BY FREDERICK A. A. SKUSE. 681 



straight, tip of the posterior branch bent a little posteriorly, fg 

 twice the length of gli ; kl almost \ shorter than Im. E-udi- 

 mentary fifth longitudinal vein close behind the fourth longi- 

 tudinal vein disappearing at about | of its length. 



Rah. — Gawler, South Australia. 



ft Tliorax with three longitudinal rows of hairs. 



103. SciARA Froggatti, sp.n. 



^. — Length of antennae 0'065 inch ... 1 "66 millimetres. 



Expanse of wings 0-110 x 0-045 ... 2-79xM3 



Sizeofbody 0-100 x O'OIS ... 2-54x0-38 



A ntenn?e black or deep brown, with a yello wish pubescence ; 

 slender, about ? the length of the body ; joints of the scapus 

 spai-sely haired ; flagellar joints sub-sessile, 2 to 3 times as 

 long as broad, the terminal joint about \ longer than the 

 one immediately preceding it. Head black. Eyes not con- 

 tiguous above. Palpi black. Thorax black, levigate, with 

 three rov/s of short hairs extending from the collare almost 

 to the scutellum ; scutellum with a few moderately long hairs. 

 Halteres black, somewhat brownish at the base of the stem, 

 with a few very shor-t hairs on the club. Abdomen black, 

 slender, somewhat sparingly covered with a moderately long 

 brownish pubescence ; forceps large, wider than tlie abdomen, 

 densely pubescent. Legs deep umber-brown, appearing almost 

 black, particularly the tarsal joints. In the fore- and middle-iegs 

 the tarsi about \ longer than the tibite ; in the hind-legs the tibiae 

 and tarsi of about equal length. Spurs short, honey-yellow. 

 First joint of the tarsi in the fore- aud intermediate legs 3 times 

 the length of the second, in the hind-legs rather more than twice 

 the length ; second joint \ longer than the third ; third joint \ 

 longer than the fourth and a little longer than the fifth. Wings 

 pellucid, almost fuliginous, with the costal and two first longi- 

 tudinal veins nearly black ; weak roseous and smaragdine 

 refiectiuns. First longitudinal reachiii"; the costa some distance 



