140 DIPTERA OF AUSTRALIA, 



pilose ; flagellai' joints considerably flattened ; tlie terminal joint 

 with a small projection ; verticils long and dense ; pedicels one 

 half longer than the joints. Palpi ochraceous-brown. Thorax 

 deep brown, with a sparse golden-yellow jnibescence ; pleurae pale 

 reddish-brown. Halteres long and rather robust, club elongate ; 

 stalk pale, club covered with a black pubescence. Abdomen deep 

 brown densely covered with scales and hairs. Legs ochraceous- 

 brown, the femora somewhat ferruginous, very densely pubescent; 

 femora and tibiae robust ; tirst tarsal joint slender ; second not so 

 long as the first ; the rest of nearly equal length. Wings some- 

 what ferruginous at the base, ])ellucid, with a very pale brownish 

 tint, densely ciliated and covered with a scaly pubescence ; rich 

 golden and roseous reflections. First longitudinal vein reaching 

 the costal about half way to the apex of the vying ; second longi- 

 tudinal vein meeting the border a little beyond the apex ; cross- 

 vein very distinct, not very oblique ; third longitudinal vein 

 straight, rather indistinct, reaching the border a little below the 

 second longitudinal vein ; fourth longitudinal gradually arcuating 

 into the posterior margin, anterior branch very indistinct. 

 (Description drawn from dried specimen). 



Hab. — Elizabeth Bay (Masters and Skuse). September. 



93. Campylomyza pellax, sp.n. 



(J. — Length of antenna} 0-015 inch ... 0-38 millimetre. 



Expanse of wings 0-02.5 x O-QIO ... 0-62x0-25 



Size of body 0020x0-005 ... 0-50x0-12 



Antennae brown, 2- -l- 11-jointed ; basal joints paler than those 

 of the flagellum ; flagellar joints almost twice as wide as long, 

 particularly those near the base, almost as long as the pedicels, 

 and having long brownish verticillate hairs; terminal joint rather 

 larger than the one immediately befoi-e it, and considerably 

 rounded. Palpi .slender, sordid yellowish, deeply pubescent. 

 Thorax black or nearly so, nitidous, with somewhat long pale 

 hairs; pleurie dusky brown; scutellum narrow, lunate, deep 

 umber-brown, Halteres dusky yellow, club pyriform, pubescent. 



