BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 91 



scutellum yellowish-brown. Halteres blackish in the middle, 

 yellowish at the base of the stalk, and club whitish. Abdomen 

 reddish-bi'ONvn, with a pale yellowish pilosity. Coxae yellowish- 

 brown. Femora very pale yellowish - brown with a black 

 pubescence. Tibiae and tarsi griseous. Wings pellucid, with a 

 very pale bluish tint, a rather close pubescence, and a rich golden 

 reflection. Veins greyish-yellow. Costal with long hairs before 

 the tip of the first longitudinal vein, and thickly covered with a 

 shorter pubescence throughout its length; cross- vein rather 

 oblique, pale ; second longitudinal reaching the mai^gin of the 

 wing a little beyond its tip ; third longitudinal i-ather indistinct, 

 anterior branch very little curved. (Description drav^nfrom dried 

 specimen). 



Hah. — Woronora (Masters and Skuse). 



41. DiPLOSIS CONSPECTA, n.sp. 



9. — Length of antennae 0-050 inch ... 1-27 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0070x0.030 ... 1-77 x 0-76 



Size of body 0-070 x 0010 ... 1-77x0-25 



Antennfe almost cinereous; joints large, cylindrical, separated 

 by pedicels more than half the length of the joints ; verticils greyish, 

 moderately dense. Hypostoma and front pale reddish-brown ; 

 palpi pale yellowish-brown. Thorax deep brown, with two longi- 

 tudinal rows of yellow semi-erect hairs meeting in a point at the 

 scutellum ; humeri reddish-yellow ; scutellum and pleurse light 

 brown. Halteres slender, clul) pale brown, elongate, the stalk 

 yellow. Abdomen red, terminal joints and ovipositor yellowish ; 

 pale yellowish pubescence. Legs rather short and robust, cinereous, 

 the coxm paler, and having pale articulations. Wings j>pl]uci(l, 

 with a pale bluish tint, somewhat ferruginous at their insertion, 

 densely haired, particularly towards the tip, iridescent, with 

 roseous and golden rr;Kections ; dee[)ly ciliated on the anlerior 

 border for a short di.stance past the termination of the fiiat 

 longitudinal vein, at the ti[), and on the posterior angle. Veins 

 yelh)wish-grey. Transverse vein distinct, not vtM-y oblicpie ; second 



