122 DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



well defined or appeai-ing part of the remaiader of the vein, 

 joining the wing-margin at or immediately below the apex ; cross- 

 vein and second longitudinal apparently continuous, the former 

 very oblique ; third longitudinal vein very indistinct, particulai'ly 

 the anterior branch. (Description drawn from dried si)ecimen). 

 Hah. — Sydney (Skuse). 



74. Epidosis exigua, sp.n. 



5. — Length uf antennae 0"030 inch ... 070 millimetre. 



Expanse of wings 0070 x 0-035 ... 1-77 x 088 



Size of body 0050 x 0-010 ... 1-27x0-25 



Antennae pale brown, 2- -f 11-jointed ; joints cylindrical, twice as 

 long as broad, verticillate-pilose, longer than the pedicels ; pedicels 

 pale ; terminal joint sessile. Palpi short, rather thick, brownish- 

 yellow. Hypostoraa and front brownish-yellow. Thorax pale 

 brown, with the usual two rows of brownish-yellow hairs ; pleurae 

 pale brown ; scutellum somewhat yellowish-brown ; humei'i same 

 colour as the thorax. Halteres ochraceous, rather short, densely 

 covered with minute yellow hairs, club elongate, scarcely pyri- 

 form. Abdomen yellowish-brown, reddish-brown towards the 

 extremity, thickly haired. Legs moderately long, slender, yellow, 

 densely covered with long and short hairs. Wings broad, pellucid, 

 with a pale blui-sh tint, covered with a rather dense and somewhat 

 interwoven pubescence ; moderately ciliated ; with roseous and 

 golden reflections. First longitudinal vein wide of the costa and 

 parallel with it, then joining the margin at an acute angle ; cross- 

 vein a short distance from and almost parallel with the first longi- 

 tudinal vein, and forming with the second longitudinal vein one 

 continuous straight line ; second longitudinal very sinuose at the 

 base, and much paler than the rest of the vein, reaching the margin 

 just beyond the apex of the wing ; third longitudinal vein wide 

 of the margin, bending gradually into the posterior border ; no 

 trace of an anterior branch. {De.scription drawn from dried 

 specimen). 



Hah. — Glenbrook, Blue Mountains (Masters). 



