108 DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



ochraceous; short yellowish liairs in two longitudinal rows from 

 the collare to the scutellum ; pleiirte sordid brown. Halteres 

 brownish, pale at the base of the stalk. Abdomen deep umber- 

 brown, with long soi-jewhat brownish and almost straight hairs j 

 forceps paler brown, densely haired. Legs long, slender. Coxte 

 pale brown. Femora pale biown at the base, anterior half thickly 

 covered with dark, almost sooty, scales. Tibise and tarsi appearing 

 greyish-brownish. Wings pellucid, with a pale brown tint; pubes- 

 cence dense, yellowish, the hairs very little bent ; golden reflection, 

 with a purplish tinge. Veins yellowish-brown. First longitudinal 

 vein near to the costa and with it thickly haired ; cross-vein 

 indistinct ; second longitudinal vein bent towards its end and 

 reaching the margin of the wing immediately beyond the apex ; 

 third longitudinal pale, turning towards the margin at an obtuse 

 rounded angle, anterior branch straight, a little bent upwards at 

 the base. (Description drawn from dried specimen). 



Hah. — GlenVjrook, Blue Mountains (Masters). January. 



Sub-genus 4. Aspiiondylia, Loew. 



Asphondylia, H. Loew, D.B. IV, 1850, p. 21 ; Winnertz, 

 L.E. 1853, p. 187 ; Rondani, Prodromus L 1856, p. 199, &c. ; 

 0.-8acken, Mon. Dipt. N. America, 1862, p. 176 ; Schiner, F.A. 

 II. 1864, p. 395 ; Lioy, Class. 1863-64, p. 503 {Cyllndrocera). 



Second longitudinal vein reaching the margin of the wing a 

 little beyond the apex (PL ii., fig. 8). Antennae of both sexes 

 with the same number of joints ; joints cylindrical, sessile, with a 

 short pubescence only. 



60. Asphondylia Loewi, sp.n. 



5. — Length of antennaB '040 inch ... 1 '01 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0100 x 0-045 ... 2-54xM3 



Size of body 0-090 x 0-025 ... 2-27x0-62 



Antennae brown, 1-+ 12-join ted, joints ses.sile, cylindrical, densely 

 covered with a very short pale pubescence, joints decreasing in 

 length towards the tip, the last joint apparently with a very 



