BY FREDEKICK A. A. SKUSE. 137 



Antennae pale brown, 2- + 9-joiutecl, joints sub-globose, verticil- 

 late-pilose, pedicels rather longer than than the joints. Front 

 and palpi yellowish-brown. Thorax light red-brown, nitidous, 

 with a yellow prVjescence • pleune light red-brown ; scutelluni 

 almost triangular, the same colour as the mesothorax, with yellow 

 liairs. Halteres moderately long, thick, the club elongate, rather 

 thicker than the stalk, with a deep brown or black scaly i)ubes- 

 cence. Abdomen ferrugiiious-ochraceous, darker at the extremity, 

 somewhat thickly clothed with laterally directed deep brown or 

 black scaly hairs, the last two or three segments with a longi- 

 tudinally directed pubescence ; ovipositor apparently short, pale 

 ochraceous, with narrow elongate lamels. Legs short, rather 

 robust, ochraceous, with the articulations and tarsal joints tinged 

 with ferruginous ; densely pubescent. Femora and tibi;e rather 

 robust. Tarsal joints of almo.st equal thickness, the base of the 

 tirst one somewhat narrowed. VViiigs pellucid, with a pale bluish 

 tint, densely covered with scaly liairs, well ciliated in the posterior 

 border with delicate hairs, and exhibiting a pale brassy reflection 

 when viewed at a certain obliquity. Costal densely covered with 

 a short dense pubescence. First longitudinal vein indistinct at 

 its tip, reaching the costa about half way to the apex of the 

 wing ; cross- vein not very distinct ; second longitudinal vein 

 remarkably sinuose before the cro.ss-vein, joining the margin 

 beyond the apex of the wing ; fourth longitudinal vein little 

 arcuated, invisible before reaching the posterior V)ordcr, its 

 anterior branch aluiost indistinguishable. (Dcscrii)tion drawn 

 from dried specimen). 



Ifafj. — ElizJibeth Bay (Skuse). 



DO. Ca.mi'Vlomyza suutilis, sp.n. 



(J. — lyingtli of autennic O'OiiO inch ... 0-7G millimi;Uc. 



Expanse of wings 0040 x 0018 ... IOlxO-45 



Si/e of body 0030 x OOOG ... 0-7GxOir> 



AnU-niwe yjiilow, tinged witli brown, 2- -h 1.'5 jointo<l, the last 

 joint very Hmall and rudimcMitary ; basal joints about the same 

 size as the fliigr'Har joints ; joints small near tin; base of the 



