126 DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



Antennae almost cinereous, 2- + 12-jointecl, about as long as the 

 head and thorax, joints rather longer than wide, sessile, -vWth very- 

 short verticillate hairs, basal joints small, yellowish-brown. Hypo- 

 stoma and front yellowish-brown. Palpi yellowish-brown. Thorax 

 black, slightly pubescent ; pleurte sordid yellowish-brown ; scutel- 

 lum yellowish. Halteres short, the club large, pyriform, grey, 

 with exceedingly minute brown scales. Abdomen black with a 

 yellowish tint, densely covered with moderately long hairs ; 

 ovipositor long, with two small yellow lamels. Legs moderately 

 long, slende' , yellowish-grey ; femora and tibiae with brownish 

 hairs. Wiug densely covered wath longish somewhat interwoven 

 pubescence, iridescent, with roseous and golden reflections. Veins 

 pale brownish. First longitudinal vein wide of the costa, joining 

 the margin about half way to the tip ; cross-vein very jirominent, 

 rather oblique ; second longitudinal vein not sinuated before the 

 cross-vem, reaching the margin immediately beyond the apex of 

 the wing ; third longitudinal vein almost straight, slightly bent 

 just before joining the posterior margin ; fourth longitudinal vein 

 turning towards the margin in an obtuse rounded angle. (Des- 

 cription drawn from diied specimen). 



Hob. — Elizabeth Bay (Masters and Skuse). January. 



Genus 4. Spaniocera, Winnertz. 



Spaniocera, Winnertz, L.E., 1853, pp. 190 and 306 ; Rondani, 

 11^* Mem. Parma, 1840, «fec. ; Erachyiieura, Stirp. Cec, 1860, 

 pp. 287 and 292; O.-Sacken, Mon. Dipt. N. America, 1862, 

 p. 175 ; Schiner, F.A. II., 1864, p. 406. 



Antennae filiform, 2- -t- 11 -jointed, the joints long, cylindrical, 

 with a short pubescence, and without verticils. Wings moderately 

 large ; considerably rounded, with a wedge-shaped base ; clothed 

 with scaly hairs. Three longitudinal veins, all simple. The first 

 longitudinal vein close to the costa ; second longitudinal vein some 

 distance from it, arcuating anteriorly, and reaching the margin 

 considerably before the apex of the wing (Pi. in., fig. 17). 



