BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 95 



43. DiPLOSis GiLVA, sp.n. 



(J. — Length of antennsB 0*070 inch ... 1 "77 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-060 x 0-020 ... 1-54x0-50 



Sizeofbody 0-050x0-010... 1-27x0-25 



Antennas longer than the wings, whitish ; alternate joints twice 

 the size of the intermediate ones ; terminal joint with a small 

 process ; verticils short, dense ; pedicels rather longer than the 

 double joints ; basal joints pale yellow. Hypostoma and front pale 

 yellow. Palpi short, slender, pale yellow. Thorax pale brownish- 

 yellow, with a yellowish pubescence : pleurae pale brownish-yellow; 

 scutellum large, prominent, pale brownish-yellow. Halteres pale 

 yellow, pubescent ; stem very slender, club elliptical. Abdomen 

 very pale yellow, with pale yellow hair, forceps tinged with brown. 

 Legs short, slender, pale yellow, pubescent, with a silvery i-eflec- 

 tion. Wings pellucid, with a pale yellowish tint, densely covered 

 with a pale yellow pubescence, particularly towards the tip ; 

 pale silvery reflection. Veins yellow. Second longitudinal vein 

 arcuating con.siderably exteriorly, reaching the margin a short 

 distance beyond the apex of the wing ; cross-vein very indistinct ; 

 third longitudinal vein very indistinct, turning abruptly towards 

 the posterior margin, anterior branch invisiljle. (Description 

 drawn from dried specimen). 



Ilalj — Gosford (Skuse). 



Obs. — Very like D. mollipes, but difFei'ing from it in the shoit- 

 ness of the legs, antennae, &c. 



44. Dii'LOSis DI8CEDENS, sp.n. 



9. — Length of antennae 0-015 inch ... 0-38 millimijtre. 



Expanse of wings 0-090x0-040 ... 2-27x1-01 



Size of body 0-055x0-010 ... 1-39x025 



Antennao very .short, ocliraceous-brown ; joints sessile, cylin- 

 drical, about twice as long as broad, with short, fine, yellowi.sh 

 verticils. Eyes considerably separated. Hypostoma and front 



