90 DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



39. DiPLOsis FURVA, sp.n. 



5. — Length of antennae "030 inch ... 0'76 millimetre. 



Expanse of wings 0-085 x 0-040 ... 2-14 x 1-01 



Sizeof body 0-050x0-017 ... 1-27x0-42 



Antennae dark brown or black ; joints thick, cylindrical; pedicels 

 very short; basal joints brown; terminal joint with a narrow pro- 

 jection, more than half the length of the joint, verticillate-pilose. 

 Hypostoma and front pale brownish ; palpi long, slender. Thorax 

 light brown, nitidoiis, with two rows of long erect hairs; pleur?e sor- 

 did brown; scutellum light brown, with long erect hairs. Poisers 

 pale at the base, stalk and club thickly covered with brown scales 

 and hair. Abdomen umber brown, with a dense long pubescence. 

 Legs very long and slender, cinereous, almost black on account of 

 their pubescence, the coxee somewhat sordid brownish. Wings 

 appearing almost blackish, densely clothed with moderately long 

 slightly bent hairs, the posterior margin deeply ciliated, the fringe 

 on the posterior angle much longer than the rest ; bright brassy 

 reflection. Costal covered with rather long hairs ; cross-vein not 

 very oblique, distinct ; second longitudinal vein very little bent ; 

 third longitudinal vein pale, particularly the anterior branch. 

 (Description drawn from dried specimen). 



iTaft.— Middle Harbour (Skuse). 



40. DiPLosis QUiESiTA, sp.n. 



5. — Length of antennae 0025 inch ... 0-62 millimetre. 



Expanse of wings 0-080x0030 ... 2-02x0-76 



Sizeof body 0-045x0-015 ... M3 x 0-38 



Antennse greyish-brown ; joints sub-sessile, cylindrical, thick,, 

 verticillate-pilose ; pedicels very short, scarcely visible, paler than 

 the joints; terminal joint with a small nipple-shaped process. 

 Labium and palpi yellowish-brown, the latter slender. Thorax 

 reddish-brown, levigate, the usual two rows of hairs along narrow 

 stripes of a paler brown, almost meeting posteriorly ; collare and 



