BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 103 



(J and 5- — Antennae sordid grey; joints darker than the pedicels; 

 basal joints yellowish; verticils moderately long, dense ; ^ pedicels 

 twice as long as the joints ; alternate joints larger, two long hairs 

 on each joint on the upper side; terminal joint with a process like 

 half a pedicel ; ^ sub-sessile, sub-cylindrical, more than twice as 

 long as the pedicels: end joint with a small projection. Front pale. 

 Thorax and abdomen greyish or greyish-brown, darker above, with 

 a pale pubescence (^ abdomen sometimes with a reddish tinge). 

 Halteres blackish, pale at the base and tip of knob. Legs of the 

 (J longer than those of 5, sordid grey, with the tii> of the third, 

 and the last two joints of the tarsi hoary. Wings pellucid, with a 

 dense yellowish pubescence and a brassy reflection. Costal border 

 blackish. First longitudinal vein close to the costa, but quite 

 distinct ; second longitudinal vein yellowish-brown ; transverse 

 vein indistinct ; branches of the third longitudinal indistinct. 

 (Description drawn from dried specimens). 



JETab. — Elizabeth Bay, Sydney (Masters and Skuse). 



54. DiPLOSIS CONTIGUA, sp.n. 



(J. — Length of antenna) 100 inch ... 2*54 millimetres. 



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



Size of body 0-060x0-015 ... 1-54x0-38 



Antennje sordid ochraceous ; alternate joints globose and sub- 

 globose or almost ovate, all about the same size ; verticils 

 moderately long, dense ; stifi" hairs on the upper side twice 

 the length of the verticils ; pedicels one half longer than a 

 joint ; terminal joint with a slender projection. Hypostoma 

 and front sordid ochraceous. Palpi long and slender, pale l)rown. 

 Thora.x smoky ochraceous-brown, nitidous, with the usual two 

 longitudinal rows of hairs separating three darker bands; pleuraj 

 ochraceou8-l)rowa ; scutelluni prominent, ochraceouH. Halteres 

 ochraceous at the base, the stalk and club ])ub(i8cent, cinereous ; 

 club large, somi'what elongate. Abdomen ochraceous-brown, tlu' 



