92 DIPTERA OP AUSTRALIA, 



longitudinal vein joining the margin below the aj)ex of the vving ; 

 third longitudinal vein very indistinct. (Description drawn from 

 dried specimen). 



Hah. — Richmond, Hawkesbury district (Skuse). January. 



42. DiPLOSis MOLLiPES sp.n. 



J". — Length of antennae 0'065 inch ... 1 '66 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-070 x 0-030 ... 1-77x0-76 



Size of body 0040x0-010 .. 1-01x0-25 



5. — Length of antennae 0-035 inch .. 0.88 millimetre. 



Expanse of wings 0-070x0-030 ... 1-77x0-76 



Size of body 0-050x0-015 ... 1-27x0-38 



Antennae greyish; joints darker than the pedicels ; ^ alternate 

 joints double ; verticils greyi.sh, moderately long ; terminal joint 

 with a small projection : 5 joints cylindrical, twice as long as the 

 pedicels, last joint ending in a small bud-shaped appendage ; basal 

 joints pale, almost white. Hypostoma and front pale yellow ; 

 palpi yellow. Thorax pale yellow, tinged with a light reddish- 

 brown in the 2> with two rows of long yellowish hairs ; pleurae, 

 coUare, scutellum, and halteres pale yellow, with a pale yellow 

 pubescence. Abdomen paler yellow than the thorax, particularly 

 of the 9, densely covered with fine pubescence of the same 

 colour. Legs very pale yellow, the fore and middle femora with 

 a short, somewhat sparse, blackish jmbescence on the upper side. 

 Wings pellucid, with a very pale but somewhat ioipure bluish tint, 

 rather close pubescence, and having a pale bras.sy reflection. Veins 

 yellowish. Cross-vein pale, not very oblique ; second longitudinal 

 vein joining the margin beyond the tip of the wing ; third longi- 

 tudinal nearly straight from the base to the end of the anterior 

 branch, posterior branch only slightly bent. (Description drawn 

 from dried specimens). 



Hah. — Sydney (Masters and Skuse). 



Obs. — A large 9 taken by Mr. Masters on 19th December, at 

 Elizabeth Bay, has the last two joints of the tarsi blackish. 



