museum. 



Genus Atherimorpha, White. 

 White, P. & P. Roy. Soc. Tasm., pg. 41, text fig. 1, 1914. 

 Five posterior cells open, anal cell narrowly open or 

 closed; antennae three jointed with a jointed thickened 

 style, anterior tibiae withoiit spurs, intermediate and pos- 

 terior tibiae with two spurs, abdomen elongate tapering, 

 eyes separate in both sexes, bare; tibiae with conspicuO'Us 

 bristles. 



