BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 65 



scales. Abdomen light red, with darker dorsal bands, with a few 

 scattered black scales; terminal segQient densely scaled; ovipositor 

 short ; lam(.'llai indistinguishable. Lega rather short. Coxae 

 femora and tibite broad, slightly pubescent, with a few scales ; 

 yellow tinged with red. Tarsi short, covered with black scales. 

 Wings rounded, very densely covered with a scaly pubescence ; 

 pellucid, with a pale bluish tint ; brassy reflection. Yeins pale 

 brown. First longitudinal vein rather close to the costa, and not 

 very distinct on account of the thick pubescence ; second longi- 

 tudinal vein a little sinuose before the cross-vein, bent anteriorly, 

 joining the costal at a point three-fourths of the distance from the 

 apex of the wing ; cross-vein short, indistinct ; third longitudinal 

 vein with its anterior branch very indistinct. (Description 

 drawn from fresh specimen). 



Hab. — Elizabeth Bay (Skuse). End of January. 



9. Cecidomyia baccata, sp.n. 



(J. — Length of antennae 0*020 inch ... 0"50 millimetre. 



Expanse of wings 0-035 x 0-015 ... 0-88x0-38 



Size of body 0-035x0-010 ... 0-88x0-25 



Antennae dark-brown, 2- -h 9-jointed, joints sub-cylindrical, about 

 twice as long as the pedicels; pedicels paler than the joints, verticils 

 pale brown, moderately dense, long ; terminal joint apparently with a 

 very small uip))le-shai)ed projection. Hypostoma and front brown; 

 the tirst joint of the palpi small; the second joint satfron-coloured 

 and much longer ; third joint paler, longer than the second; fourth 

 joint pale yellow, slender, about twice as long as the second. 

 Thorax black, nitidous, two rows of hairs with a jjale reflection, 

 the hinder half with an oblong patch of clavate scales, niveous, 

 with pale pearly reflections when viewed at a certain obliquity, 

 reaching its margin posteriorly, but not extending to the lateral 

 uiargins ; pleuraj umber brown. Halteres with the apfix l>lack, 

 elongate, not nnich thickened, stem pale brown. Abdomen umber 

 brown, thickly covered with scales and hair. Legs short and 

 robust. Coxie pale reddish-brown. Front femora yellowish for 

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