BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 105 



pale brown. Legs long and slender, cinereous, rather longer in 

 the 5 than in the ^ ; cox^e and base of femora in the 5 V^^^ 

 reddish-brown in the ^ greyish-yellow. AVings pellucid, very 

 densely haired particularly at the tip, densely ciliated, witli 

 roseous and golden reflections, the latter very light in the 5. 

 First longitudinal vein somewhat wide of the costa, verging 

 gradually into the margin ; second longitudinal vein reaching 

 the margin a short distance beyond the apex ; cross-vein rather 

 indistinct; third longitudinal vein turning abruptly towards the 

 posterior border, anterior branch pale, nearly straight. (Des- 

 cription drawn from dried specimens). 



Hah. — North Willoughby (Masters and Skuse). Beginning of 

 December. 



56. DiPLOsis ACTiosA sp.n. 



(J — Length of antennae O'lOO inch ... 2 "54 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0090 x 0-040 ... 2-27 x 1-01 



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



5. — Length of antennas 0-040 inch ... 1-01 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0100x0-040 ... 2-54x1-01 



Size of body 0-055x0-020 ... 1-39x0-50 



(J Antennae grey, basal joints large, having a somewhat yellowish 

 tinge, flagellar joints small, globate, the alternate ones somewhat 

 larger than the intermediate ones ; verticils pale ; each joint with 

 a very long stiff" hair on the upper side ; pedicels increasing in 

 length towards the end, where they are twice the length of the joints, 

 the joints at the same time becoming gnulually smaller ; terminal 

 joint with a slender projection : 5 joints brown, cylindrical, sub- 

 sessile, the pedicels very short, basal joints large, yellowish-brown, 

 last joint ending in a small bud-shaped appendage ; verticillate- 

 pilose. Ilypostoma and front yellowish. Palpi slender, yellowish. 

 Thorax pale yellowish-brown, levigate, with long yellowish hairs ; 

 pleura? and scutellum yellowish. Poisers naked and whitish at 

 the base, the stem and club with brown scales. Abdomen 

 greyish-brown, a dark brownish patch on the first two dorsal 



