88 DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



Antennse greyish-brown ; alternate joints very little larger than 

 the intermediate ones, sub-globular, somewhat pyriform ; pedicels 

 longer than the joints ; verticillate hairs greyish ; terminal joint 

 with a long cylindrical process. Thorax with three very broad 

 reddish-brown stripes almost coalescing anteriorly, the intermediate 

 one reaching only to the middle, the lateral ones to the hinder 

 margin ; the space between the three stripes very narrow, 

 yellowish-brown, but there is a considerable surface of the 

 yellowish-brown interval visible behind the limit of the middle 

 stripe ; a few leather long pale hairs ; collare pale ; pleura© and 

 scatellum pale greyish-brown. Halteres with a blackish pubes- 

 cence, the base of stem and tip of club naked. Abdomen light 

 umber brown, somewhat darker superiorly, and densely clothed 

 with a yellowish pubescence. Coxse pale greyish- brown. Femora 

 with a broad longitudinal stripe of dark piibescence above, a short 

 yellowish pubescence and some very long stiff hairs underneath. 

 The remaining joints cinereous, in some directions with a light 

 reflection. Wings with a greyish pubescence, moderately long 

 fringe on the costal and posterior margins, and a i-ich golden 

 reflection, violaceous along the venation. Veins pale brown ; 

 two first longitudinal veins well-defined, the second longitudinal 

 vein reaching the wing-margin beyond the apex ; cross-vein in- 

 distinct; third longitudinal also faint. (Description drawn from 

 dried specimen). 



Ilab. — Peat's Ferry (Masters and Skuse), 



37. DiPLOsis SENILIS, sp.n. 



9. — Length of antennfe 0.030 inch ... 0-76 millimetre. 



Expanse of wings 0-090 x 0-030 ... 2-27x0-76 



Size of body 0-045x0-015 ... 1-13 x 0-38 



Antennae greyish-brown; joints long, sul)-sessile, cylindrical; verti- 

 cillate hairslongandratherlight; end joint with a small short process; 

 basal joints greyish-yellow, sub-globular. Hypostoma and front pale 

 greyish-yellow. Thorax brown, levigate, with rather long yellowish 

 hairs ; collare, pleurae, and scutellum pale. Foisers pale, with a 



