106 DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



segments, especially prominent in the 9 > densely covered with 

 a pale pubescence. Legs long and slender. Coxae yellowish. 

 Femora yellowish at the base, anterior half dark grey. Tibiae 

 and tarsi cinereous, with a paler reflection. Wings pellucid, with 

 a pale bluish tint, very densely haired, and having a rich golden 

 reflection tinged with violet and purple in the ^, much paler and 

 brassy in the 5. Veins pale brownish ; costal well fringed ; 

 transverse vein rather indistinct ; second longitudinal vein reach- 

 ing the margin immediately beyond the apex of the wing ; third 

 longitudinal obscure, turning towards the margin in an abrupt 

 rounded angle, anterior branch very indistinct. (Description 

 drawn from dried specimens). 



^a6.- -Peat's Ferry (Masters and Skuse). August. 



57. DiPLOSIS CINERARIA, sp.n. 



(J. — Length of antennae 0"100 inch ... 2 -5 4 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-090 x 0-0.30 ... 2-27x0-76 



Sizeof body 0-050x0-015 ... 1-27x0-38 



Antennae grey ; basal joints large, pale brown; flagellar joints 

 darker than the pedicels, alternate joints only slightly larger, ovate, 

 each joint with long hairs on the upper side, pedicels longer than 

 joints, last joint with a slender projection, verticils pale, rather dense. 

 Hypostoma and front yellowish; palpi slender, yellowish. Thorax 

 smoky, with a yellowish tint on the margins, nitidous, two rows of 

 erect greyish hairs ; scutellum yellowish-brown, haired ; pleurae 

 yellowish-brown. Halteres black, whitish at the base of the stalk 

 and tip of knob. Abdomen pale greyish-brown, covered with long 

 erect greyish hairs, darker posteriorly on the tirst two or three 

 segments. Legs cinereous, with a lighter reflection. Wings with 

 a pale bluish tint, thickly haired, and having a brassy reflection. 

 The costal and two first longitudinal veins pale ; cross-vein 

 indistinct ; third longitudinal very indistinct, appearing only as 

 a pale yellowish line lying in the longitudinal fold, posterior 

 branch equally indistinct. (Description drawn from a dried 

 specimen). 



jETab. — Woronora (Masters and Skuse). October. 



